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OneGreatFamily

Personal Genealogical Research Website

Published 03/30/2011 and rated

1 out of 5 stars by AppAppeal Editor

2 comments for this app

What can you use the app for?

OneGreatFamily gives users another way to locate distant relatives and ancestors. The website operates by viewing each family tree as part of one large entity. Users can submit search criteria and OneGreatFamily will locate work submitted by others which make up the “world’s largest collaborative online family tree.” Users are also given access to a data base of more than 180,000,000 submitted and linked names. OneGreatFamily also makes sharing easy with an email or share with a link option. Users can also search popular internet resources such as Wikipedia, Google and the dictionary. Additional features present the user with intriguing stats, such as the average life span of men and women in the user’s family tree, age of the oldest and youngest members and combined stats for both genders.

What is the history and popularity of the app?

OneGreatFamily took three years to develop and includes three patents that have been filed based on the website’s technology. The website offers a number of interesting tools and unique stats that other genealogy websites do not offer. Today OneGreatFamily gives users another way to learn about their family history.

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What are the differences to other apps?

OneGreatFamily offers many unique features to its users. The website focuses on giving the user access to previous work, thus pulling from one big family tree. Users can also review stats that other sites often overlook, such as the average life span of the members of a family tree.

How does the web app look and feel to use?

The OneGreatFamily website invites users with a dark blue background and images of smiling people. The homepage doesn’t look as flashy as other similar sties, but it gets the job done well. Users can begin by searching for their family tree or records related to it by entering a name in the fields provided on the homepage.

How does the registration process work?

New users can click the small “Sign Up Now” button in the lower, left hand corner of the pop up box that appears at the center of the OneGreatFamily homepage. The top of the registration form asks the user to select their subscription type. Next the user is asked to provide billing information such as a name, address, phone number, confirmation email address, an optional second email address and password. The last section of the form asks the user for their credit card information. The user must also check the terms and conditions box at the very bottom of the form before submitting it to OneGreatFamily.

What does it cost to use the application?

OneGreatFamily gives users three subscription plans to choose from. Each comes with the same benefits. OneGreatFamily offers a seven day free trial to new users. Once this trial is up the user must select a paid subscription to continue accessing OneGreatFamily. A monthly subscription is available for around $15 per month while a quarterly option costs around $10 per month. An annual subscription is available and costs around $7 per month.

Who would you recommend the application to?

OneGreatFamily is intended for users who want to learn more about their family history. Users will have to pay after the free trial period is up, so this is definitely one for someone who is truly committed to building their family tree. Users can't try OneGreatFamily.com without giving credit card details.

OneGreatFamily Features

Search for family tree work already completed by others
View unique statistics such as the average life span of those in your tree
Choose between a monthly, quarterly and annual subscription
Browse Google Maps indicating relevant locations
Search multiple resources, including Wikipedia and Google

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2 comments for this app

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seshen
on 11 Sep 2011 at 08:49

This site should be called One Great Robbery. I received an email over a year agao asking me to try it free. To do so you had to enter card details so I used a prepaid card I have for holiday abroad money as it was empty at the time. I then decided it was not much good so declined the offer to sign up. Then over a year later I topped up the card and you guessed it they stole $79 out of my holiday cash. I have e-mailed them and got this back:- You were billed $79.95 because when you signed up on our system you selected a Yearly subscription. We do not offer invoice billing, and our customer service representatives are not paid on a commission. They have no financial incentive to lie or cheat you into a subscription. The simplest explanation of what happened here is that you misunderstood what you signed up for. Based on the tone of your message, it seems likely that you will continue to consider us to be thieves and liars. As surprising as it might seem to you, we do take offense at that. However, we do sleep well at night, precisely because we try our hardest to offer a good and useful product at a fair price in an honorable way. But in light of maintaining our reputation, we will point out that: • You came to our website • You made a decision to subscribe • You clicked and entered sufficient information to create a billing for a Yearly subscription • We accepted that you meant what you did • We acted only in accordance with what you did • We neither forced nor constrained you to do any of these things We have been in business for ten years. Hundreds of thousands of people have come to our site and interacted with our billing system without incident. Our renewal rates are consistent with industry norms. The genealogy market has seen scams come and go, but they do not last. We could not stay in business for ten years if we didn’t offer a good product at a fair price in an honorable way. These hundreds of thousands of people who have come to our site by and large accept responsibility for their own decisions and actions. They subscribe, use the site and cancel at their pleasure. They understand that if they sign up for a quarterly subscription, they will pay for a quarterly subscription and have use of the product for 3 months. If they change their minds about a 3 month subscription, they nevertheless live with that because they accept responsibility for their own actions. I hope you can accept some responsibility for your own actions here, and be willing to acknowledge that perhaps we aren’t thieves or liars or cheats, but that you and we simply had a miscommunication. We wish you continued good hunting for your ancestors. Regards, I have emailed them numerous times since and heard nothing. The answer machine they leave on says they will call you back-they don't. DO NOT GET SCAMMED KEEP OFF IT

cheryl jansen van rensburg (nee Annandale)
on 27 Jul 2011 at 08:59

I HAVE REGISTERED FOR MYHERITAGE.COM AND CAN'T LOOK UP INFO ABOUT MY ANCESTORS ON IT

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