Rootz - Your Family Tree

What You Can Do with Rootz

Build Your Family Tree

Easily add family members, connect generations, and watch your lineage grow visually.

Visualize Your Hierarchy

See your entire family tree in an intuitive, interactive diagram, making connections clear.

Preserve Your Legacy

Document important dates, stories, and photos to create a rich, lasting family archive.

How it works

1

Sign in and add what you know.

The automated tree builder will guide you along. You'll start by adding your parents and grandparents. Don't worry—all information about living people is kept private.

2

We'll search for your family connections.

As you add information, the system will begin searching for your family members in the community family tree and in historical records, like birth and death certificates.

3

Watch your family tree grow!

The community family tree will fuel family discoveries as it adds new branches to your tree. As your tree grows, you'll learn more about your family and feel a closer connection to the past.

Start your tree

FamilySearch is a nonprofit, helping people discover their family story.

Start Your Journey

Why use the FamilySearch shared tree?

The world's largest family tree

Those who start a Family Tree on FamilySearch aren't just piecing together their family story—they're contributing to the creation of a global, unified family tree for mankind.

Shared and easily accessible

FamilySearch's shared tree has one public profile per deceased individual, creating a single place for all shared information instead of dispersing it across multiple trees. This also increases privacy.

Build your tree with ease

Once you add a deceased relative to the tree, FamilySearch will try to connect you to any information it has about that person in its database. If it finds a match, FamilySearch can auto populate information, saving you a lot of time!

Collaborate with others

FamilySearch Family Tree enables all descendants to share information that others might not know and add sources to confirm correct information. The overall result of a well-sourced shared tree can be much more complete and accurate than individual trees.

Connect with other family members

Working together on a global tree also helps descendants connect with each other. You may find a relative who has visited the same graves, asked the same questions about—and even learned to love or admire—the same ancestors.

Uncover Your Family's Rich History with Rootz