by PaulGray | Oct 1, 2026 | WordPress Genealogy
Your Ancestry tree may hold years of work, but it lives on someone else’s servers, behind someone else’s subscription. Downloading a copy takes a few minutes, costs nothing, and means your research is safe whatever happens to your account. This guide shows...
by PaulGray | Sep 29, 2026 | Research Skills
A GEDCOM (.ged) file is a plain-text file that holds your family tree – people, families, dates, places and sources – in a format almost every genealogy program can read. It is how you back up your tree, move it to another program, share it with a relative...
by PaulGray | Sep 23, 2026 | Plugin Comparisons
Genealogical Tree and AP Family Trees are the two WordPress plugins most people shortlist when they want a family tree on their own site. They look similar at first glance: both draw interactive charts, both have free and paid versions, and both cost about $50 a year....
by PaulGray | Sep 23, 2026 | Plugin Comparisons
TNG (The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding) has powered family history websites since 2001. It is capable, well supported by its community, and inexpensive at $34.99 for a licence. Many TNG users also run a WordPress site for their blog, and for years the...
by PaulGray | Sep 23, 2026 | Plugin Comparisons
If you want your GEDCOM file to become a proper family history website, with a page for every ancestor rather than just a chart, WordPress has two main options: RootsPersona, which has done this since 2011, and AP Family Archive, launched in 2026. Both are free on...
