Genealogy Assistant

Supercharge your research workflow! Genealogy Assistant adds custom features to the popular genealogy websites Ancestry, MyHeritage and Family Search. Enjoy a 7-day free trial and unlock the full version for only $1.99 per month or $15.99 per year (33% savings!).

Notice: Genealogy Assistant and these plugins are not created or endorsed by ‘Ancestry Ireland Unlimited Company’ a.k.a. Ancestry.com, ‘MyHeritage Ltd’ a.k.a. MyHeritage.com or 'Intellectual Reserve, Inc' a.k.a. FamilySearch.org.

*Ancestry Research Tools*

Darker Styled Look and Feel: When activated all Ancestry pages will be automatically be loaded with a darker, easier on the eyes colour palette.

Advanced Research Tools: When activated, this plugin displays available Research Tools on all users’ trees, including your own, makes them bolder/larger and adds a new option to quickly upload a photo to that user in your tree. Click the edit icon to customize Advanced Research Tools.

Card Catalogue Search via "ctrl/cmd + /": When activated, holding down ctrl (windows) or cmd (mac) then pressing / will open a quick search box which allows you to search for collections in the Ancestry Card Catalogue from any page.

Add to Tree Auto-Clicker: When activated, a link is added when saving people to your tree which automatically selects all checkboxes attached to parents, spouses and children in a single click.

Add Search Button to Records Page: When activated, a button is added to the text transcription records page which allows you to run a search with the details contained in the record.

Prevent ThruLines from Auto-Collapsing: When activated, a button is added to the top right corner of your ThruLines page which when checked prevents opened ThruLines from automatically collapsing when new ones are opened.

Auto-Hide Siblings in Family Tree: When activated, a button is added to the top right corner of all family trees which allows you to select whether siblings are automatically shown or hidden when expanding generations in your family tree.

Save to Tree Name Auto-fill: When activated, as soon as you click the “Save to tree” button on a persons details page it will automatically add their name to the appropriate box within the pop-up window.

Text Records Name Auto-fill: When activated, as soon as you click the “Save to someone in your tree” button in the text transcription portion of Ancestry’s record viewer, it will automatically fill in the name of the person on the record to the name field within the pop-up window.

Image Records Name Auto-fill: When activated, as soon as you click the “Save to tree” button in the Ancestry image viewer, it will automatically add the name of the person selected on the record to the appropriate box within the pop-up window.

*Ancestry DNA Tools*

Shared Matches Auto-Clicker: When activated, a link is added to the filters list when viewing shared matches which automatically selects all checkboxes attached to shared matches when adding people to groups.

Highlight DNA Matches 25cM+: When activated, any match or shared match displayed in your match list, shared matches list, or search list over 25cM will be automatically highlighted in red and the text will be bolder/larger. You can change the cM threshold at which matches are highlighted in Advanced Settings.

Highlight Shared Matches 25cM+: When activated, while using the new ProTools shared matches list, any match over 25cM will be automatically highlighted in red and the text will be bolder/larger. You can change the cM threshold at which matches are highlighted in Advanced Settings. Note: Requires Ancestry ProTools subscription.

Highlight Matches of Matches 50cM+: When activated, any “match of a match” who shares more than 50cM with your mutual match will be automatically highlighted in red and the text will be bolder/larger. You can change the cM threshold at which matches are highlighted in Advanced Settings. Note: Requires Ancestry ProTools subscription.

Auto-Load Shared Matches Tab: When activated, clicking a users profile on AncestryDNA will auto-load the Shared Matches section.

DNA Painter Shared cM Tool Button: When activated, while viewing DNA matches a button will be added which opens the DNA Painter Shared cM Tool auto-populated with the matches shared cM.

Colour Code DNA Matches by Side: When activated, DNA matches will be colour coded in the match list based on whether they are paternal or maternal matches.

Always Display 50 Matches in List: When activated, the DNA matches list will always display 50 matches and when navigating between pages it will automatically scroll back to the top of the list.

Hide Matches Already Connected to Tree: When activated, a button will be added to the DNA matches list which allows you to toggle whether matches who are already connected to your family tree will be hidden.

*Screenshot Tools*

Ancestry Tree Cleaner: When activated any family tree you are viewing will have a cleaner look for user-friendly screenshotting. Simply deactivate the style when done screenshotting your tree to view the user-interface again.

Ancestry Printable Tree: When activated all Ancestry trees will be displayed in a high-contrast, printer friendly design for better screenshots.

Ancestry ThruLines Cleaner: When activated any ThruLines you are viewing will have cleaner lines and larger user photos, so we can see our matches better. Simply deactivate the style when done screenshotting your ThruLines to return to the normal clickable web interface.

*MyHeritage DNA Tools*

Highlight Matches 25cM+: When activated, the cM count for matches appears larger than normal, as well as making the cM count red if the amount is over 25cM. You can change the cM threshold at which matches are highlighted in Advanced Settings.

Highlight Mutuals 50cM+: When activated, this plugin makes the shared cM count of mutual matches red and larger than normal if the amount is over 50cM. You can change the cM threshold at which matches are highlighted in Advanced Settings.

DNA Painter Shared cM Tool Button: When activated, while viewing DNA matches a button will be added to the page which opens the DNA Painter Shared cM Tool auto-populated with the matches shared cM.

*FamilySearch Tools*

Navigate Records with P and N keys: When activated, you can use the N key to move forward one page in the record viewer and the P key to move one page backwards.

Skip 10 and 25 Pages in Record Viewer: When activated, additional buttons are added to the navigation area in the record viewer which let you skip forwards or backwards 10 or 25 pages at a time.

*Support*

Use the "Submit Bug Report" button at the bottom of the Genealogy Assistant pop-up panel to report any issues you encounter. If you have ideas or suggestions for new or existing features, we'd love to hear them! Share your research pain points, and we'll work on creating a tool to help. Email your suggestions to [email protected].

*Changelog*

Latest update date: Thursday September 12th, 2024.

v1.2.5: Added feature 'DNA Painter Shared cM Tool Button' for MyHeritage DNA.
v1.2.4: Genea Research Tools is now Genealogy Assistant! Added feature 'Always Display 50 Matches in List' and minor bug fixes.
v1.2.3: Added feature 'Hide Matches Already Connected to Tree' and minor bug fixes/improvements.
v1.2.2: Bug fixes for 'Advanced Research Tools' and added walkthrough popup on install.
v1.2.1: Added new FamilySearch Tools "Navigate Records with P and N keys" and "Skip 10 and 25 Pages in Record Viewer", UI improvements.
v1.2.0: Bug fixes for "Advanced Research Tools".
v1.1.9: Minor bug fixes and improvements for "Ancestry ThruLines Cleaner".
v1.1.8: Bug fixes for "Image Records Name Auto-fill" and "Advanced Research Tools".
v1.1.7: Added new feature "Prevent ThruLines from Auto-Collapsing".
v1.1.6: Added new feature "Add Search Button to Records Page", made improvements to "Card Catalogue Search via ctrl/cmd + /" functionality.
v1.1.5: Fixed issue with "Card Catalogue Search via ctrl/cmd + /" not working on .co.uk and .com.au TLD's.
v1.1.4: Added new feature "Card Catalogue Search via ctrl/cmd + /".
v1.1.3: Recategorized scripts list to make it more intuitive, minor bug fixes for "Auto-Hide Siblings in Family Tree".
v1.1.2: Added new feature "Colour Code DNA Matches by Side".
v1.1.1: Fixed "Image Records Name Auto-fill" to work with new changes made by Ancestry. Linked the edit button for "Advanced Research Tools" directly to the correct portion of Advanced Settings.
v1.1.0: Updated "DNA Painter Shared cM Tool Button" and "Shared Matches Auto-Clicker" to work with new ProTools DNA Matches layout.
v1.0.9: Integrated Stripe Checkout payment platform for a more seamless checkout experience.
v1.0.8: Added ability to customize Advanced Research Tools in Advanced Settings, added new tool "Shared Matches Auto-Clicker".
v1.0.7: Added new feature "DNA Painter Shared cM Tool Button".
v1.0.6: Added a button to reset custom cM values to their defaults within Advanced Settings.
v1.0.5: Added pop-up tooltips describing how each feature functions when hovering over the [?] icon on each plugin. Fixed small css bugs.
v1.0.4: Minor bug fixes, added new plugin "Highlight Shared Matches 25cM+" for new ProTools layout, added edit buttons to plugins which have custom advanced settings available.
v1.0.3: Added feature "Auto-Hide Siblings in Family Tree" and added an advanced settings panel where you can change the cM threshold for the Ancestry and MyHeritage match highlighting plugins.
v1.0.2: Rearranged layout of popup panel and added feature “Highlight Matches of Matches 50cM+”.
v1.0.1: General bug fixes and repaired functionality when clicking on matches ethnicity estimate tab.
v1.0.0: Initial release for Google Chrome.