World Explorer Membership

Travel around the world to discover your family’s global history with full access to U.S. and international record collections on Ancestry®.

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Ancestry global records access

Full access to global records.

Discover your story through the world’s largest online collection of family history records—including over 3 billion international records. You can follow your family’s journey across continents and trace your heritage to the countries where it began.

build a family tree

It starts with your family tree.

Building your family tree is the first step to making new discoveries—and Ancestry® makes it easy. The names, dates, and places you add to your tree help us search our record collections for hidden ancestors and surprising details.

Ancestry® hints

Ancestry Hints® connects you to more stories.

Once you start your tree, Ancestry will begin to comb through our collections and add possible details and discoveries to the tree. These Ancestry Hints® are exciting clues that could lead to new ancestor connections, stories, and insights.

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There are more ways to explore your story with Ancestry®.

U.S. Discovery Membership

This is the best membership for discovering your ancestors’ history throughout the United States.

Starting at $24.99

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All Access Membership

Discover your family story in rich detail with three amazing subscriptions for the price of one.

Starting at $59.99

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AncestryDNA® Test

Discover your origins in over 1400 and connect to new, living relatives with AncestryDNA.

$99

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*A 6-month World Explorer commitment of $179 saves you $60 when compared to a 1-month commitment of $39.99 over the same time period.