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Genealogy Blurring Tool Browser Extension

Forget complicated editing software.

Genealogy Blurring Tool is a free extension that automatically blurs sensitive details like DNA match names and names of living people on popular genealogy websites. This tool works seamlessly when navigating between pages and can be enabled/disabled with a single click.

Click here to install Genealogy Blurring Tool for Google Chrome

Focus on sharing your discoveries without worrying about complicated editing software. Whether you’re hosting an online presentation, collaborating with fellow researchers, or posting screenshots online, Genealogy Blurring...

How to sign-up with a promotion code in Genealogy Assistant

A step-by-step guide to upgrading your plan with a promotion code
  1. Open your browser and click the Genealogy Assistant icon in the toolbar to open the extension’s interface.
  2. Scroll to the bottom of the Genealogy Assistant popup panel and click the green button titled Upgrade Now. If your trial is already expired, you will be automatically directed to the next step.
  3. On the upgrade page, you’ll be presented with three subscription options:
    • Monthly: $3.95 per month.
    • Yearly: $39.95 per...

20+ Tools to Empower Family History Research

Interested in genealogy and family history research tools? Genealogy Assistant adds hundreds of custom features to online platforms like Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch and more! Click here to try it out

Focus your research into purposeful discovery

Most of a research session isn’t research. It’s retyping the same query, hunting for the tab you had open ten minutes ago, and copying out a citation by hand for the fourth time. The thinking gets whatever attention is left over.

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Opening DNA Matches on Ancestry

Opening matches and shared matches on AncestryDNA is now more efficient!

With the latest update to Genealogy Assistant, you can now navigate directly to either the Trees tab or the Shared Matches tab of your DNA matches based on where you click.

This helpful feature enables you to choose which tab you would like to view for each individual match, as our needs often change from moment to moment during research.

When you click on the profile photo (or...

Protecting Your Privacy with Genealogy Assistant

As Genealogy Assistant continues to grow we will be supporting an expanding list of family history websites!

In a future update, your browser may ask you to review the pages which Genealogy Assistant can read. This is part of an industry-wide initiative by browser creators to enhance transparency, which we fully support. It also gives us the opportunity to clearly reaffirm our stance on user privacy, particularly important in our community.

Genealogy Assistant is not a cloud-based or web-based...

How to remove and re-add Genealogy Assistant

A step-by-step guide to reinstall our browser extension.
  1. IMPORTANT: Back-up your settings and data in Genealogy Assistant (should you desire) by opening the Genealogy Assistant pop-up panel and clicking on the “Edit advanced settings” button. Then go to the “Backup & Restore” section, and click “Export Settings & Data”. This will save an export to your default downloads folder.
  2. Visit the install page for your browser by selecting it below:

Updates to Advanced Research Tools in Genealogy Assistant

One setting needs to be changed for existing users!

Ancestry has changed their profile pages to include a “sticky” header when scrolling. We have updated our Advanced Research Tools menu to work with this new layout, on both your own tree and others.

With this update, Ancestry’s research tools must be enabled enabled by visiting any profile page and clicking on the “Tools” menu, then selecting “Show research tools”.

This version is currently in the process of rolling out...

Research notes: Maloney families from famine-era Ireland who immigrated to Upper Canada

I have an interest in researching Maloney families who left famine-era Ireland, particularly Clare and Tipperary for a life in Upper Canada. This page will contain notes on these families which others may find interest in. If you are researching a Maloney family in Canada with Irish origin I would love to chat: Contact me

Maloney surnames transcriptions on Ancestry in Ontario in 1851, where at least one member of the family was born in Ireland. Brackets are the...