Aunt Sarah remembers things no archive has. Your AI guide writes the text to send her — she replies, the AI reads it, and tells you exactly what to search next.
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Choose Your Path
Use your 6 free credits to search our curated databases and establish your 1870 baseline.
Skip the dead-ends. Our AI reverse-engineers your migration path and hands you the exact federal archive to open.
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What Makes Us Different
The 1870 Census was the first to name formerly enslaved people. Our engine cross-references Freedmen's Bureau records, slaveholder schedules, and post-war land deeds to break through where every other tool stops.
Learn the methodPaste your DNA match list. Our Leeds Method clustering identifies your hub county, migration vector, and the exact NARA microfilm to pull — turning raw percentages into a step-by-step archival strategy.
Your oldest relatives hold names no census ever recorded. The Guide writes the message to send them, reads what they send back, and turns their stories into your next search — automatically.
DNA Decoder
Paste your DNA match list. The engine runs Leeds Method clustering, identifies your hub county, and hands you the exact National Archives microfilm to pull — in under 90 seconds.
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Heritage Card
Edgefield County, SC
Hub County
Ancestry Breakdown
Open NARA Microfilm M869
Search Edgefield County 1870 Census. Look for Butler surname households with formerly enslaved members on the same page.
Freedmen's Bureau — SC Labor Contracts
NARA M821, 1865–1868. Filter by Edgefield District. Labor contracts name both parties — your ancestor may appear by name for the first time.
AI Ancestor Portraits
Enter a name and birth year. The engine infers era, heritage, and setting — and renders a historically accurate portrait in under 2 minutes.
Every portrait above was generated from a name and birth year alone — no photo required.
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Aunt Sarah remembers things no archive has.
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