Instant Family Tree

Instant Family Tree is an engaging approach to start building a family tree in the FamilySearch Family Tree, and a way to create family tree keepsakes to share with family. Instant Family Tree was designed for individuals who are new to FamilySearch, who have few or no people in FamilySearch Family Tree, and individuals who want to print a family tree keepsake.

The current experience was developed for the African and Middle East areas of the world. The African Instant Family Tree experience can be found here.

While creating the instant family tree, all names, dates, and places are stored in the local cache of the device. Names, dates, and places are NOT saved to FamilySearch Family Tree until after the individual clicks Finalize Design.

During the process of creating an Instant Family Tree, instructions will appear on the screen to guide the user to create the tree.

Names will be viewable for individuals on their own Instant Family Tree.

This experience works best in the Chrome browser, on mobile devices (it is optimized for mobile).

Middle East Sensitive Countries

The Middle East has hybrid countries and sensitive countries. In hybrid countries, only the user can view what he or she entered on FamilySearch.org in the regular Family Tree. If users leave Instant Family Tree and enter regular Family Tree, they may have difficulty or may not be able to see sensitive names.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

• Question: What specific audiences are affected by this release?
  Answer: The 2 main target audiences for this new discovery experience are people in Africa.

• Question: What is the expected outcome of this new discovery experience?

  Answers:
  

  • This product helps users prepare their tree to either receive a keepsake or take steps to prepare their names for the temple.
  • This helps guests who want to create a view or tree of their immediate or current family.
  • This makes it possible to create a tree more quickly. Additionally, being able to quickly create a tree saves on the high cost of mobile data for guests in Africa.
  • This provides a tree-building experience for guests who do not have records available.
  • Once the user has started on the product, they can build their tree offline until they're ready to save their data by finalizing their tree.
• What are the anticipated questions associated with this release?
  
  • Question: How do I start?
    Answer: Go to the Google Play store, download the FamilySearch Africa app or go to familysearch.org/africa. Then click Create A Beautiful Family Tree.
  • Question: What is the end result?
    Answer: A free, stylized family tree.
  • Question: How do I pick a tree?
    Answer: Click on any of the tree design options.
  • Question: How do I add a person to the Instant Family Tree?
    Answer:
    
    • Add yourself first.
    • Click on any add button.
    • Your position within the tree can be adjusted, if desired.
  • Question: Why can I not add my ancestor or grandparents first?
    Answer:
    
    • You must add yourself first to begin building your tree.
    • Then add your parents, spouse, children, or siblings.
    • Once you add your parents, you can add your grandparents.
    • Once you add your grandparents, you can add aunts, uncles, ancestors, and other relatives.
  • Question: What do I do on the Select Your Tree Size page?
    Answer:
    
    • There are 2 types of trees: Random trees and Grid trees (or Relationship trees).
    • On trees that have grids, guests can select different tree sizes. Random trees only have 1 size.