Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

Last Updated: October 27, 2026

Family Genealogy Research (https://familygenealogyresearch.com) uses cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, maintain security, remember visitor preferences, and understand website usage.

This Cookie Policy explains the cookies used on our website and how visitors can manage their preferences.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember settings, maintain security, and provide information about how visitors use the site.

Some cookies are necessary for the website to function. Others are optional and are used only in accordance with applicable consent requirements.

Essential and Security Cookies

Our website uses essential cookies to maintain security and remember cookie preferences.

These include:

  • __cf_bm – Used by Cloudflare to help identify automated traffic and protect the website.
  • cf_clearance – Records successful Cloudflare security verification.
  • hu-consent – Remembers cookie preferences selected through Cookie Compliance.
  • wp_consent_* – Records consent choices for different cookie categories through WP Consent API.

These cookies may remain active even when visitors reject optional cookies because they support website security and consent management.

Analytics Cookies

We use Google Analytics through Google Site Kit to understand how visitors use our website.

Google Analytics may collect information about pages visited, browser and device types, general geographic location, and interactions with website content.

When analytics cookies are permitted, Google Analytics may use cookies such as _ga and _ga_* to measure website activity.

Visitors can deny optional analytics cookies by selecting the Private setting in our cookie banner.

Google’s Privacy Policy is available at:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

Advertising Cookies

Family Genealogy Research displays advertisements through Google AdSense.

Google and its advertising partners may use cookies and similar technologies to deliver advertisements, measure advertising performance, limit repeated advertisements, and help prevent fraud.

Advertising cookies may also be used to personalize advertisements based on previous visits to this website or other websites, subject to visitor consent and applicable privacy requirements.

Visitors can manage their advertising preferences through our cookie consent banner and Google My Ad Center.

Cookie Consent and Preferences

We use Cookie Compliance for WordPress and WP Consent API to manage visitor cookie preferences.

Our cookie banner provides three privacy options:

  • Private: Allows essential website functionality and denies optional statistics, marketing, and preference cookie categories.
  • Balanced: Allows additional cookie categories according to the choices described in the consent banner.
  • Personalized: Allows additional optional cookie categories as described in the consent banner.

The availability of these options does not necessarily mean that every cookie category is used by our website.

Visitor preferences are recorded by our cookie consent system.

Managing Cookies

Visitors can manage their cookie choices through the website’s cookie consent controls.

You can also delete or restrict cookies through your browser settings.

Disabling essential cookies may affect website security or functionality.

Third-Party Services

Our website uses third-party services, including:

  • Cloudflare: Website security and protection against malicious traffic.
  • Google Analytics: Website traffic measurement and statistics.
  • Cookie Compliance: Cookie consent management.

These services may process certain information outside Canada.

For more information, please review their privacy policies:

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this policy when our website technologies, services, or applicable privacy requirements change.

The latest revision date will appear at the top of this page.

Contact

For questions about cookies or privacy, please use our Contact Form.

Family Genealogy Research is operated by Oombawka Design, Ltd., Ontario, Canada.