Affiliate disclosure

Some pages link to genealogy companies. If you buy a subscription or a test through one of those links, we may earn a commission. You do not pay extra. A commission does not change the price the company charges.

The links in the site config currently point at each company's public homepage, not at a tracking URL. When a network approves the site, the homepage URL in that config will be replaced with the tracking link. Either way, the link is marked rel="sponsored nofollow". Pages that contain these links also show a short disclosure under the title.

Programs we expect to use

• Ancestry— U.S. and Italian record collections, trees, and AncestryDNA. Joined through Rakuten Advertising, when the application is accepted.
• MyHeritage— European record matches, trees, and MyHeritage DNA. Joined through MyHeritage affiliates (direct application), when the application is accepted.
• Findmypast— British, Irish and some emigration collections. Thin for Italian civil records.. Joined through Awin, when the application is accepted.
• Newspapers.com— Obituaries and hometown newspapers for immigrants in the United States. Joined through Newspapers.com affiliates, when the application is accepted.
• Fold3— U.S. military records, including some naturalization and draft sets. Joined through CJ, when the application is accepted.
• FamilyTreeDNA— Y-DNA and mtDNA tests for a direct paternal or maternal line. Joined through Rakuten Advertising, when the application is accepted.
• Living DNA— An autosomal test with a regional breakdown. Joined through CJ, when the application is accepted.
• Amazon— Genealogy books and archival supplies. Joined through Amazon Associates, when the application is accepted.

Sites we do not treat as affiliates

FamilySearch is a free nonprofit site. We link to it because the records are there, not for a commission. The Portale Antenati, the National Archives, the Statue of Liberty—Ellis Island Foundation, state archives and parish offices are the same: ordinary citations, not sponsored links.

23andMe's publisher affiliate program has been paused. If a guide mentions that company, the mention is editorial and there is no affiliate link.

We do not write that a DNA test is medically useful, and we do not write that an ethnicity label is exact. A recommendation means the product has a research feature that fits the page: a record collection, a match list, or a Y-DNA test for a last-name study.