by LDS365 | May 3, 2023
The non-profit organization FamilySearch is building the largest ever family tree of mankind. The massive Family Tree is attempting to identify every person who has ever lived on earth and link them together in generations back to Adam. Millions of volunteers are...
by LDS365 | Jan 5, 2023
The FamilySearch Newsroom has published an article explaining plans for the coming year. In 2023, you can expect free access to more of the world’s genealogical records, new search capabilities, more free help, and more localized discovery experiences. The following...
by LDS365 | Oct 27, 2022
How and where to begin your genealogy journey can seem overwhelming. A first step is to figure out which online genealogy databases and tree-hosting sites to use. Before you dive into a database or pay to create a family tree that may already exist, watch these videos...
by LDS365 | Aug 24, 2022
FamilySearch has redesigned its person page to be more readable and interactive. It also has new tab that can help you make quick discoveries about your ancestor. The About tab, located near the top of the page, is something like a get-to-know-you page for your...
by LDS365 | Apr 19, 2022
The new family groups feature makes it easy to send FamilySearch messages to a selected group of your living relatives on FamilySearch. When you are part of group, you can send a message to all group members at once. The article “New Family Groups Feature Makes...
by LDS365 | Feb 8, 2022
FamilySearch has a lot of plans for the new year to help you make more personal family connections. In 2022, they will combine artificial intelligence and crowdsourcing to deliver millions of family discoveries, plus new international tree features. FamilySearch...
by LDS365 | Jan 18, 2022
When you search for names on FamilySearch, do you get more results than you know what to do with? FamilySearch is working hard to improve the search experience to make it more intuitive and straightforward for beginners as well as experts. The search boxes, filters,...
by LDS365 | Jan 11, 2022
FamilySearch offers digital records on more than 11.5 billion people from over 200 countries and principalities in more than 100 languages. But how can people search and find the information they need in all these records? Although you can view images of these records...
by LDS365 | Jan 3, 2022
FamilySearch experienced lots of changes in 2021. They hosted RootsTech completely virtually. It was the largest free, all-virtual genealogy conference, with over 1 million people participating from over 240 countries. FamilySearch also completed digitizing its...
by LDS365 | Nov 16, 2021
Personal temple ordinance reservation lists in FamilySearch now have a maximum of 300 rows of reservations per user. This update is to encourage members to not reserve more names than they can realistically get done. Read more in the Church News article...
by LDS365 | Oct 19, 2021
FamilySearch.org accounts are now separate from ChurchofJesusChrist.org accounts. Previously, any account created on FamilySearch.org created a matching account on ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Similarly, any account created on ChurchofJesusChrist.org created a matching...
by LDS365 | Sep 21, 2021
The Church has completed the project to digitize all 2.4 million rolls of microfilm with the records of more than 11.5 billion people from around the world. These are now available to the public online. For 83 years, the Church has been collecting and using microfilm...
by LDS365 | Jul 20, 2021
FamilySearch provides many ways to experience the excitement of family history. Once you set up an account, it’s time to start exploring some of the amazing things you can do. The article “Five Things Every New FamilySearch User Should Try” provides a list...
by LDS365 | Jul 12, 2021
Updates to FamilySearch’s search experience now make it easier to refine searches, find record collections, and standardize dates when you attach them to people on Family Tree. Many FamilySearch users looking for records start on the Search Records page, which is...
by LDS365 | Jun 22, 2021
Although FamilySearch does their best to make tools that are easy to use, people will always have questions. So, they have created the FamilySearch Help Center, a single web page that presents all the available help options. Read the article “The FamilySearch...
