Preserving Electronic Family History Information
See a comprehensive guide in the article “How to Digitize Old Photographs, Movies, Videos, Family Records.” For many of us, the biggest threat to the safety of our family history information may not be papers yellowing with age or photos fading in the...
Video: Does My Donation Make a Difference?
What happens when you donate an item to the thrift store Deseret Industries? Learn what happens in the video “Does My Donation Make a Difference?”
Importing Pictures from Facebook & Instagram to FamilySearch.org
A new feature on FamilySearch.org lets you share your Instagram and Facebook photos directly to FamilySearch. This new integration makes it is easy to choose which photos from your social networks you’d like to link to people in Family Tree and preserve for...
BillionGraves Million More in May Madness 2017
BillionGraves is sponsoring its 6th annual Million More in May Competition to add one million gravestone images and one million transcribed records to the BillionGraves database in the month of May. What is BillionGraves? BillionGraves is a free website to look up...
Church Implements Faster Way to Communicate with Leaders Worldwide
From Church News: The Church has implemented a system that allows immediate communication by email from headquarters to ward and stake leaders worldwide. Now, when the First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve, or Presiding Bishop issues an official letter or notice, it...
LDS Laughs Mobile App
The free mobile app LDS Laughs is a fun-filled app that puts more than 300 LDS comics and jokes at your fingertips, with more added weekly! This easy-to-use app is great for kids of all ages (and kids at heart). Hilarious LDS comics? Yeah, there’s an app for...
LDS Video: No Cussing Club
The “No Cussing Club” is one of the videos from youth.lds.org. It explains how one boy’s crusade to encourage clean language has far-reaching effects. Watch other videos on youth.lds.org.
Help Tag Photos to Make Images on LDS.org Easier to Find
Volunteers are needed to help tag more than a million images in the LDS Media Library on LDS.org with information that makes them easier to find. For years, the Church has collected images submitted by member photographers. Now that there are more than a million...
LDS Video: Facing Postpartum Anxiety and OCD
“Facing Postpartum Anxiety and OCD” is the latest video in the His Grace series on the Mormon Channel. The video explains that Lindsay was excited to be a new mom, but her feelings of joy and love were instantly overshadowed by postpartum anxiety and obsessive...
LDS General Conference Ensign & Liahona Now Online
The text and PDF of the general conference issues of the Ensign, Liahona, New Era, and Friend magazines are now online and in the Gospel Library mobile app. Printed copies are in the mail to deliver to subscribers’ doors. The Ensign and Liahona magazines...
LDS Videos for Children
The children’s section of LDS.org (ChurchofJesusChrist.org/children) has scripture stories, videos, music, games and activities, and lesson helps for teaching children. In the videos section, you will find the following: Children’s Bible Videos Meet the Apostles...
Quotations from Saints at Devil’s Gate Book
In January I wrote about the book Saints at Devil’s Gate: Landscapes along the Mormon Trail. The book has 52 beautiful landscape paintings illustrating the trail of the Mormon pioneers with quotations from the pioneers who made the journey. The paintings and quotes...
Mormon Channel Series Is TED Talks for Mormons
The Mormon Channel sponsors a video series titled “Hope Works,” which is basically TED Talks for Mormons. It is a series of videos captured at live events where presenters share interesting insights about hope and faith and how it works in their lives....
Easter Sunday 2017
Easter Sunday celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus that enabled everlasting life for all humankind. Though celebrated on a particular Sunday, Easter pays tribute to a whole week of significant events, from the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to...Follow on social media