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Genealogy Assistant
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Genealogy Assistant for Google Chrome supercharges your research workflow on popular genealogy websites like Ancestry, MyHeritage and FamilySearch.

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Genealogy Assistant @genea.ca · Aug 18
Genealogy Assistant is the most powerful tool a family historian can have while researching using online platforms.

Start saving time and supercharge your family history research! ⬇️
Discover EVERY feature in Genealogy Assistant!
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OpenAI's new GPT-5.1 fares well on our latest accuracy benchmark. It's a capable model for AI transcription, but overshadowed by better and cheaper models from Google and Qwen.

View our latest benchmarks: genea.ca/rankings/

#genealogy #familyhistory #ai #artificialintelligence
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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We have released our rankings of AI models based on their ability to transcribe handwritten family history documents. These benchmarks go beyond accuracy, allowing you to compare speed, cost, and value as well.

See which model comes out on top: www.genea.ca/rankings/

#genealogy #familyhistory #ai
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Our free AI Handwritten Text Recognition tool is designed to transcribe collections of historical documents into an easier to read and process format, like searchable PDF files, plain text files, or CSV files.

Try it now with the latest models: www.genea.ca/htr-tool/

#genealogy #familyhistory #ai
November 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Our website menu has been redesigned, making it easier than ever to discover the many ways Genealogy Assistant can empower your family history research.

Check it out at genea.ca 🌿

#genealogy #familyhistory #dna
October 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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We have updated our Advanced Research Tools menu to work seamlessly Ancestry's new "sticky" header on profile pages.

Existing users will need to click on the “Tools” menu from any profile page, then select “Show research tools” to view the updated menu.

Learn more: www.genea.ca/updates-to-a...
Updates to Advanced Research Tools in Genealogy Assistant
Ancestry has changed their profile pages to include a “sticky” header when scrolling. We have updated our Advanced Research Tools menu to work seamlessly with this new layout, on both your own tree…
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October 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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The next version of Genealogy Assistant coming this week adds readability enhancements for AncestryDNA Clusters.

- Names on the top are modified to match the names on the side and read vertically.

- Hovering over the clusters will add highlighting to easier see the vertical and horizontal path.
October 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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ChatGPT user? Use Genealogy Assistant in the newly released Atlas browser for the ultimate family history research setup!

Install for Atlas from the Chrome Web Store: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/genea...

#genealogy #familyhistory #chatgpt
October 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Did you know Genealogy Assistant can instantly convert text from ALL CAPS to Title Case? Try this handy keyboard shortcut!

#genealogy #familyhistory #DNA
October 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Now live in Genealogy Assistant: Get the macro-region percentage totals added to Ancestry's new ethnicity estimates.
October 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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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.

Learn more: www.genea.ca/opening-dna-...
Opening DNA Matches on Ancestry
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.
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October 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Genealogy Assistant now supports additional international versions of popular family history websites like Ancestry and MyHeritage, bringing our powerful tools to users around the world!
September 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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The latest update for Genealogy Assistant adds support for new platforms and additional international versions of popular websites.

This update will require you to accept updated permissions in your browser by clicking "Accept permissions" when prompted.

Learn more: www.genea.ca/protecting-y...
September 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Coming this week to Genealogy Assistant: You can now set the default sorting of your AncestryDNA match list from the "Quick Settings & Search" section of the popup panel.
August 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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The latest update for Genealogy Assistant coming early this week adds groups, star status and shared DNA percentage columns to CSV downloads across all platforms. 🌳
August 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Genealogy Assistant is the most powerful tool a family historian can have while researching using online platforms.

Start saving time and supercharge your family history research! ⬇️
Discover EVERY feature in Genealogy Assistant!
YouTube video by Genealogy Assistant
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August 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Genealogy Assistant is updated multiple times weekly! See what's new in the latest version.

Learn more about Genealogy Assistant: www.genea.ca/genealogy-as...
August 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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New in Genealogy Assistant this week: Easily search multiple genealogy websites when viewing records on Ancestry as well as when viewing people in the MyHeritage family tree!

Learn more and install: www.genea.ca/genealogy-as...
August 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Our AI Handwritten Text Recognition Tool is ready to go with OpenAI's newest GPT-5 series of models!

Try it out now: www.genea.ca/htr-tool/
August 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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The latest update for Genealogy Assistant is now available for Chome, Firefox and Edge! 🎉

· Updated keyboard shortcuts for Ancestry family tree

· Added new feature "Easy Hide and Expand in Family Tree"

· Internationalization improvements for a number of features

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August 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Genealogy Assistant is now available for Mozilla Firefox! 🔥

Get access to all the tools that make your family history research more efficient on any platform.

Try it now: addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefo...
August 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Updates in version 2.2.6 of Genealogy Assistant ⬇️

- Quick Search: Better matching for searching people in your family tree.
- Advanced Research Tools: Added support for View changes, Check for errors and Print.
- Cluster CSV Downloads: Bug fixes and improvements.

AND MORE!
August 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Perplexity user? Use Genealogy Assistant in the new Comet AI Browser for the ultimate family history research setup!

#genealogy #familyhistory #ai
July 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Now available in Genealogy Assistant: Download your new Ancestry clusters data as a CSV file. Use the "Download CSV" button at the top of each cluster list to start the download.
July 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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The latest version of our free Genealogy Blurring Tool now supports Ancestry's new clustering feature!

Hopefully this helps content creators share their knowledge about using this helpful tool.

Install for free: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/genea...

#ancestry #genealogy #dna
July 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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New in Genealogy Assistant v2.2.1!

View DNA paths on Ancestry and copy all surnames from a match with a single click on AncestryDNA.

Learn more: youtu.be/O4BgRJPirdw

#genealogy #familyhistory #dna #ancestry
Genealogy Assistant v2.2.1 - DNA Paths for Ancestry and More!
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July 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM