by Larry Richman | Jan 16, 2024
If you have ever helped review names or index historical records on FamilySearch, now you can actually know when someone benefits from your volunteer contributions. A new feature on the FamilySearch website called Your Impact reveals how your volunteer efforts shape...
by Larry Richman | Nov 20, 2023
FamilySearch centers, available in over 6,000 Church meetinghouses and regional facilities around the world, provide access to premium genealogy resources and records. These genealogy resources include many subscription-based family history websites. Read the article...
by Larry Richman | Oct 25, 2023
FamilySearch has arranged to provide free access to Church members for the following services: Ancestry®, MyHeritage, Findmypast, American Ancestors, Filae, and Geneanet. The vast records and services available can help you learn more about your ancestors and build...
by Larry Richman | Oct 10, 2023
The Ordinances Ready app in FamilySearch helps you take your family names to the temple and find reservations easily. Ordinances Ready searches the FamilySearch Family Tree, as well as temple reservations and shared lists, to find available ordinances for people to...
by Larry Richman | Jul 10, 2023
To perform a temple ordinance for a deceased family member, you print a family ordinance card at home and take it to the temple. Previously, these cards would be returned to you so you could use it to perform the next ordinance. In 2020, the Temple Department...
by Larry Richman | Jun 28, 2023
Family History work is so much more than looking up the birth and death dates of your family members. When you add more information to your family member’s person page on FamilySearch, you are helping write their digital biography. Watch the video “How to add...
by Larry Richman | Jun 8, 2023
Memory Lane, the Family Memories Preservation Center, is a place where you can convert audio and visual memories into a digital format. The center is a comfortable space filled with up-to-date tools for anyone to preserve and share family memories and artifacts. You...
by Larry Richman | Jun 1, 2023
The world’s largest BillionGraves project in history is underway and you are invited to join in! The project is called Rescuing Our Roots and participants will be attempting to break an official GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title on Sunday, June 25th for the most headstone...
by Larry Richman | May 30, 2023
How do you start your family tree? Here is a video that can help you. Watch the video “How to start your family tree in a few easy helpful steps” below. It provides step-by-step instructions on how to add family members to your tree. Read the article...
by Larry Richman | May 26, 2023
A new study from BYU shows that participating in family history research reduces students’ anxiety by 20% and increases self-esteem by 8%. At a time when anxiety is becoming increasingly prevalent among the rising generation, a common question that parents, teachers,...
by Larry Richman | May 9, 2023
Your stake could host a family history fair with material from RootsTech, the annual genealogy conference held in Salt Lake City and available online worldwide. The Family History Department provides a family history fair planning guide and a family history fair...
by Larry Richman | May 4, 2023
BillionGraves has written an article about hand symbolism on gravestones, explaining what the symbols mean and how it can reveal how our ancestors lived and what they believed. One of the most common gravestone symbols on tombstones is the hand. There are clasped...
by Larry Richman | May 3, 2023
The non-profit organization FamilySearch is building the largest ever family tree of mankind. The massive Family Tree is attempting to identify every person who has ever lived on earth and link them together in generations back to Adam. Millions of volunteers are...
by Larry Richman | Apr 25, 2023
The article “How Many Ancestors Do I Have?” helps you determine how many ancestors you have. The formula is simple—the number doubles with every generation. You have 2 parents. Each of your parents has 2 parents, for a total of 4. They each have 2 parents...
by Larry Richman | Mar 15, 2023
Pedigree Pie is a free app created by the BYU Family History Technology Lab. It uses your information in the FamilySearch Family Tree to show where your ancestors came from. Below is my Pedigree Pie. As you can see, the majority of my ancestors came from England on...
