One Great Family

DESCRIPTION:

One Great Family is a cooperative effort between you and the rest of the world.  It's an online genealogical service which allows everyone to combine their knowledge and data to build one huge, shared database. Using breakthrough technology, One Great Family is actually linking all of the family trees together into one great family.

What this means to you: with everyone working together on a single database, each individual is able to leverage the effort and research of all the One Great Family users rather than wasting time duplicating research that others have already done.

Their software is the most technically-advanced online records management software tool online. You can view, share, explore and extend your genealogy online at One Great Family without needing to buy additional desktop software.

Here's how it works: after you enter what you already know about your ancestors, One Great Family begins searching for more of your ancestors. Once their search process starts, which uses an automated search engine continually looking for additional information and relatives for every one of your ancestors at the same time, it never stops. As members add new individuals, the search process checks to see if any of them are your ancestors. Even if One Great Family finds some of your ancestors today, they may find more in a week, a month, or a year. When new information is uncovered, you're notified by e-mail and can view the new addition of ancestors directly in your family tree.

PROS:

One Great Family quickly and accurately finds matches that might take you months to sleuth out on your own. You never have to sift through huge lists of thousands of names one by one. Instead, the work is done for you.

CONS:

On the flip side, there is a certain degree of joy an accomplishment when you uncover information about your family through your own persistent, creative research.  Of course, you don't have to (and shouldn't) depend completely on a single database for all your information anyway.

SUMMARY:

This really is a unique approach to uncovering your family's acestry. Three patents have been filed based on One Great Family's technology, and the program was over three years in the making.  But what makes it truly worth a look is the basic concept: with everyone contributing to a single database, the odds that the holes in any one family tree will be filled greatly increas.  In addition, they have a free seven day trial so you can check it out for yourself and make sure it's right for you.

PRICE:

Choose the plan that works best for you:

Annual Subscription – Best Value!
     12 months for only $6.50/Month (billed $74.95 annually)
Quarterly Subscription
     3 Months for only $9.99/Month (billed $29.95 quarterly)
Monthly Subscription
     1 Month for only $14.95/Month (billed $14.95 monthly)

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