1891 Tree.

Turn your family’s pile of paper into a website your family can actually use.

Send us the PDFs, the scanned books, the photo-back captions. We’ll build you a private family site that lets every cousin explore who you are. Not DNA. Not matching. The real understanding.

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Three steps from pile to site.

  1. 01

    Upload

    Drag PDFs, photos, scanned books, or typed transcripts onto the page. Or mail us the box.

  2. 02

    We process

    A human reads every document we receive and verifies every fact before your site goes up.

  3. 03

    You explore

    A private site for your family. Edit it, expand it, share it. Cancel any time with your data in hand.

What a 1891 Tree looks like.

We built the Mowl Tree first. It’s our family. Five generations Deaf, going back to 1891.

The Mowl Tree

5 generations · 144 people · 158 organizations

The family behind 1891. Five generations Deaf, since 1891.

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Different from what you’re used to.

We’re not Ancestry. We’re not 23andMe. We sit one shelf over.

  The DNA / records sites 1891 Tree
Promise Find ancestors you didn’t know you had. Understand the family you already have.
Input DNA spit kit + public records. The documents your family already wrote about itself.
Output A pedigree tree + cousin matches. A living website with people, places, and the threads between them.
Editing Hard. The tree is a graph; you fill cells. An AI co-editor your aunt can use.
Privacy Public by default. Private by default. Public when you say so.

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Pricing that fits one family or five generations.

Sapling

For the curious aunt

$19/mo

or $190/yr save 2 months

  • Up to 50 people
  • 1 GB of source documents
  • Private site only
  • Up to 3 editors
  • 200 AI edits per day
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Tree

For the family

$39/mo

or $390/yr save 2 months

  • Up to 250 people
  • 10 GB of source documents
  • Public or private
  • Up to 10 editors + unlimited readers
  • 1 hour/mo concierge time
  • 1 prepaid mail-in label/year
  • 500 AI edits per day
Start with Tree

Heritage

For the family historian

$79/mo

or $790/yr save 2 months

  • Unlimited people
  • 50 GB of source documents
  • Custom domain included
  • Unlimited editors + readers
  • 3 hours/mo concierge time
  • 2 prepaid mail-in labels/year
  • 2-day SLA on Starter Intake
  • 2,000 AI edits per day
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Plus a one-time $299 Starter Intake at signup. See full pricing →

Built in Frederick. Carried forward since 1891.

1891 Tree is built by the Mowls, a Deaf family from Maryland. The original Mowl was born deaf in 1891 and met his wife at the Maryland School for the Deaf. Five generations later we’re still here, still Deaf, and still pretty good at keeping track of a family.

We don’t talk much about the lineage on the homepage. We’d rather show you the work. Read more about us →

Ready to start your family’s site?

Five business days from your first upload to a site you can share with your favorite uncle.

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