by Larry Richman | Jun 22, 2018
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...
by Larry Richman | Jun 18, 2018
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...
by Larry Richman | Jun 14, 2018
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...
by Larry Richman | Jun 13, 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...
by LDS365.com | Apr 17, 2018
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...
by Larry Richman | Mar 20, 2018
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...
by Larry Richman | Mar 9, 2018
From the FamilySearch blog: “The Art of Remembering: 9 Tips for Capturing Personal and Family Stories“ Seventeen years after my Grandpa Bob passed away, my dad planned a family reunion at a park in northern Utah. Prior to the reunion, my dad invited his...
by Larry Richman | Mar 7, 2018
If you weren’t able to attend RootsTech 2018, some of it is available to experience online. Watch online sessions of RootsTech 2018....
by Larry Richman | Mar 1, 2018
Find inspiration and help to get started with family history at the Family Discovery Day at RootsTech 2018. Attend in person or watch it streamed live on LDS.org on Saturday, March 3, 2018. President Dallin H. Oaks and his wife, Sister Kristen M. Oaks, will be the...
by Larry Richman | Feb 26, 2018
RootsTech 2018 begins this Wednesday, February 28, 2018 with over 300 classes, keynote speakers, family events, and fun. Here are a 6 ways you can participate, be inspired, and get help with family history. If you’re attending in person: Register. Go to rootstech.org....
by Larry Richman | Feb 15, 2018
Although there are a number of things you can do at FamilySearch.org without signing in, there is a lot more you can do if you sign in with a free account. (You can use your LDS Account username and password.) Without signing in, you can still search...
by Larry Richman | Feb 8, 2018
RootsTech Family Discovery Day is a 1-day free event on Saturday, March 3, 2018, designed to help LDS individuals and families discover and celebrate their family heritage—past, present, and future. Family Discovery Day originates at the RootsTech family history...
by Larry Richman | Feb 3, 2018
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, has announced FREE family history classes and webinars for February 2018. You can can attend in person or online. This article was adapted from a Church News article. The February schedule includes a three-session series...
by Larry Richman | Jan 30, 2018
RootsTech 2018 is February 28 to March 3, 2018. What is RootsTech? Learn more about RootsTech. See a schedule of events and...
by Larry Richman | Jan 25, 2018
From the FamilySearch Newsroom: FamilySearch is a global leader in fun, online family history services with over 9 million users in 2017. In 2018 FamilySearch will be expanding its free site and services by adding new family discoveries, more online connections,...
