Put your Family Tree on the Map

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Features

The Map My Ancestors Family Tree Mapping software -

Is GEDCOM, CSV and KML/KMZ compatible

Will export KML/KMZ files ready for sharing on Google Earth, Google Maps or Microsoft Live Search Maps

Will export POI (Points Of Interest) files suitable for loading onto all the major Satallite Navigation systems. Tom Tom (OV2), Garmin (GPX), Navman (CSV) and Navigon (CSV) are included in the export options.

Integrates with the Yahoo Geocoding and Mapping services

Allows the user to select which event types to show

Can automatically update Google Earth as changes are made to the viewing options

Supports Chapman Codes (area codes sometimes used in UK genealogy)

Supports the Latitude and Longitude custom tags generated by Rootsmagic and Legacy Family Tree programs

If you have already installed Google Earth click here to view an example tree. The example shows a regular event plot without distribution icons.

The following Google Map shows the same data in a web page -

View Larger Map

You can use the Rumsey Historical maps in Google Earth (from the "Layers" menu select "Gallery" and then tick the "Rumsey Historical Maps" checkbox) to view your locations on old maps -

You can zoom right in to locations to see what the modern day area looks like -

You can view the paths your ancestors travelled over their lives -

You can view the distribution of the individuals you have selected -

and view which individuals were associated with an area -

Share your Family Map

Once you have mapped your Family Tree with Map My Ancestors why not share it with the world? Shared content on Google Maps will show up as "User Content" when people search Google Maps for a matching string (an old street name for example). Sharing your Family Tree map is easy -

1. Save your Map Data

You can do this from Map My Ancestors using the Save button. You can also do this from Google Earth by selecting Save Place As for the folder you want to share. Currently the Google My Maps feature only appears to support the importing of uncompressed files locally so make sure you select KML rather than KMZ as the output file type.

2. Go to Google Maps

Use your browser to navigate to the Google Maps page and select the My Maps tab. Click on the Create a new map link and create a Google account if you don't already have one.

3. Import your Data

Click the Import link and select the KML file you saved with Map My Ancestors

4. Give your Map a Name

Give your map a descriptive title and select Public to share your map. Click the Save button and you're done!