Description
Discover where you came from through photos, stories, historical documents, and so much more. With the Ancestry app you can explore your family stories anytime, anywhere.
• Discover stories, photos, and records about your ancestors with Ancestry Hints™
• Explore billions of historical photos and records
• Preserve and share your history with a family tree
• Share and collaborate with friends and family
• Get notified of new hints and comments
Apple Watch Features:
• Receive new hint notifications with photo previews.
• Save and ignore photo hints right from your Apple Watch.
• Keep up with comments and add your own with voice dictation.
• Get on-this-day alerts for events from your family history.
iPhone and iPad Features:
• Ancestry Hints™ automatically find records, photos, and stories about your family
• In just a few taps create, edit, and see your family tree
• Access more than 14 billion historical records, photos, and more
• Sync automatically with your Ancestry.com account
• Easily upload photos and add facts or stories to your family tree
• Add family members to your tree from Facebook
• Learn about historical events that affected your ancestors
• Explore your ethnic origins with AncestryDNA
Start your journey by choosing a subscription:
U.S. Discovery Membership: $19.99 per month
World Explorer Membership: $34.99 per month
Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase.
Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew function is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.
No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the subscription period.
View our Terms and Conditions at http://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/Mobile-termsandconditions
View our privacy policy at http://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/Mobile-PrivacyStatement
What's New in Version 6.9.1
• Multitask with Split View—work on the Ancestry app alongside a second app on the same screen.
• Family events—See details from key events like a sibling’s birth or marriage to a spouse, featured in the context of your ancestor’s life.
• Easily customize your timeline preferences and now your web settings automatically transfer to the app.
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Customer Reviews
App no longer crashes at startup
The Ancestry App was crashing at startup, but after a few adjustments to the OS and to the browser, everything is now working. The problem was probably the fault of iOS. This App is now useful as well as beautiful.

- Free
- Category: Reference
- Updated: Nov 21, 2015
- Version: 6.9.1
- Size: 107 MB
- Apple Watch: Yes
- Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish
- Seller: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
- © 2014 Ancestry.com
Compatibility: Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Top In-App Purchases
- U.S. Discovery$19.99
- World Explorer$34.99
- Birth, Marriage or Death Record$0.99
- U.S. Discovery$19.99
- Birth, Marriage or Death Record$0.99
- Census or Voter List Record$1.99
- Census or Voter List Record$1.99
- Census or Voter List Record$1.99
- School, Directory or Church History Record$0.99
- World Explorer$34.99











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