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Shoebox Plus Organizer
Finally search, sort, and filter your Ancestry Shoebox
Ancestry users have requested this for years: a way to search the Shoebox. Now, it is here: Shoebox Plus Organizer, a Chrome extension that empowers users to search, sort, and filter their Ancestry.com Shoebox. Load every page in one click, then find any record by name, date, or place. Works across all 11 international Ancestry sites in 6 languages. 100% on-device. A $25 one-time fee for a lifetime license. No subscription. 14-day money back guarantee.
Over nearly 20 years, including a few spent as a Research Manager for Ancestry's research arm, AncestryProGenealogists, I witnessed and experienced how the Ancestry Shoebox's limited functionality complicated genealogical research workflows. I envisioned and built built the tool I wished existed back then. Would love your feedback — and if you've hit this exact wall in your own research, I think you'll feel the relief the moment search actually works.
Finally a way to search the Ancestry Shoebox without scrolling endlessly. The one-click page load worked smoothly on my collection and the on-device filtering feels snappy.
Finally a way to actually find what's in my Shoebox. The one-click load all pages saved me so much scrolling, and searching by date worked perfectly on my old census records.
The on-device approach is a smart call, especially for anyone wary of handing their family tree data to another third party. Really nice execution on something the community has been asking for.
Finally something for my mess of an Ancestry shoebox. Loaded everything in one click and actually found a record I forgot I had.
About Shoebox Plus Organizer on Product Hunt
“Finally search, sort, and filter your Ancestry Shoebox”
Shoebox Plus Organizer was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 5 upvotes and 9 comments, placing #113 on the daily leaderboard. Ancestry users have requested this for years: a way to search the Shoebox. Now, it is here: Shoebox Plus Organizer, a Chrome extension that empowers users to search, sort, and filter their Ancestry.com Shoebox. Load every page in one click, then find any record by name, date, or place. Works across all 11 international Ancestry sites in 6 languages. 100% on-device. A $25 one-time fee for a lifetime license. No subscription. 14-day money back guarantee.
Shoebox Plus Organizer was featured in Chrome Extensions (52.7k followers), Productivity (658.2k followers) and Family (887 followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 167.9k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Shoebox Plus Organizer?
Shoebox Plus Organizer was hunted by Shannon Christmas. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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