Genealogy website templates. Pick one and Cactal builds it.

14 designs for family archives, family history blogs, surname projects and DNA projects. Choose one and Cactal turns it into your website, with pages for your ancestors' stories, old photos and records, and a contact form for relatives.

Genealogy website designs

  • Genealogy website design, family story traced from the grandparents: off-white page, navy serif headline, a red tree button, a black and white porch photo of a grandmother, mother and small child

    A three-generation porch portrait beside a plain headline invites relatives straight into the family tree.

  • Genealogy website design, family archive behind a sepia portrait: sepia full-width portrait of a mother with a girl and a small boy, white serif headline, a teal tree button and an underlined stories link

    A full-width old portrait sets the mood, with the family's journey in one line and two ways in.

  • Genealogy website design, family archive in a pile of old snapshots: cream page, navy serif headline, a red tree button, overlapping sepia snapshots of two women, a soldier with his mother and children at a picnic

    A scattered pile of old snapshots and letters says photos, stories and records before a word is read.

  • Genealogy website design, surname project with DNA results up front: deep plum page, white and lilac serif headline, lilac DNA and outlined buttons, a sepia family photo on a porch, a cream stats strip

    A shared project page with a DNA button and counts of members and records, for researchers pooling their work.

  • Genealogy website design, three family branches with an ancestor search: warm cream page, brown serif headline, an orange trees button and a search bar between two tilted colorized photos of a farm family and two women with a horse and buggy

    Each branch gets its own tree in the menu, and an ancestor search sits under the main button.

  • Genealogy website design, family history blog under a dark portrait banner: navy header and banner with a sepia family portrait, white serif headline, a blue tree button, a post card and an author photo card

    A welcome post and an author card under a family portrait suit one researcher sharing finds as they go.

  • Genealogy website design, centuries of one family over a records table: cream page, a band photo of old portraits and an open register on a wooden table, a centered card with a dark green serif headline and a red tree button

    A photo band of old portraits and a register leads into a centered card, for a long one-family history.

  • Genealogy website design, emigrant family from a coastal village: plum header, blush page, plum and pink serif headline, a pink search button, a stacked sepia photo of a family by a stone cottage, a watercolor coastline

    A cottage photo and a watercolor coast tell a migration story, signed by the family members behind the site.

  • Genealogy website design, family history, soft and light: white fading into a sunlit photo of old prints, an album and a handwritten journal, charcoal serif headline, a teal tree button and a lilac stories link

    Old prints and a journal behind a calm headline suit a family sharing its tree, stories and records.

  • Genealogy website design, family archive with today's family on the front: white and green page, dark green headline, a lime tree button, a grandmother, girl and father looking at an album by a harbor window, four icon cards

    Three generations over an album, then four cards for the main sections, warmer than the usual sepia.

  • Genealogy website design, family blog with a weekly photo post: blush page, burgundy serif title, a black and white photo of three women holding a quilt on a porch, a rose button, an author photo in the sidebar

    A featured photo post and an author sidebar with search suit a blog that shares one family photo at a time.

  • Genealogy website design, merchant family with a DNA project: pale blue page, navy serif headline, a navy tree button and DNA link, a sepia family portrait, a watercolor harbor with tall ships and a compass

    A harbor illustration and a join-the-project link suit a family spread across countries, with a language switch.

  • Genealogy website design, family society recruiting volunteers: white header with a navy and gold shield logo, navy headline, a gold volunteer button, a photo of smiling members around a dinner table

    A group photo and a call for volunteers suit a family society that runs reunions, records and a newsletter.

  • Genealogy website design, archive search by name, place or trade: cream page, a dark serif headline beside a sepia photo of a family at a stone cottage door, a burnt orange search button, three sepia cards showing a christening group, a stone chapel and an open handwritten register

    A big search box for names, places and trades, with surname and guide cards, suits a centuries-old family archive.

Every design is an illustration by Cactal. The families, people, records and photos in them are fictional. Updated October 2026.

Describe your family history

The families you're tracing, where they lived and how relatives can reach you. Cactal writes the pages, sets up your contact form and publishes the site.

How it works

  1. 1 Pick a design

    Browse by type of family site and open any design to see it full size.

  2. 2 Add your family's details

    Your surnames, places, stories, photos and how relatives should reach you. Cactal writes every page and builds the site from your design.

  3. 3 Publish

    Ask for changes in plain words until it's right, then publish free on a Cactal domain, or on your own domain with Pro.

What a genealogy website needs

The surnames and places up front

Name the families, places and years your research covers near the top. Distant relatives often find family sites by searching those exact names.

A page for each ancestor or line

Give each person or family line its own page with dates, places, sources and a story. Those pages are what people searching for the same names land on.

Sources for every fact

Cite the record behind each date and relationship, and mark what's still a guess. Other researchers trust and build on work they can check.

Old photos with captions

Caption each photo with who, where and when, and who holds the original. Ask relatives to help name the faces you can't identify.

Care with living people

Leave out details about living relatives unless they agree, and check the privacy rules where you live, which vary by country. Many family historians publish only people who have died.

A way for relatives to get in touch

A short contact form invites cousins to share photos, corrections and stories. Say what you'd like to receive and how you'll credit it.

Questions

Are these genealogy website templates free?

Every design here is free to start from. You can sign up, build and publish on a Cactal domain without a card and with no time limit. Putting your site on a domain you own is $25 a month on Pro, or $240 a year.

Do I need to know how to code or design?

No. Describe your family history in plain words and Cactal builds, edits and publishes the site. When you want a change, ask for it the same way.

How much does a genealogy website cost?

A custom build from a web designer often runs into the thousands of dollars and takes weeks. A builder template costs less, but you still write and fill in every page. With Cactal it's free to build and publish on a Cactal address, and your own domain is $25 a month on Pro, or $240 a year, with no setup fee.

Can I use my own domain?

Yes. Every site starts on a free Cactal address. Connect a domain you own on Pro for $25 a month, or $240 a year, and each additional website on its own domain is $20 a month.

Who owns the website?

You do. Every Cactal site is real React source code, so you can take it and run it anywhere. There is no export to buy.

Are these real families?

No. Each design is an illustration made by Cactal, and the family names, people, records and photos in it are fictional. Your site is built around your own family.

Can I add my family tree?

Yes. Cactal can build a page for each family line and ancestor, linked to one another, and link to your full tree if you keep it in a genealogy program or an online tree service.

Can I keep the site private to my family?

Cactal sites are public websites, with no member logins or private areas. Publish what you're happy for anyone to read, and leave out details about living relatives.

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