Start by searching for a name using the search bar at the top of the page.
Click any name in the results to open their profile.
Clicking a name opens a detail panel on the right showing everything we know about that person — birth, death, parents, spouses, children, and sources.
Names of parents, spouses and children inside the panel are also clickable — tap them to jump to that person.
From anyone's panel, scroll down to find two buttons:
You can also use the tabs at the top — 🌳 Ancestors and 👨👩👧 Descendants — to browse the whole tree from any starting point.
The ⚓ Ships tab shows the vessels your ancestors actually sailed on to reach America.
Some person profiles also show an immigration block with their specific ship and arrival date — look for the ⚓ section when viewing a person.
A few other things worth knowing:
This tree has 493+ people spanning over 1,500 years — from Viking-era Scandinavia to living family members today.
You can always reopen this guide with the ? button in the top-right corner.