The greatest strength of this app is that it is open to everyone to make additions and contributions to the “One Grand Tree.” Unfortunately, that is also its greatest weakness. A tree open to the general public to alter and append will inevitably become corrupted with wrong connections and sloppy assumptions. Nevertheless, such risks are worth tolerating because the more people who are welcomed, unhindered, to add family knowledge which only they may have, the better off we all are. Though frustrating, correcting mistakes, is better than missing out on important information which is made available by “amateurs” who are trying to contribute to a good cause. We all begin as “amateurs,” and only become adept at this important work as we painstakingly come to understand the importance of documentation and careful and meticulous attention to detail. This app provides excellent hints and tasks and new records as they come to light which are easily added to individuals in your tree and which then become part of the documented record. Even if attached in error, it is better to have them than not—because it sheds light on what must be done to correct the record. Correcting records seems at first to be rather intimidating, yet it becomes quite intuitive and more logical the more it is practiced. Yes, refinements are still needed (particularly the ability to leave notes for others who will be researching and tampering with the work you have done), but this app is an indispensable tool for amateurs and professionals alike.

This is an amazing way to learn about your ancestors and yourself. The first time I used the tree maker I was able to see my family history and find people that I never knew about. Pioneers,leaders, and other family members who were able to make a difference to the people around them. It has given me inspiration and pride for all the family that has gone before me. My husband and I are working together on our family history and he has shown me how to look for information. The tools provided by Family tree are easy to use and research is becoming easier. My dad did family history and back then it was a lot more difficult. He left me a treasure trove of information and family pictures that I have been blessed to have! They make it so much easier to connect with my family stories! It’s great to see the faces and see the pictures of their lives. The LDS is an excellent source for information. I have been so impressed how they have tried to keep records for future generations. Hopefully someday my grandchildren will be interested in the family history and work we have done with Family Search will be of benefit for them. I have gotten a lot of joy from learning about my family history and still have a long way to go. What an adventure it will be!

Is there any way that you can make it possible to Copy the relationship on anyone you find that is related . In relationship can you make the font larger so you can read the relation to me up top it would make it easier on the iPhone! Why is it that my famous relatives are only posted for a short period of time?? Will AI be used soon on helping Researching one’s family and relatives with the latest in technology? Why is it you can only add so many researchers contacts to chat to?? When you find relatives records abroad why can’t they be read as you can with records from the States?? Why can you only see up to the 13th Great Grandparents?? What’s involved in taking your family history and genealogy and relatives and pictures and records and published in a hard back book and if you need so many what is the cost per book and do you put the book together as a completed products? Just curious some time in the future I would be interested in having so many published as heirlooms for my family?? Will you be able to colorize and repair old black and white pictures in the near future by familysearch?? Thank you for taking my questions in consideration in order to enhance familysearch asap!! Yours truly, Hugh Fawcett.

Love it for what it does but it has a lot of bugs. Loading and tagging photos is a problem. One I loaded and it dropped it saying it had been loaded already but it wouldn’t show up so now the photo can’t be shown at all. It’s hard to track duplicates. When adding info it would be good to be able to visit profiles of each person then pop back to the hint without it closing out half finished. When suggesting a person, I need to see their family info and children because there are so many people with the same names. I’d like to be able to sort hints like deaths and marriages to do in order. Census records should be able to be listed in order. There isn’t an ability to add information to names and dates of birth coming from hints without manually going back to each profile repeatedly. I look at a census record with more information I would like to be able to enter it. I don’t like that it forces me to enter a sex of a person when I’m not sure when it isn’t stated and the person and their spouse have gender neutral names. Relationship types like adoptive, step, etc are not easy to add or adjust. Step siblings don’t show up like they should in family listings. Census and obits often have neices and grandchildren that can’t be added. If I know a sibling but not their parents I can’t add them. That is also frustrating. All that said, I love the collaborative work here. The more information we get on a person the clearer the pictures become. The personally submitted stories and tidbits about people’s lives is priceless in value. I understand I even have a local research center. How cool is that?