| | Traces of the Past | Traces of the Past - Truscape Solutions, Inc
Original Release Date for this iPhone App: May 05, 2010
Find traces of your ancestors by exploring hundreds of millions of freely available historical records from countries all over the world.
For many people, records of their ancestors connect them to their past. An effort is underway by several archives to digitize these records and to make them available to the public over the internet. With Traces, you can now access these records right on your iPhone or iPod touch.
With Traces, you can search for historical records of your deceased ancestors by name, event, place, date range, collection, and family member. Browse through exact, close, and partial matches and then examine the details of the records you find. Many records allow you to view a photo of the original document right on your iPhone or iPod touch. Read with your own eyes the cause of death on your Great Grandfather’s death certificate or discover the details of your Grandmother’s marriage on her State’s marriage records.
As you find records of your ancestors, Traces allows you to share those records with family and friends through email or Facebook. You can also add them to your Folder for later viewing or additional research.
Many records provide information about your ancestor’s family members. Traces will take what information is known about their father, mother, spouse, or children and allow you to perform a quick search for additional records about each family member.
FamilySearch is the first archive of historical records being made available through Traces. FamilySearch has over 375 collections from over 55 countries with new records being added every month. These collections consist of census, vital, land, military, and church records. Access is provided free of charge with no registration required. In addition to these collections, FamilySearch hosts several collections from other archives such as Footnote.com, Findmypast.com, EllisIsland.org, and more. While the records from these archives can be freely searched and viewed, some of them may require registration and/or fees to view the original images of the records.
Due to privacy concerns, records for people who are living are not available.
Traces is a FamilySearch Certified application and is approved for access to the FamilySearch index of historical records. | | Price: | $3.99 |
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