FamilySearch Tree

wuzit2u

4 years ago

I sincerely wish that FamilySearch would update the app to include the ENTIRE Details section for Memories as it is on the website itself. Right now the app only provides the date and location information under Event Details in the dropdown menu, but absolutely no photo or document descriptions whatsoever. I've always preferred to put my captions in Descriptions via the website itself, and I find it incredibly frustrating that those detailed descriptions are completely absent from the app. I sometimes end up getting app users commenting with a description that's actually IN the caption I wrote, they just can't see it because Descriptions don't exist on the app. While I'm aware I could put captions in the comments (and I have done so at times), that solution can often be less than ideal, as any captions posted to the comments can be easily buried by subsequent replies. Comments on the app don't even default to the first comment in the thread, but the last reply, so you have to scroll up through the chain to see whatever caption was originally provided. Same with the website, earlier comments are hidden behind a cut. As for captioning via the title, sometimes photos require much longer descriptions than could possibly fit. I would really love to see descriptions included in the app, or better yet, a dedicated caption box beneath the photo that's actually visible in both the app and on the web.

A Google user

5 years ago

It's always been a great app. Not perfect, but great! This new update during the night is HORRIBLE AWFUL NONSENSE! Now, one must go through every single person separately in a source to attach that source...even if it's a census and you have the family members found already. The work has just slowed considerably. Whoever did this does NOT do family history or they would have understood the mess they made.

A Google user

6 years ago

Ever since the latest update, I can hardly complete one small task before it asks me to sign in again. There's a check box marked "keep me signed in for two weeks" but it's a total lie. It won't even keep me signed in for two minutes. I'm editing my review after the response from the developer. The app is useful. It's nice to have a stand-alone app instead of just working in a mobile browser. I'd like to have more options to edit information when linking a source as another review mentioned.

Nadra Curtis

2 years ago

I really like it for the most part. It is sometimes hard to get back to someone you are researching without starting from the beginning. An x would be nice rather than an arrow so you could return to the one you are researching. And there needs to be a way to add or delete information or double parents without nullification of the whole line. Making changes should be different than either all, or nothing at all.

A Google user

5 years ago

I love this app, but when I'm reviewing record hints where a name isn't aligned with the person in family tree, it pops up with a message when you try to move it saying to 'click and drag to realign with a family tree person', but you can't do that on a mobile device. Only option to fix these records right now is to not use mobile from what I can see.

LaVette Puckett

1 year ago

LOVE THE SITE, NOT THE APP! I've been trying to use this app for several months. I get notifications of birthdays and things, but when I open the app to see them, it only shows the old notifications from months ago. I get the spinning wheel and it never changes. I even left the app open for 20 minutes to see if that would change. It did not. I decided to just delete it and add bookmark to my Home Screen of the website with text notifications. Just wished that the app would have worked.

Peter Hoffman

4 years ago

Definitely a learning curve when developing the family tree, though once you stick with it and are very detail, the reward will be great. The layout and the features are actually very clean, friendlier than other sites. I happen to go big, so my wife's tree is way over the top compared to many other trees. It took me a lot of trial and error to really get the hang of the app, but it really is well thought out.

A Google user

6 years ago

I just installed this & started with a basic search. It found records but they don't open - I get a brief "loading" spinning thing & when it stops, just an empty page. A message flashed at the bottom of the screen but it was gone so quickly that I couldn't read it even if it weren't partially cut off (which it is). I thought the problem might be my location, which is a different country from the records', so I tried a search for someone in my country. Same problem. This isn't very useful.

Robin White

2 years ago

Overall, I have found this app much easier to navigate over going straight to family search. The setup makes it easier to correct information and to compare information. The way the record search changed on the last update made searching more difficult due to the way it is on screen. It is crowded together in a way that I have trouble. Sorry for vague explanation.(added). It keeps kicking me off of sources in adding.

C Smith

3 years ago

Until the latest update I liked this app well enough. Unfortunately, the latest changes have made the "search historical records" function practically useless. The advanced options take up too much of the screen and you can't move it out of the way, the collection filters are almost impossible to see, and it lags or is completely unresponsive. And there's a random horizontal line through the screen that won't go away. Their updates can be a little hit or miss, but this one is definitely a miss.

Deborah Kaye Pritchett

1 year ago

Unstable and frustrating. Won't load most of the time. No longer syncs w/website. Terrible for editing and research. For merge or detach, half the time, buttons are below the phone screen, w/o the ability to scroll. Slow, full of bugs or glitches. I use it for quick reference, but must use the website for research and editing. Okay for checking your family tree at a glance and for sharing. Nice display if you include pics.

Stephanie Neher Smith

2 years ago

Love this app and use it all the time. The photo and document memories for mobile are bugged to hell. I have been trying to upload several photos and documents and find that while they appear loaded for me, they don't show anywhere else (the settings are not private, already checked). I also can't upload a photo and choose it as a profile picture for a family member. I'll have to check on my laptop, but it's a frustrating bug for the mobile version, which I use 80% of the time.

A Google user

5 years ago

It is a great option for working on your family tree from anywhere right on your phone. But the download doesn't work, it doesn't give enough options if name at beginning isn't same as who you want to connect to the source and even when the names of family members are already listed it only connects to a few and wants you to click and place the other names from source only that doesn't work properly as it is almost impossible to do. But all in all it is a good app to have.

Nicole

1 year ago

It's a pretty good app. There are inaccuracies, but you can get a place to begin. If you locate info that's isn't there, and for example, add it to the wrong place or person, it's almost impossible to correct sometimes. The app itself is buggy lately and I have to sign in again every few minutes, often. That's so aggravating when attempting to research, refine, compare, etc. After all, what's the point in an app when I could likely do better just signing in to the site through a browser?

Stacy Moore

1 year ago

App is great, support team struggles. It's church service missionaries that aren't very technical. I had the "no capable browser" issue. They tried to help but just couldn't figure it out. I fixed it by changing the default browser in Android back to Chrome. I had it defaulted to DuckDuckGo. App dev team should fix this by invoking a capable browser.

Donna

1 year ago

Most of the features are pointless. And unable to edit a leaf that results in incorrect placement and it's permanent or related only only by marriage (Don't KNOW HOW THAT GOT THAT GOT THERE) And am unable to delete. Can do either paternal or materal side but not both. Why not both?)Offers no way to access census records (really?). Searches are too limited. But it was useful for a few things and answered some questions. But I think it's do all it can do for me. Unistalling

Scott Sage

1 year ago

Nice app, but not as helpful as its closest competitor. You can enter info, but it is subject to hordes of people who, if you don't enter the information they think is correct, they are quick to let you know. Geneology is thousands of years old and subject to error the farther one goes. Plus, their competitor gives you options to research an ancestor. Both are good, but the competitor is better. Mine is just my opinion and not intended to disparage any contributor. You decide which is bat 4 u.