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Genealogy Assistant Browser Extension

Genealogy ToolsJune 21, 2024By

Supercharge your family history research!

Genealogy Assistant adds over 100 custom features to popular genealogy websites like Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch, FamilyTreeDNA and more!

Get access to all of our tools in an easy to use, one-click install. All features are automatically updated and new tools are added regularly.

Enjoy a FREE 10-day trial and unlock the full version for $2.95 per month, or a one-time payment of only $29.95.

Install Genealogy Assistant for Google Chrome | Install for Microsoft...

Free Genealogy Blurring Tool Browser Extension

Genealogy ToolsJanuary 8, 2025By

Dan Maloney

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...

Free Download – AI Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) Tool

Genealogy ToolsJune 15, 2025By

Dan Maloney

Batch transcribe historical handwritten documents!

Genealogy Assistant AI Handwritten Text Recognition Tool is a free cross-platform application designed to transcribe collections of historical documents into an easier-to-read format. It serves as a front-end to multiple AI APIs (OpenAI, Claude, OpenRouter, and Google Gemini), allowing you to convert image files and PDF’s into searchable, transcribed documents with or without the source image attached, as well as plain text (TXT) or CSV files. You can also create easily printable and sharable...

20+ Tools to Empower Family History Research

Genealogy ToolsJuly 19, 2025By

Dan Maloney

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

Effective research means tackling big challenges, but it also means navigating countless repetitive tasks like endless tab-switching, data entry, and that mental fatigue that creeps in when information feels scattered everywhere.

This post will show you tools for building a research workflow that...

Opening DNA Matches on Ancestry

Genealogy AssistantOctober 7, 2025By

Dan Maloney

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

UncategorizedApril 20, 2025By

Dan Maloney

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...

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

Research NotesMay 16, 2024By

Dan Maloney

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...

The Harrington’s of Florence Road

Family History StoriesJune 1, 2023By

Dan Maloney

Born in the London Borough of Southwark, sisters Ellen and Mary Ann Harrington became orphaned as young girls after their parents had both died. They remained close and in the late 19th century were together again at Florence Road in Leytonstone, East London.

Rows of brick terraced homes lined Florence Road and the area as far as one could see. Built in 1879 this working-class housing block ran between Cathall Road and Trinity Street.

The houses of Florence Road...

Dan Maloney

Genealogy Assistant Browser Extension

Supercharge your family history research!

Free Genealogy Blurring Tool Browser Extension

Forget complicated editing software.

Free Download – AI Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) Tool

Batch transcribe historical handwritten documents!

20+ Tools to Empower Family History Research

Focus your research into purposeful discovery

Opening DNA Matches on Ancestry

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

Protecting Your Privacy with Genealogy Assistant

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

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

The Harrington’s of Florence Road

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