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AncestorPress Research Hub
Your family history research, online and collaborative.
Everything you'd expect from desktop genealogy software - records, sources, citations, timelines, reports - but on your WordPress site. Accessible from anywhere. Collaborative. Public or private, or both.
Currently in development · WordPress 6.0+ · PHP 8.0+
Already Using Desktop Software?
The online home for your genealogy research.
If you've been building your family history in Family Tree Maker, MacFamilyTree, Gramps, or similar software, you already have years of research sitting on a single computer. Research Hub is where that work lives online.
It's not a replacement for desktop software - it's what you've been missing alongside it. Your desktop app is your private working environment. Research Hub is how you share, collaborate, and publish.
Desktop Software Does
Deep feature set
Offline capability
Mature reporting
Works without internet
Research Hub Adds
Online from any device
Multi-user collaboration
Public-facing records
Integrated with your website
Supported import formats
Export a GEDCOM from your desktop software and import it in one step. Your people, relationships, events, and notes all come across.
Features
A complete genealogy platform on WordPress.
Research Hub goes far beyond displaying a family tree. It is a full platform for recording, organising, and publishing genealogy research.
People & Families
Record complete information for every person and family relationship in your tree.
Research Tools
Manage your research properly with sources, citations, and research notes.
Charts & Reports
Generate charts and reports to visualise and share your research.
Collaboration & Access
Control exactly who can see and edit your research.
Public, Private or Both
You control who sees your research.
Most genealogy software is private by design. Research Hub is built for the web - which means you decide how much to share, with whom, and on what terms.
Private Research
Families · Research groups
Keep your research completely private. Only people you invite can log in and see or contribute to your family history.
Public Records
Societies · One-name studies · Archives
Publish your records openly for other researchers to find, browse, and contact you about. Ideal for family history societies and surname researchers.
Mixed Access
Organisations · Professional genealogists
Show the surface of your data publicly to attract interest, while keeping full detail, editing, and downloads behind a login.
Professional Plan
AI-powered research tools.
The Professional plan adds AI capabilities that go beyond storing and displaying research - helping you understand, write about, and extend it.
AI Biographical Narratives
Automatically generate readable biographies from your family record data. Turn dates and events into the story of a person's life.
AI Research Suggestions
Analyses your existing records and suggests the most likely sources to search next based on names, dates, and locations.
AI Document Transcription
Upload an image of a historical document - a census return, parish register, or letter - and extract structured genealogy data automatically.
AI Relationship Summary
Generate plain-English explanations of how any two people in your tree are related, however distant the connection.
How AI features work
AI features are powered by Anthropic's Claude API. You can use your own API key (Bring Your Own Key) or use our managed quota included in the Professional plan.
All data sent to the AI is limited to the specific record being processed. Your full genealogy database is never shared.
AI features are included in the Professional plan or available as an add-on to Standard.
Pricing
From £65/year. Free to try.
Full feature comparison and lifetime pricing on the pricing page.
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