Free Genealogy Searches

Ancestor Search has been helping those interested in researching their family history find genealogy databases since 1997! Use the Ancestor Search genealogy portal web site to find your family history & surname origin to build your family tree.


  • Free Ancestry Search
    Ancestry.com free databases - totally and always free.


  • Easy Google Genealogy Search
    The Easy Google Genealogy Searcher puts advanced Google features on one page with advice about how each feature is useful for genealogists. Learn to find free genealogy records using Google's search.


  • Ethnic Genealogy Search
    African-American and Native American ancestor search engines.


  • Heritage Scrapbooking
    Create a heritage scrapbook with or without old family photos. Also ideas for interviewing relatives.


  • Historical Maps
    Historical maps and US county finder by state


  • Living People Search
    Search for long lost loved ones, birth parents, or friends by using reverse directories, white pages and yellow pages.


  • Quick Search Surname Finder
    Enter your surname once, search over 30 huge global genealogy databases. Surname search engine eliminates false results for names that are also common words.


  • Records Search
    Biography, cemetery, obituary, census, land, photographic, military, passenger list (including Ellis Island records & Castle Garden records), and vital records (birth, marriage, and death) databases.


  • Regional Search
    United States, Canadian, UK, Irish, German, Dutch, Australian / New Zealand and ethnic genealogy search engines.


  • RootsWeb Search
    Global, US, and query ancestor search at RootsWeb.


  • Surname Origin & Family History Search
    Surname origin and last name meanings
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  • Surname Information Search
    Surname distribution, royal genealogy and US presidents' ancestry database searches.


  • Tools for Genealogy
    Age calculator, cousin calculator, day of the week calculator, Easter Day finder, inflation calculator, metaphone calculator, perpetual calendar, roman numeral converter, and tombstone birthday calculator.


  • World-wide Databases
    Search the best free genealogy databases including the Mormon (LDS) genealogy library database.