An old oak on a hillside, roots showing, painted in warm, washed tones

Discover your roots.

Who was your mother’s mother? Root & Branch begins there, with a conversation instead of a form. Then we go off and do the homework: censuses, ship manifests, vital records. What comes back is your family’s tree, documented and beautiful, living at its own address.

Build your tree See a sample tree
Your family's story

Every name has a card. Every card has receipts.

A private site for your family: the chart, the profiles, the sources, the arrivals. Immigrants starred, open branches drawn dashed, and each profile carrying a plain-words note on how we know.

Confirmed

Henrik Ellison ★

1921 – 1998

b. Bergen, Norway · d. Duluth, Minnesota

The Ellison line’s immigrant. He crossed in 1946 on the Stavangerfjord, worked as a baker, and opened the shop on Third Street that the family still argues about.

How we know

Ship manifest, Bergen–New York, 1946; naturalization record, 1952. Each names both generations.

  • Ship manifest, 1946
  • Naturalization, 1952
  • Family letter, 1948
How it works

You talk

One gentle question at a time, about the people you remember. Names, kitchens, the town somebody left. Half-memories are fine. “Family story” is an honest answer here, and it’s labeled as one.

We dig

We take what you know and go looking for what you don’t, walking each branch through the public record, citing every find, and marking how sure we are. When we hit a wall, we tell you which relative to call.

You get the heirloom

A private site for your family: the chart, the profiles, the sources, the arrivals. Living relatives’ details never appear on it. That’s enforced on every build, forever.

What it costs

Until now, the only way to get this done was hiring a professional genealogist, priced accordingly. Root & Branch does the research for a flat hundred dollars.

$1,500+

Hiring a professional genealogist

Most start at twenty billable hours.

$100

Root & Branch

Researched, documented, and delivered as your family’s own site.

Somebody in your family has to write it down

It has apparently fallen to you. It starts with one question.