Map My Ancestors

There are many applications and programs that you could use in order to manage information. One of them is Map My Ancestors.

It's a neat software solution that allows you to link the individuals in your family tree to the mapping capabilities of Google Earth, you can create placemarks for events in the lives of individuals.

The application takes almost no time to install and it doesn't come with a complicated setup that you would need to complete before you can actually use it. It sports a clean and intuitive graphical interface with many nice tools at hand.

Map My Ancestors is a neat software solution that allows you to link the individuals in your family tree to the mapping capabilities of Google Earth, you can create placemarks for events in the lives of individuals.

You can use the application only if you have a family tree file stored in a software package that can save or export a GEDCOM file. The first thing that you need to do after launching the application is to select a country to use as a default if your tree is mainly contained within one country.

You can view a path following the movements of your ancestors during their lifetime. Use the time span slider feature of Google Earth to restrict the view to a period of history and watch your family's story unfold.

You can automatically create points on the map for a mother at the birth of her child or for the father. It comes with the option to automatically export data to Google Earth every 10 seconds and to pick the default location of your data on the PC. You can also filter all sort of events and exclude certain data.

Map My Ancestors is a neat software solution that allows you to link the individuals in your family tree to the mapping capabilities of Google Earth, you can create placemarks for events in the lives of individuals.