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Genealogy buffs! Everyone should have this handy tool, which highlights the surnames you are looking for on busy pages. If you've ever squinted at a Gedmatch pedigree list or tried to find your relative's name in a tree with tiny letters or just wanted to know if your ancestor was mentioned in long-winded will or property transaction, this plugin will save you heaps of time!
Historical U.S. Counties Auto-Checker
While searching Ancestry & FamilySearch, auto-checks county and place, notes boundary changes, shows historical county maps Let this tool do the location work for you as you search on Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org. Optional upgrade for Ancestry.com users: Tree Fact-Checking and LifeMap! U.S. county boundaries have changed over 17,600 times since America was settled in colonial times. Don’t sabotage your search for ancestors by not knowing the correct county for the historical years you are researching. While searching on Ancestry or FamilySearch, this Historical U.S. Counties Auto-Checker extension for Google Chrome automatically checks that the county existed in the year you are searching, checks for valid places, warns of boundary changes, and links to historical county lines on Google Maps for the place and years you are searching! Install today and never let an ancestor fall off the map again! The Historical U.S. Counties Auto-Checker Chrome extension makes use of the award-winning RandyMajors.org’s Historical U.S. Counties on Google Maps tool, underpinned with the complete dataset of the authoritative Newberry Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. 1. Install the Historical U.S. Counties Auto-Checker Chrome extension by clicking the "Add to Chrome" button in the upper right corner of this page. 2. Go to any search form on Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org and start typing a place and a year. As you finish typing in each box, the Historical U.S. Counties Auto-Checker Chrome extension will update information in a box as shown in the screenshots. Note that the information shown is updated based on the last year box and place box you were interacting with. 3. Read the Note and Warning messages that appear about some counties, and click the MAP link to view historical county boundaries for the place/county/state and historical year you are researching. The Auto-Checker first tries to center the map on the city/place/township you are searching for, and if it cannot find an exact match, it centers on the county you are searching for, and as a final fallback centers on the state you are searching for. 4. Using the map, when you find the correct county name for the year you are researching, put that county name in the place search box on Ancestry or FamilySearch in the form "City, County, State, USA" ENABLE TREE FACT-CHECKING & LIFEMAP FUNCTIONALITY: If you are a RandyMajors.org Monthly Contributor, the Auto-Checker will also check all U.S. location facts on Person profile pages on Ancestry trees, plus create a link to an interactive LifeMap for each ancestor! And your MAP links will open into ad-free fullscreen map windows any time you click a MAP link! LEARN MORE HERE: https://www.randymajors.org/access-ad-free-fullscreen-tools#compare That's all there is to it. Hope the tool helps you discover some "hidden" records! (When you install the Auto-Checker, you may see a standard confirmation window that states that the extension can “Read and change your data on www.ancestry.com or www.familysearch.org or www.google-analytics.com”. Rest assured that the Historical U.S. Counties Auto-Checker Chrome extension ONLY reads the place and year fields and shows the county information as shown in the screenshots above; it absolutely DOES NOT make any changes to your data whatsoever. No logins or email addresses are required to use the extension!)
Family Tree Validator
Ensure your family's information on FamilySearch is correct and complete. Validator makes this quick and easy. The purpose of the Family Tree Validator is to find inconsistencies, errors, missing data in your family's tree on FamilySearch. Because these errors are under the surface, you may not even be aware that anything is wrong. It will make suggestions that may help FamilySearch find additional matches. It will find simple cleanup items like date and location inconsistencies. Best of all, it makes fixing these simple issues fast and easy! Validator checks that the information currently in FamilySearch about your family is 'reasonable'. That means common sense tests are applied EVERYWHERE (and if I've missed some, please let me know). It checks all of the information currently available, comparing husband and wife, children, parents and siblings. The extension further checks, for each attached source record, the information was fully added into FamilySearch. This saves you massive time in doing this review yourself! TO BEGIN: Install the extension and it will walk you through a few simple steps. Then return to FamilySearch and login. As you access a person's page, click on the Validator icon in the upper right of your browser. (If you don't see the icon, click on the extension icon - looks like a puzzle piece - and then on the 'pin' next to Family Tree Validator.) The person's name will appear on a small popup window. To validate them, simply click on the "Validate This Person" button. During Validation, the person and their family will be displayed on a separate Progress page, along with any information about them that needs to be reviewed. IMPORTANT: the first time, the amount of information can be concerning. Do not worry, we'll make the cleanup easy! To help you with your use of Validator, full help and suggestions are located on our website FindMyRoots.tech/help. The Options page gives you full control of Family Tree Validator's behavior. Validation should be viewed as a process rather than an event. As items are corrected and added, FamilySearch may find more items to be added to your tree. Lastly, we appreciate your use of the Family Tree Validator as it continues to grow and be enhanced. Despite best our efforts to make everything work as expected, you may find issues in its use. Please report any errors, items missed, things that could be checked, or new suggestions to FindMyRoots.tech@gmail.com or on our website FindMyRoots.tech/support. Enjoy!!!
Genealogy Blurring Tool
Automatically blurs sensitive elements on genealogy websites for privacy-minded screenshots and screencasts. 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. 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 Tool works instantly on every page you load to blur any sensitive personal information. The blurring effect is applied instantly, allowing you to effortlessly capture and share secure screenshots or screen recordings of personal genealogy pages. This extension ensures you adhere to genealogical privacy standards by protecting the sensitive information of your DNA matches and any living individuals. Genealogy Blurring Tool works with Ancestry, MyHeritage, 23andMe FamilySearch and FamilyTreeDNA. If you notice any place that is not being blurred, please click the button titled "Missing a spot? Let us know!" located at the bottom of the Genealogy Blurring Tool pop-up panel. Install the Extension: Download and install Genealogy Blurring Tool directly from the Chrome Web Store. Access the Extension: Click the puzzle piece icon on the right hand side of the Chrome toolbar to locate Genealogy Blurring Tool. To keep it handy, click the pushpin icon next to its name to pin it to your Chrome toolbar. Activate Blurring: Enable the blurring effect by clicking the Genealogy Blurring Tool icon in the Chrome toolbar and selecting the green "Enable Blurring" button in the pop-up panel. Once activated, the icon in the toolbar will change from an open eye to a closed eye, signaling that the blurring is active. Disable Blurring: To turn off the blurring effect, click the Genealogy Blurring Tool icon in the Chrome toolbar and select the red "Disable Blurring" button in the pop-up panel. This will instantly reveal all text on the page. Use DNA Match Initials: You can choose to have names in your DNA match list on Ancestry, MyHeritage, 23andMe and FamilyTreeDNA replaced with the persons initials. Blur Your Personal Information: Choose whether to blur your own name, or the name of the test you manage by toggling the "Blur Your Personal Information" option in the Genealogy Blurring Tool pop-up panel. Blur DNA Match Profile Photos: Choose whether to blur DNA match profile photos by toggling the "Blur DNA Match Profile Photos" option in the Genealogy Blurring Tool pop-up panel. Blur DNA Match Notes Section: Choose whether to blur notes attached to DNA matches by toggling the "Blur DNA Match Notes Section" option in the Genealogy Blurring Tool pop-up panel. Check out our other Chrome extension, Genealogy Assistant! It adds 100+ custom features to popular genealogy websites like Ancestry, MyHeritage, 23andMe, FamilySearch, FamilyTreeDNA and more. Search for "Genealogy Assistant" in the Chrome Web Store. Latest update: Friday May 1st, 2026 v1.5.8: Updates for AncestryDNA and FamilyTreeDNA blurring locations.
Goldie May
Goldie May is genealogy research software to accelerate your research, sort out tangles in your family tree, and keep you more organized. It won't replace your current family tree software, but it might replace your spreadsheet, your word processing program, the papers on your desk, and the sticky notes on your monitor. 🏅 One of the 101 best genealogy websites of 2025 according to Family Tree Magazine: "Though named for two female ancestors, [Goldie May] is anything but old-fashioned...." 🏅 Authorized training partner of The Family History Guide ✅ Projects Organize your research into projects, each with an objective, subjects, and research plan. Great for client work or all your family lines. ✅ Research Log Mark each item in your log as a positive or negative result. Write abstracts and comments. Search your log. Export it to a spreadsheet. ✅ Automatic Research Log Turn it on, then start researching. Goldie May keeps a list of all the sites you visit, rabbit holes and all. ✅ Screenshots Take screenshots and save them directly to your research log. ✅ Citations On known websites, citations are created for you. ✅ Snapshots of your windows & tabs Too many browser tabs open? Take a snapshot and save them for later. Let's call it rabbit-hole insurance. ✅ Accessible from anywhere Your data is stored in the cloud. Access your projects from the library, an archive, or your nearest FamilySearch center. ✅ Subway Map See where your ancestor lived over time with this unique timeline tool. See census and newspaper hints in context. See county and state boundary changes in context. ✅ Newspaper coverage tool See which newspapers ran when and where your ancestor lived and open them on the provider's website. ✅ Canvas Sort out tricky situations like pre-1850 U.S. censuses with this visual tool, as if you were sorting papers on your kitchen table. ✅ Catalog of catalogs See what collections the big genealogy and newspaper sites have for a given time and place and quickly go there. ✅ Auto-search Launch searches into census records, and quickly jump to the next and previous census for that location.
