Five audit areasIntegrity, duplicate, date, privacy, portability
GEDCOM migration preflight for macOS
Move the family tree.
Leave broken links behind.
Audit GEDCOM integrity, duplicates, dates, living-person privacy and vendor-specific fields locally before importing your tree into another service.
Native for MacmacOS 14+Apple notarization before launch
Native Release buildREAL APP
No guessed mergesAmbiguous findings stay review-only
Copy-only repairChange log and SHA-256 manifest included
One-time price$29 for one Mac, no subscription
Inside the actual app
Every finding stays tied to the real record.
Filter the audit by category or person, read the exact records involved and select only repairs that are safe for a new copy. The native Release app never changes the open GEDCOM source.
Built for the real handoff
One focused app.
Four jobs done.
Service migration
Preflight a tree before moving from one genealogy provider to another.
Family archive handoff
Remove avoidable privacy leaks before sharing an export with relatives.
Legacy GEDCOM cleanup
Review ANSEL declarations and vendor-only fields before a modern import.
Broken tree diagnosis
Find absent person or family targets behind incomplete relationships.
The result
family-tree-repaired.gedaudit-report.jsonMANIFEST.sha256Private by defaultA clear workflow
From first record
to finished handoff.
Open the export
Parse individuals, families, events, relationships, character encoding and vendor fields from the local GEDCOM file.
Review migration risks
Filter findings by category or person and inspect broken references, duplicate candidates, chronology, private details and portability concerns.
Export a reviewed copy
Select only safe repairs, create a new UTF-8 GEDCOM and keep the full audit, change log, receipt and checksum manifest beside it.
Focused by design
Useful depth.
No account clutter.
Relationship integrity graph
Resolve person and family references and identify links whose target records do not exist.
Duplicate-person candidates
Surface matching normalized names and birth years for review without automatically merging anyone.
Date consistency checks
Flag birth after death and implausible parent-child timelines while preserving uncertain GEDCOM date qualifiers.
Living-person privacy report
Identify likely living people whose records include address, residence, phone, email or web details.
Portable repair package
Create a reviewed copy with explicit changes, audit JSON, export receipt and SHA-256 manifest—never an in-place edit.
Practical guides
Start with the job
you need to finish.
Questions, answered
AncestryDesk FAQ
What does AncestryDesk check in a GEDCOM file?+
It checks missing person and family links, duplicate-person candidates, impossible or suspicious dates, living-person contact details, legacy encodings and underscore-prefixed vendor fields.
Does it replace genealogy software?+
No. AncestryDesk is a migration preflight utility. It does not build a full family tree, search online records or analyze DNA.
Can it repair every finding automatically?+
No. Only explicit copy-safe repairs can be selected, such as removing a reference to a record that is absent, redacting living-person details, removing vendor extensions or declaring UTF-8. Duplicates and date conflicts stay review-only.
Will AncestryDesk modify my original GEDCOM?+
Never. The app parses the selected source in memory and exports a new repaired GEDCOM, audit report, change log, receipt and SHA-256 manifest to a new folder.
How does it identify a possible duplicate?+
The current MVP compares normalized names and birth years. A candidate is shown for human review and is never merged automatically.
Does my family data leave the Mac?+
No. GEDCOM parsing, relationship checks, repair planning and export run locally in the current Release build.
How much will AncestryDesk cost?+
The price is US$29 as a one-time purchase for one Mac, with no subscription. Secure checkout and DMG delivery are handled by Polar.
AncestryDesk for macOS
Move the family tree.
Leave broken links behind.
A focused local migration bench for genealogists who want an honest preflight and a repair copy they can explain.
- macOS 14+
- One Mac
- Launch updates included
One-time purchase$29No recurring charge
Signed with Developer ID and notarized by Apple.