Practical Tools for Evidence-Driven Genealogy Research
Evidence Toolbox brings together practical tools that help genealogists search more effectively, document findings in real time, and analyze evidence with confidence. Each tool is designed around real genealogical research workflows — forming questions, running targeted searches, documenting what you did, and evaluating what you found.
Perform enhanced historical newspaper searching of the Chronicling America collection across comprehensive name variants, including common OCR-derived variants. One search becomes dozens of targeted variant searches, with results organized into a clean, efficient layout.
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Genealogy research is only as strong as the searches you run and the way you document them. Evidence Toolbox supports the full research process across three areas:
Our search tools expand what’s possible with public databases and help revive digital collections that have become difficult or impractical to search.
Our documentation tools reduce friction by helping you capture findings as you work, polish your notes, and produce clear, consistent outputs you can reuse across your research process.
Our analysis tools enrich traditional methods with analytics and visualization — especially for FAN club analysis: mapping Friends, Associates, and Neighbors across records to identify patterns and connections.
Each tool provides structured outputs you can reuse in research logs, proof arguments, and ongoing analysis. Simple tools include a concise FAQ, while more advanced tools come with a full research guide. We also publish articles on topics related to the scope of our products.
We build tools we want to use ourselves. Current projects include:
New tools ship regularly. Subscribe for occasional updates on new genealogy research tools — no more than once or twice a month.
SubscribeEvidence Toolbox is created by Glenside Digital LLC, an independent studio in Pennsylvania led by Nathan, an avocational genealogist and researcher who builds tools to make genealogical research clearer, more efficient, and evidence-driven. If it’s useful to you, a small Ko-Fi contribution helps keep it going.