# Ancestry (paywalled)

> Family trees, Digitized records for Worldwide. Access: Open web. Candidate, not used by searches. Reviewed November 2, 2026.

- Slug: ancestry
- Page: https://api.lineage.rexstjohn.com/sources/ancestry
- JSON: https://api.lineage.rexstjohn.com/v1/sources/ancestry
- Records: Family trees, Digitized records
- Places: Worldwide
- Years: Not stated by the source
- Access method: open_web
- Key required: no
- Rate limit: none stated by the source
- Status: candidate
- Review: candidate, checked by hand on 2026-11-02
- Homepage: https://www.ancestry.com/
- API docs: none found
- Terms: https://www.ancestry.com/c/legal/termsandconditions

## Notes

Paywalled. Lineage never fetches it, by API or page, and never asks for a person's password. A plan node naming it is a lead: the record set and a link for the person to open with their own subscription, or a letter to the holding archive for the original. The Ancestry Terms and Conditions forbid access by automated or programmatic means beyond standard human use (as read for the find-a-grave row).

## Evidence

- https://www.ancestry.com/c/legal/termsandconditions
- https://www.ancestry.com/robots.txt

## Status

Candidates are never probed.

This file describes a catalog entry only.