Start with what your family knows.
Names, maiden names, approximate years, places, and relationships. A half-remembered story is a lead, not a fact.
A little curiosity. A whole family history.
The stories they’ll
keep coming back to.
Go beyond names and dates. Turn the people, places and surprising connections in your family into an interactive atlas and a book worth keeping.
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THE PEOPLE
BEHIND THE NAMES
BEHIND THE NAMES
NOT JUST A DATE ON A TREE
What brought
them here?
them here?
One place↝A new chapter
A FAMILY CONNECTION
Two siblings. Two branches.
THE FIRST BRANCHClara HartTHE OTHER BRANCHSamuel Hart
Tap a name. Follow a connection.
Find the story you didn’t know.
An archive that feels like an invitation.
Explore the connections✳Follow the evidence✳Keep the stories✳Pass it on
An atlas you can actually explore
Meet the Hart family.
A fictional family, built to show what yours could become.
Drag to explore · Pinch to zoom · Tap a personKeyboard: arrow keys to pan, + / − to zoom, 0 to fit
Your first branch starts here.
Add a person, or import research from your AI chat.
Start with a story.
Make the family connections click
“Wait. How are we related?”
Choose two people. Trace the path between them, one generation at a time.
The good part is in the digging
Research deeply.
Keep the receipts.
Give your AI a few names and a direction. Ask it to follow records, resolve lookalikes, and find the lives behind the lines.
The template builds your research brief. Run it in your own AI chat with web research enabled, then bring the findings back here.
Make my research brief ↗Follow every branch.
Censuses. Birth and marriage records. Newspapers. Immigration papers. School archives. Military records. Research each person and record where the trail stops.
Find a story worth telling.
A new hometown. A family business. A championship. An unexpected cousin. Explain what happened—and exactly how we know.
Bring it home.
Import the researched JSON. Explore the tree, open the source links, correct a detail, and download your own atlas.
Go to the records
Good stories have a paper trail.
Useful starting places for your AI and your own research. Access, indexing, and coverage vary.
Your family. Your next rabbit hole.
Make it yours.
Start with a name, bring a few clues, and leave with a research brief and a working atlas.
Before you disappear into 1847
A few good questions.
Does this research my family automatically?
Research runs in your own ChatGPT. Sign in to save a private brief, share it with your chat, then import its sourced findings for review. The site does not spend the owner’s AI credits. Free local editing and exports remain available. Book purchases are separate and require your approval.
Can I use a family tree I already have?
Yes. Import a GEDCOM file to start with people and parent/partner relationships, or import atlas JSON to include stories, sources, and research notes. This starter reads core GEDCOM names, birth/death details, families, and source records. Unsupported tags and GEDCOM media are not displayed; keep your original file.
Will other visitors see my family?
Other visitors cannot read your signed-in research jobs. Guided research stores your submitted clues and draft privately for review. Imported information and edits in the atlas editor are stored in this browser on this device. Export a backup before switching browsers or clearing browser data. Your downloaded HTML contains the information you include; choose private access when publishing personal details.
How do I get a shareable website like this one?
Download your atlas website, copy the publishing prompt, and give both to your own Sites-enabled AI chat. Ask it to create a new site and choose its audience. Password protection needs a server-side gate; a password field in a static HTML file does not protect its contents.
What if the AI finds nothing for someone?
Keep that person in the tree. The research log should say what was checked, what remains unknown, and the next useful record to seek. A blank trail is more useful than an invented story.
Are the demo’s people and records real?
No. All Hart family names, relationships, dates, places, stories, and record descriptions in the demo are fictional examples. They show the layout and interactions, not research findings. Resource-directory links point to real repositories.