Familio
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Type of site | Genealogy online service |
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| Available in | Russian |
| Headquarters | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Owner | Genealogical Systems LLC |
| URL | familio |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | 2021 |
| Current status | Active |
Familio is a Russian online service that allows users to build a family tree and also provides various auxiliary services and thematic databases.[1][2]
The website was launched on April 7, 2021[3] and initially contained four sections:
- People – genealogical profiles created by users.
- Places – contains information about populated areas in the post-Soviet space, with brief extracts from modern and historical settlement registers. The populated places database can be searched using both contemporary and pre-revolutionary administrative divisions.[1]
- Surnames – provides brief onomastic information about the most common surnames in the post-Soviet space, as well as aggregated data on historical areas where these surnames were prevalent before 1917.[1]
- Knowledge Base – this section was originally called "Archive Documents" and allowed linking genealogical tree profiles to information about various archival materials. At the same time, a "Directories" section was added, containing digitized collections listing various populated places that served as the basis for the "Places" section.[4] By 2025, this section also included Familio.Media (the site's news section), indexing of historical documents, and profiles of other service users.[5]
In 2022, a family tree builder was added.[6] That same year, Familio began offering interpretation services for DNA tests performed by other companies; users became able to upload test data to the site for automatic matching with other users.[7]
In 2023, an automatic tree-matching feature was launched. That year, the ability to import trees in GEDCOM format was added, followed by export functionality in 2024.[8]
Pricing policy
The site's pricing policy is based on the understanding that every user should be able to create an unlimited number of family tree profiles, view the tree in the tree builder, access the "Knowledge Base," and exchange messages. In the free version (Familio Standard), users have access to the tree builder without any limit on the number of added individuals, but the number of displayed descendants is limited to five generations. Searches in the "Knowledge Base" and "People" sections are unlimited. Viewing open tree data of other users is only available to registered users. With an active paid subscription (Familio Plus), users get access to automatic tree matching across all databases, can display up to 50 generations of descendants in the tree, and can add other users to their tree with editing rights.[9]
