FamilySearch finds your ancestors.
Archevi answers questions about your family today.
Free historical records are a gift. Your living family's documents — the medical history, the warranties, the recipes, the school forms — need a different kind of memory.
Same word, different work
Both products say “family.” Here's what each one is actually built to do.
FamilySearch (free)
For finding ancestors
A 2.3-billion-image public archive with AI-powered search across census records, immigration logs, and historical documents.
- •Public, indexed historical records
- •Natural-language ancestor search
- •AI Research Assistant for family trees
- •Free to use; data is shared with the global archive
- •Best for: tracing lineage back generations
Archevi
For your family today
A private vault for your household’s actual paperwork, with an AI that answers questions only your family can ask.
- ✓Your private documents — never indexed or shared
- ✓Q&A across insurance, medical, school, finances
- ✓Family member roles and controlled sharing
- ✓Canadian hosting and PIPEDA compliance
- ✓Best for: running the household you live in
Which question are you asking?
A quick way to pick the right tool.
“Where did my great-grandmother live in 1921?”
FamilySearch. Census and immigration records are public, indexed, and free.
“Who were my third-great-grandparents on my dad’s side?”
FamilySearch. The AI Research Assistant is built exactly for this.
“When does our home insurance renew, and what’s the deductible?”
Archevi. The policy lives in your vault. Ask in plain English.
“What allergies did the pediatrician note for the kids last year?”
Archevi. Medical PDFs become a searchable family memory.
“Which warranties are about to expire?”
Archevi. Receipts you uploaded once, surfaced before they lapse.
“What’s the WiFi password our last electrician used?”
Archevi. The note your partner saved is one question away.
Use both. They don't compete. FamilySearch.org handles the past; Archevi handles the present.
What Archevi is built for
Living family memory
FamilySearch is about who came before. Archevi is about the family you are running right now — the appointments, the renewals, the school forms.
Private by default
FamilySearch contributes to a global archive. Your Archevi vault is yours alone, never indexed, never shared, hosted in Canada under PIPEDA.
Built for households
Family-aware roles, person extraction, and shared knowledge across members. FamilySearch is single-researcher; Archevi is built for the whole family.
Your family runs on more than ancestor records
Bring the documents you actually use — insurance, medical, school, finances — into a private vault that answers questions in plain English.