RootSphere

RootSphere

African Family Tree & Records

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August 26, 2026
Updated
October 9, 2026

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Rootsphere helps you trace, document, and preserve your family's history — built with African genealogy in mind, where records are scattered across registries, churches, and family memory instead of a single searchable database. BUILD YOUR FAMILY TREE Add ancestors and descendants, link spouses and children, and see your whole family laid out generation by generation. Switch between ancestor, descendant, and pedigree views. COLLECT HISTORICAL RECORDS Upload birth certificates, marriage registers, cemetery records, military records, and more. Every document is OCR'd automatically so it's searchable and easy to cite. SEARCH SHARED RECORDS Look up marriage, birth, and cemetery records already contributed by the community, across countries and registries — and save any match straight into your own tree. COLLABORATE WITH FAMILY Invite relatives to your tree, post record-gathering tasks for others to claim, and verify each other's research so your family's history stays accurate. AI RESEARCH ASSISTANT Get suggested ancestors, generated timelines, and research recommendations that help fill in the gaps between what you know and what's still missing. SUPPORT FAMILY HISTORY IN AFRICA Rootsphere also lets you donate directly to fund record-gathering work — digitizing registries and cemetery archives that would otherwise be lost. Whether you're starting with just your own name or picking up decades of research from a relative, Rootsphere gives your family's story a permanent, shareable home. SUBSCRIPTIONS RootSphere Monthly Partner and RootSphere Annual Partner are optional auto-renewable subscriptions that support our family history work. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.rootsphere.ink/#/privacy-policy
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What's New in RootSphere

2.0

October 9, 2026

RootSphere 2.0 is our biggest update yet. RESEARCH REQUESTS • Request family history research using the RootSphere Family History Foundation's official research request form: your details, the ancestor you're searching for, your research question, sources already checked and the result you'd like. • Every request gets a RootSphere reference number. • Your personal details stay private: only the researcher who takes on your request and the RootSphere team can see them. TRUSTED RESEARCHERS • Researchers and volunteers now agree to a Code of Conduct and Confidentiality Undertaking before taking on their first request, so your records are protected, sources are cited and nothing is made up. • See who verified completed work, right on each opportunity. A FRESH COLLABORATION BOARD • Redesigned board with quick filters for All, Open, Claimed and Verified. • Your contributions, reputation and badges now live in My Opportunities. RECORDS & CATALOGUE • Choose whether each record you upload is Private or Public. • Browse the catalogue, digital films and saved collections, and filter by country and state/region. • Attach images from collections straight to your family tree. • New "Family tree" record type. YOUR HOME & FAMILY TREE • "Fill in the gaps" shows the missing birth dates, birthplaces and marriages among your closest relatives, so you know where to research next. • Mark yourself in your tree with "This is me". • New occupations: Police, Road Safety and Civil Defence. PROFILE • A new profile page with an About me section, an easy photo change and your Member since date. • A new About page. AND MORE • New bottom navigation icons. • Dark mode improvements across the app. • A new explainer video on the welcome screen. • Bug fixes and performance improvements.

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