FamilySearch Partners Comparison Chart

A comprehensive comparison is nearly impossible, partly due to the nearly daily changes and additions at each site. Strategies for success:

1. Start with FamilySearch
2. Use the trees on each site (the survey phase). Set up notifications for auto updates. Link to set up free access: https://familysearch.org/partneraccess
3. Use “Global” search and collection specific search
4. If you can’t find them on one site try another with the same record set (Julia Colt in census or WWI military)
5. Collaborate – Collaborate – Collaborate

	FamilySearch	Ancestry	Findmypast	MyHeritage	American Ancestors
Strengths	world wide coverage	US, Canada, Mexico, British	British, Ireland, Wales, India, PERSI, Society partnerships	European, tree links to Geni	Colonial America
Trees	one tree, open edit	individual trees, private option	closed tree, public option	individual trees, linking option	?
Census	most	most	most, some pre-1841	most	?
DNA	no	yes	no	yes	no
Newspapers	some	yes	yes	?	?
Multi-lingual	9 languages	?	English	multiple (42?)	English
US Immigration	yes	yes	yes	yes	?
US Probate Index	no	yes	no	no	no
US WWII Draft Cards	yes	?	?	?	?
Italy Civil Registration	yes	no	no	no	no
Mexico	yes	yes	no	no	no
British Electoral Registers	some	some	yes	no	no
Parish Boundary Maps	yes	yes	no	no	no
Denmark	some	no	no	yes	no
Sweden	no	no	no	yes	no
Scoland	yes	some	some	no	no
1939 National Identity Register England/Wales	no	no	yes	no	no
London Metropolitan Archives	no	yes	no	no	no
Westimster City Archives	yes	no	yes	no	no
Shropshire County Archives	yes	no	yes	no	no
Prisoner of War Records			yes	no	no
Ireland Petty Session Court	yes	no	yes	no	no