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Ancestry search: historical records
Search Library of Congress newspapers, photographs, maps, manuscripts, books, audio, and film for an ancestor, then save an item and its citation to your research.
LegacyReady ancestry search & Family History Center
Search for your ancestors. Preserve your family's story.
Ancestry search is the heart of LegacyReady. Search historical records for the people behind your family's story, then save the relatives, relationships, places, milestones, sources, and stories your family never wants to lose, then keep building over time.
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Ancestry search and genealogy tools you can use today
Every tool below is live in the Family History Center for signed-in members.
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Ancestry search: land records
Follow a guided search of official BLM General Land Office records for an ancestor, then save a land-patent search worksheet to your private research.
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Private family record
Save relatives with relationships, birth and death dates, birthplaces, places lived or migration paths, and notes on names, occupations, service, and memories.
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Legacy timeline
Record births, weddings, military service, graduations, home purchases, migrations, careers, and faith milestones, with exact or approximate dates and places.
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Research workspace
Keep research sources with citations and links, preserve written family stories, and track open research questions.
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Private by default
Your family history stays behind your account sign-in and is never used for funeral, insurance, real-estate, beneficiary, or referral lead generation.
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What we are building next
These are planned and not available yet. We will label them clearly when they launch.
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Deeper ancestry search
A deeper, member-authorized ancestry search is in testing and not active yet. It will turn on only after it is approved for members.
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Interactive migration map
Places you save are already structured so a future map can show where your family lived and moved.
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Historical context assistant
Planned as an evidence-labeled helper that cites its sources and never overwrites family facts.
Deeper ancestry search: coming soon
How ancestry search information will be handled
The deeper ancestry search is in testing and is not active today. When it becomes available, these are the rules it will follow.
- Nothing is added to or changed in any online family tree without your action.
- You sign in on the ancestry data provider's own secure page. LegacyReady never asks for or stores that password.
- Ancestry search information appears only in the Family History Center, and only to the signed-in member who authorized it.
- Ancestry search information is never sold, never offered as a searchable or paid database, and never shared with Family Readiness tools.
- Paid LegacyReady plans pay for LegacyReady's own tools, not for ancestry records or data.
- You can disconnect at any time.
Any connection depends on approval, each member's own authorization, and the ancestry data provider's terms.
Room for your family
How many relatives you can save
The timeline and research workspace are included with every account. The number of relatives you can save depends on your access level.
Free accountUp to 3 relatives, plus the timeline and research workspace
Plus or Trust purchaseUp to 10 relatives
Family History Plus membershipUp to 250 relatives
Family History Premium membershipUnlimited relatives
Optional Family History memberships are shown inside the Family History Center after you sign in. Every LegacyReady plan pays for LegacyReady's own tools only.
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Family Readiness tools, kept separate
When you are ready, supporting Family Readiness tools help you record final wishes, beneficiary contacts, insurance notes, document locations, and estate-preparation worksheets. They live in their own area of your account and never receive or combine ancestry search information.
See Family Readiness toolsStart with one ancestor and one search.
Create a free account, search for a parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent, and save the first record or story you want the next generation to know.
Start my ancestry search freeLibrary of Congress and Bureau of Land Management records are provided by those agencies. LegacyReady Family is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. A matching name, date, or place is a research lead, not proof.