Features
Purpose-built tools for investigative genetic genealogy
- 1 Open Report
- 2 Pick people
- 3 Get your PDF
Tree Reports as Shareable PDFs
Switch on Report mode, click the people you want to include, and press Done. CanopyLink produces a vector PDF holding a tree diagram of just those individuals — preserving the layout you see on screen — followed by a detail list of each person's birth, death and sex, with estimated and approximate dates keeping their qualifiers.
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Easily Identify Common Ancestors
Quickly spot shared ancestors across multiple family lines. CanopyLink highlights common ancestors automatically, making it easy to trace connections and identify key individuals in complex family networks.
User-Friendly Interface
An intuitive, clean interface designed for genealogists of all experience levels. Build and navigate complex family trees with ease, without a steep learning curve.
Document and Source Trees
Attach sources, documents, and notes directly to individuals in your tree. Keep your research organized and well-documented with a complete evidence trail for every connection.
Highlight What Matters
Use color coding and visual markers to draw attention to key individuals, relationships, and patterns in your research. Focus on what matters most in your investigation.
Merge Duplicate Individuals
Found the same person in multiple branches? CanopyLink lets you merge duplicate individuals with a side-by-side preview, combining their relationships and details into a single, accurate record. Keep your trees clean and connected.
And Everything Else
The rest of the toolkit — import, collaboration, analysis, and account security.
GEDCOM Import
Upload a GEDCOM, pick the starting person, and import direct lineage or the full tree — sources and notes included
GEDCOM Export
Download any tree as a GEDCOM, or every tree in a project as a single ZIP
Project Sharing
Invite colleagues by email as viewers or contributors, and change or revoke access at any time
Project Change Log
Every add, edit and delete recorded with who did it and when, filterable by tree
Project Locations Map
Every birth, death and marriage place pinned on one map, resolved offline — no third-party lookups
Match Analysis
Finds shared surnames, shared locations and likely same-person duplicates across your trees — dismiss the ones that aren't
Source Media Uploads
Attach and reorder scans, records and photographs on any source
DNA Inheritance Paths
Highlight X-DNA, Y-DNA and mitochondrial inheritance lines through the tree
Shared cM Calculator
Enter a centiMorgan value and see every plausible relationship with its range
Search Everything
Jump to any project or person from anywhere with the ⌘K command palette, plus server-side search inside huge trees
Two-Factor Authentication
TOTP 2FA with recovery codes, plus Google and Microsoft sign-in
Bulk Project Settings
Apply a setting across every project you own at once, after seeing the current spread
GEDCOM import, bulk GEDCOM export, source media uploads and Tree Reports are available on paid plans. See what each plan includes →