RootsTech Goes to London
This week, FamilySearch announced that the RootsTech conference is expanding to international borders. RootsTech London will take place October 24-26, 2019, at the ExCeL London Convention Centre. The RootsTech London convention will not replace the annual conference...
Wilford Woodruff’s Journals & Records Now Online
Over 7,000 pages of the journals and writings of President Wilford Woodruff, the fourth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are now available online through the Church History Library. Wilford Woodruff is widely recognized for his journal...
FamilySearch Tree App
The FamilySearch Tree app makes it easy to discover and document your own branches of the world’s family tree and preserve family memories such as photos, written stories, and audio recordings. With the mobile app, you can: Browse your family branches and see...
Free Family History Course: 12-Week Step-by-Step
A 12-week step-by-step course to guide you through FamilySearch and other helpful websites is now available for free. This course will get you up and unlocking the history of your ancestors in no time. It also includes a supportive community on their Facebook group,...
FamilySearch’s Strategy to Help Preserve the World’s Archives
Every year, the world loses priceless historical records, but one dedicated group of individuals is trying to do something about it. FamilySearch.org, the world’s largest genealogical organization, is saving historical documents that may be the only remaining witness...
20 Ways to Do Family History in 5 Minutes a Day
From the article “20 Ways to Do Family History in 5 Minutes a Day” on FamilySearch.org. If you love spending time on your family history but find yourself overwhelmed, know that you can make significant progress with just five minutes a day. 2018 RootsTech...
Learn about Mormon Pioneers
FamilySearch provides lots of ways to learn more about the Mormon pioneers. Below are several resources that provide great ways for your family to learn more about the Mormon pioneers. Pioneer History and Discovering Your Pioneer Heritage As a new country, the United...
Connect with Your Family: Past, Present, and Future
The following is from the article “Connect with Your Family: Past, Present, and Future” from the FamilySearch blog: Family history provides a powerful way to strengthen your family. Connect with your family’s past to build a legacy through fun and...
Relatives Around Me
Have you ever sat in a room full of people and wondered if or how you might be related to those around you? If not, you will now . . . Sorry. But, there is good news! Relatives Around Me, a new feature in the FamilySearch Family Tree app, can tell you the answer. How...
LDS FamilySearch Database to Include Same-Sex Relationships
The world’s largest genealogy organization is redesigning FamilySearch.org so it can store and provide records of same-sex families, according to the statement “Recording data on same-sex relationships” posted online yesterday. The goal of...
Video: Connect. Belong. RootsTech Kick-off 2018
When we discover who we are in relation to each other, we think differently, act differently, and treat other people differently. That is the key message of the video “Connect. Belong” that was shown at the opening of the RootsTech 2018 conference. Humans...
Family History on the Sabbath
The Sabbath day is a day of reflection, service, renewing of our covenants, and serving God and others. Prophets have always encouraged us to honor the commandment to keep the Sabbath day holy and improve our Sabbath day worship. In his April 2015 general conference...
Use Descendancy View to Find Cousins for Temple Work
This article was also published in Meridian Magazine. Finding names for the temple is now easier than ever by viewing your family tree from a different angle. Using the Descendancy view of Family Tree, you can see which of your cousins may still need to have temple...