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Family Tree Plus explained

Join Family Tree Plus and enjoy impartial expert advice, easy-to-follow tutorials, and friendly support so you can research your family history with confidence. Find out more about the popular online membership in our special guide.

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We’ll help you discover your family story

Join Family Tree Plus and enjoy impartial expert advice, easy-to-follow tutorials, and friendly support so you can research your family history with confidence.

Try the membership for 7 days, completely free.

Family Tree Plus

Why become a Family Tree Plus member?

We'll give you the research skills, tactics, and knowledge so you can discover more about your ancestors and their lives.

Family Tree Plus brings together experts from around the world to help you do your family history better, break through research brickwalls, and gain confidence in growing your family tree.

With access to hundreds of hours of video, thousands of articles, and regular live sessions, you'll be able to get back further and learn so much more about your ancestors and their lives… and have fun doing it!

Family Tree Plus webinars

Expert webinars every month

Learn from the experts, with the monthly Study Club, DNA Club and Brickwalls Club meetings. That's £30 worth of webinars every month!

Family Tree Plus magazine archive

Magazine archive

Search and explore years of Family Tree magazine articles, that's thousands of expert articles on all aspects of family history.

Family Tree Plus videos

On-demand videos

Watch over 150 hours of expert-led genealogy sessions. Plus, every webinar is recorded and added to the video library, so you can view in your own time.

Research resources

Use printable worksheets and guides to organise your work.

Exclusive discounts

Save on masterclasses, workbooks and other Family Tree products and services.

Member newsletter

Get fresh tips, news and research inspiration in your inbox with the members' newsletter.

Learn, discover, share

Our mission is simple, we're here to help you discover your family story. That's the foundation on which Family Tree Plus was created – with expert advice and support to improve your research and increase your family history know-how.

In a recent survey 100% of members who responded said they'd recommend Family Tree Plus

"There is always something new to learn and the speakers and contributors at the regular Family Tree Plus online talks and webinars are always excellent."

Anon.

“I’m so glad I have subscribed and that I can watch recorded presentations from my side of the world!”

Pam

"Family Tree Plus has broadened my family history research enormously with its online webinars etc which gives access to family history experts in different areas of interest."

Caroline

Family Tree Plus - FAQs

You’ll get full access to everything in Family Tree Plus – no restrictions.

The free trial is exactly that - free! No credit card details are taken and there is absolutely no obligation to continue your membership (though we think you'll want to!)

We’ll send a couple of emails to show you what’s inside Family Tree Plus and help you get the most from your trial.

You can visit your Membership area at any time to see how many day(s) you have left.

When the 7 days are up, we’ll email you to explain what to do if you’d like to continue.

Free trials are available only to customers who have:

Never had a trial previously
Never held a membership

Your name, email and phone number are required when you subscribe — collecting them at trial stage means we don’t need to ask again later.

This is not a hard sell — we won’t use your phone number to call you. It’s only used to validate trial access.

We’ll email you about your trial, but you don’t have to opt-in to marketing emails to take the trial.
By registering an account with us you are agreeing to our Terms and Conditions of Use.

Family Tree Plus is a separate service, so you are welcome to subscribe to both — receive the print edition of the magazine and enjoy the many benefits of Family Tree Plus.

Want to switch from print to Family Tree Plus?

Call our customer services team on 01778 392008 and they’ll be happy to help.

Family Tree Plus includes access to every new issue of Family Tree, plus a searchable library of back issues — so in most cases we recommend making the switch. When you can switch depends on your current digital subscription.

Pocketmags subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is cancelled in your subscription area at least 24 hours before the end of your current term.

Please note: access to the Family Tree Library ceases if your Family Tree Plus membership expires, while a Pocketmags digital subscription lets you keep the issues you have paid for.

Yes — free trials are only available to new Family Tree Plus customers.

Once you have purchased a membership package, you will no longer be able to access the free trial service.
Trials are non-transferrable and subject to our website Terms and Conditions of Use.

Ready to start your free trial?

Try the membership for 7 days, completely free.

Family Tree Plus