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 dateLifespan 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 recordsAn English record dated February 1700 that might mean 1701A record dated the 4th day of the 7th monthDate 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 Chart
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!