Ancestor Assist

The genealogy tools you always wanted,

all in one place.

Ancestor Assist is a set of tools for the awkward and tedious problems that come up repeatedly in genealogy research: a date recorded in a calendar nobody uses anymore, a relationship that needs a name, or census information that needs a workspace. The calculators run in the browser and the forms are built to print.

Start from what you have

Calculators

An age on a gravestone, but no birth dateAge at Death Calculator
Two people in a tree and no name for how they’re relatedCousin Relationship Calculator
The same event dated differently in French and English recordsJulian ↔ Gregorian Date Converter
An English record dated February 1700 that might mean 1701Old Style ↔ New Style Date Converter
A year carved as MDCCCLIIRoman Numeral Converter
A record that gives a weekday instead of a datePerpetual Calendar
An age on a census, but no birth dateCensus Age Calculator

Forms

A census page, and a household to build back out of itTick Mark Census Extractions, 1790–1840Census Extraction, 1850–1950
Bring one family, scattered across records, into a single formFamily Group Sheets
Multiple generations, and a need to see them all at oncePedigree At A Glance
Notes and questions that need an organized place to work them outResearch Worksheets
A fact to check, and a chart that settles it at a glanceReference Charts
More always on the way

Every tool here started as a request from a working genealogist — something needed repeatedly, with nothing available that did the job. If there is an awkward or tedious problem that has you frustrated, tell us about it!