Record Quest Teaches Kids Family History in a Fun and Interactive Way
The BYU Family History Technology Lab offers the game Record Quest that you and your family may enjoy. Record Quest is an engaging adventure game designed to teach kids family history research skills. Next time your kids want to play a video game, give them something...
13 Family Activities That Bring You Closer Together
FamilySearch has developed a number of fun and interesting ways to help us connect and deal with this difficult period of home confinements and social distancing. FamilySearch.org/Together is a new, growing collection of free, fun, and family activities to...
FamilySearch Livestreams Helps You Connect on Social Media
FamilySearch has been holding dynamic livestreams on its social media (FamilySearch Facebook and FamilySearch Instagram). If you’ve missed any of the past events, you can catch up by watching them on the FamilySearch YouTube playlist. FamilySearch livestreams helps us...
Family Calendar Creates a Calendar With Events From Your Family History
Your family history is made of up important events like births, deaths, immigration, and more. Family Calendar makes it easy to create a custom calendar with all of the important events from your family history. Your calendar can then be exported to Google or Apple...
One Page Genealogy Lets You See Your Family Tree on One Page
One Page Genealogy is a way for you to view, customize, and download your family tree all in one page. You can view up to 20 generations of ascendancy or descendancy, change colors and tree styles, download, and print to show your family and friends. This program was...
Virtual Pedigree Provides Fluid Interface for FamilySearch Family Tree
Virtual Pedigree allows you to navigate your Family Tree with a new and revolutionary fluid interface. Simply click and drag to begin exploring ancestors and their descendants. It gives you hints and help as you explore your tree, and includes LDS Ordinance...
Family History Ancestor Games
The BYU Family History Technology Lab offers some awesome Ancestor Games that you and your family can enjoy. Matching Game. Click on a card to reveal a photograph of a person from your FamilySearch Family Tree. Click on a second card to try and find a match to the...
How to Track Your Contributions to the FamilySearch Family Tree
With the new My Contributions feature on the Family Tree app, you can keep track of the individual contributions that you have made to the Family Tree. The new feature is available on both the Apple iOS and Android versions of the app, but not online. The following is...
Pedigree Pie Shows International Heritage in a Pie Chart
25% American. 75% Irish. 100% You. Pedigree Pie shows your international heritage in a single, easy-to-read chart. Click on the chart to view details about where and when your ancestors lived. Trace back your family’s path through history. This program was...
Temple and Family History Leadership Instruction, February 27, 2020 at RootsTech
As part of RootsTech, the Church will broadcast a special leadership meeting this Thursday, February 27, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. MST. The meeting will be hosted by Elder David A. Bednar, Elder Gary E. Stevenson, and Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve...
Young Adult After-Party at RootsTech
Young adults are invited to an after-party as part of this year’s RootsTech conference. The after-party will be Friday, February 28, 2020, from 7:00pm to midnight. The party is free. No RootsTech registration is required. Activities Include: RootsTech Evening...
Watch Selected Sessions of RootsTech 2020 Streamed Live
Selected sessions of RootsTech 2020 will be streamed online free. Starting Wednesday, February 26, 2020, at 8:00 a.m. MDT, a select number of classes and events, including the daily keynote speakers, will be broadcast live at RootsTech.org. View the free streaming...
Family History Activities for Individuals, Youth, and Children
The Family History Guide offers an extensive list of family history activities for individuals, youth, and children. With a bit of planning and a list of ideas, family history activities can become part of your everyday lives and unite your family in remarkable ways....
How to Correct Mistakes on the FamilySearch Family Tree
From the FamilySearch Blog: Our goal at FamilySearch is not only to connect individual families, but to connect the human family. In order to accomplish that goal, we need everyone’s help. For this reason, FamilySearch Family Tree is a shared tree, which means that it...Follow on social media