by Larry Richman | Apr 21, 2025
Need help with family history or genealogical research? The free site FamilySearch.org offers a large help section where you can search for online help or even request one-on-one help. Visit the FamilySearch help section. ...
by Larry Richman | Apr 18, 2025
FamilySearch is improving the technology and changing how we index family history records. The old FamilySearch indexing tool is being replaced with new technology that makes it easier and faster for people to discover their ancestors. Artificial intelligence (AI) has...
by Larry Richman | Apr 17, 2025
The Church History Biographical Database is a resource to help you find your family in Church history. Just log in to FamilySearch and with a simple button click you can view information about your direct ancestors. You can use the database to research ancestors and...
by Larry Richman | Apr 16, 2025
FamilySearch has provided 5 tips for searching historical family records: Have a goal. Know who or what you want to find. Try variations of spellings, dates, and geographic locations. Search for members of the same family. If it’s available, look at the image of a...
by Larry Richman | Apr 15, 2025
BYU Online High School is now welcoming students in grades 7–12. Semester Live Courses provide structured schedules with in-person classes with teachers and peers. These courses follow an August–May calendar with semester-based schedules and weekly deadlines, ideal...
by Larry Richman | Apr 14, 2025
Ever Accountable is scientifically-backed software that helps you avoid porn and other dangers on the internet with the power of accountability. Because Ever Accountable gives transparency to your phone and computer usage, you won’t be nearly as tempted to pursue...
by Larry Richman | Apr 11, 2025
President Camille N. Johnson, Relief Society General President, will speak to young adults during a worldwide devotional on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. MDT. All young adults ages 18–35 are invited to participate. Leaders are encouraged to organize local...
by Larry Richman | Apr 10, 2025
FamilySearch has a new tool that will improve your experience with merging names in the collaborative FamilySearch Family Tree. Because merging names affects the names, dates, places, sources, and relationships for two profiles, reviewing and fixing merges can be...
by Larry Richman | Apr 8, 2025
The official English text of the general conference talks is now available at conference.ChurchofJesusChrist.org and in the Gospel Library app. Text in many more languages will be posted over the next several days. Each page provides the video and text of the...
by Larry Richman | Apr 8, 2025
The Church has published the triple combination of the scriptures in Hmong. Hmong is spoken by 4.5 million people, primarily in Southwestern China, northern Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. There are also significant Hmong-speaking communities in the United States. This...
by Larry Richman | Apr 7, 2025
This Easter, April 20, 2025, the Church encourages us to invite our friends to attend Church with us as we focus on the “greater love” of Jesus Christ. What Can You Do Personally invite your friends to attend Church with you. On Easter Sunday, sacrament meeting...
by Larry Richman | Apr 5, 2025
As a resource for general conference on Saturday and Sunday, April 5-6, download or print the two-page chart of current leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The current chart of General Authorities and General Officers of the Church is available...
by Larry Richman | Apr 5, 2025
Hashtags Many social media sites let you categorize your posts by using hashtags. Hashtags consist of a pound sign (#) followed by a key word(s). These subject tags can be searched on sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Flickr, and Tumblr...
by Larry Richman | Apr 4, 2025
Did you know that you can listen to general conference using smart speakers? Just ask your Amazon Alexa device or your Google Assistant device to play conference to you using the Church’s Gospel Voice. Audio of all sessions will be streamed live in English and...
by Larry Richman | Apr 3, 2025
At general conference every six months, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issues an official World Report of Church news and events around the world. You can watch it in English below. The program is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French....