Turn a GEDCOM file into a family tree poster

What Gedcom Art takes from your GEDCOM

A GEDCOM file holds the facts of your tree. Gedcom Art reads each person’s name, birth and death dates and places, and the family links between parents, children and partners, and uses them to draw the poster. If your file points at photo names, those are used to match pictures you add. The names of living people are shown, but their dates, places and photos are hidden unless you turn that off.

New to the format? What is a GEDCOM file? explains it in plain English.

From file to poster in four steps

1. Open your file. Drop the .ged file onto the editor, or try the built-in sample family first.
2. Pick the centre person. Search by name. The tree grows outwards from them, so choose yourself, a child, or the couple you want to honour.
3. Choose what to include. Set how many generations back, then switch on brothers and sisters, or spouses and descendants, to bring cousins into the picture.
4. Style it and download. Pick a design and a look, and save a PNG, PDF or SVG.

Designs that suit different trees

The Heritage tree spreads ancestors across branches above winding roots and suits trees with many generations. The pedigree charts are tidy boxes and lines, better for a clear reference chart. You can switch between them at any time without losing your settings. See tree designs and wall charts.

Big trees and small posters

Fitting a lot of people onto one sheet means small writing. Gedcom Art tells you how small, on the paper you chose, and offers three ways to fix it: show fewer generations, make people’s pictures and text larger, or pick a bigger sheet. You can also pull the generations closer together with one slider so the tree uses the space well.

Free, private, and no sign-up

There is no account to make and nothing to install. Your GEDCOM file is processed on your own computer and is not uploaded anywhere. If Gedcom Art helps you make something you love, please consider buying me a coffee.