The Tree Score · free
Can you trust your family tree?
Upload your tree. We weigh every parent-and-child link on its evidence, show you which are Probably right and which only Possibly, and name the record that would prove the rest: the first step to a family record with its provenance attached, made to last for generations.
Drop your tree file here
Your tree file (.ged, or the .zip Ancestry gives you) from Ancestry, MyHeritage, Family Tree Maker, RootsMagic or any other program. How do I get my file?
FreeNo accountNothing storedAbout a minute
Getting your file
AncestryAbout 2 minutes
- Open the Trees tab and choose your tree. Only the tree’s owner can export it.
- In the toolbar, open the More menu (three dots) and choose Tree Settings.
- On the right, under Manage your tree, click Export tree, then wait for it to finish.
- Click Download your GEDCOM file. You get a .zip: upload it here as it is.
MyHeritageAbout 2 minutes
- Point to the Family tree tab and choose Manage trees.
- Next to your tree, under Actions, click Export to GEDCOM.
- Leave photos out (they are not needed) and click Begin the export.
- Download the file when it is ready and upload it here.
FamilySearchAbout 10 minutes
- FamilySearch’s shared tree has no download button of its own.
- Use one of its partner programs (RootsMagic or Ancestral Quest both have free versions) to bring your line down from FamilySearch.
- In that program, choose File → Export → GEDCOM and upload the file here.
Other programsAbout 1 minute
- In Family Tree Maker, RootsMagic, Legacy, Gramps, MacFamilyTree or any other program, open your tree and choose File → Export.
- Pick GEDCOM as the format (any version), with no photos.
- Save the file and upload it here.
A GEDCOM file holds names, dates, places, relationships, notes and source citations, the parts we grade. Photos are not needed.
The standard
Every link is judged the way a professional genealogist would judge it: what kind of record supports it, whether that record speaks to the relationship directly, whether its sources are independent, and whether the dates and ages make sense. A link we have not seen a document for can be at most Probably. Proven requires a record we have read.
At least 99% likely, on a record we have seen.
90–99%. Strong records, not yet seen by us.
60–90%. Some evidence; more is needed.
Under 60%, or impossible as recorded.
The sources disagree about the parents, unresolved.
No record we could read in the file speaks to this link. Not a mark against it.
Your file is read, graded and discarded in the same moment. Nothing is stored.