How to Prepare for RootsTech 2022
The RootsTech 2022 conference begins this Thursday. To take advantage of all that the conference will offer, what can you do to prepare for it? Here are some ideas: Create your FamilySearch account if you haven’t already done so. Make sure you are registered at...
Attend the RootsTech 2022 Family Discovery Day, March 5, 2022
Elder Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Rosana, will be the featured keynote speakers on Saturday, March 5, during Family Discovery Day a free, all-virtual event held during RootsTech 2022. Register FREE at RootsTech.org to enjoy the...
Temple and Family History Leadership Instruction March 3, 2022
The Church will offer instruction for leaders about temple and family history as part of RootsTech 2022 on March 3, 2022. The theme of this instruction is “Joyfully Bound to the Savior with Ordinances and Covenants: The Blessings of Power and Protection.” Messages...
Online Journals Make Journaling Easier
Keeping a personal, handwritten journal may be difficult in this busy time of your life. Why not give online journaling a try? There are dozens of apps, websites, and social media platforms that offer online journaling options. What Is Online Journaling? Online...
Improving Your FamilySearch Search: Understanding the Search Records Page
When you search for names on FamilySearch, do you get more results than you know what to do with? FamilySearch is working hard to improve the search experience to make it more intuitive and straightforward for beginners as well as experts. The search boxes, filters,...
Computer-Assisted Indexing Helps Connects Records on FamilySearch
Editor’s Note (April 2025): FamilySearch Indexing has been replaced by new technology. Learn about new opportunities to help improve historical records. FamilySearch offers digital records on more than 11.5 billion people from over 200 countries and...
Advanced Strategies for Searching Family History Records
The Search Historical Records page at FamilySearch.org was created with both beginner and advanced genealogists in mind. A previous article, “Getting the Most from Your Search: Understanding the Search Records Page,” looked at the page from a beginner’s...
2021 FamilySearch Year in Review
FamilySearch experienced lots of changes in 2021. They hosted RootsTech completely virtually. It was the largest free, all-virtual genealogy conference, with over 1 million people participating from over 240 countries. FamilySearch also completed digitizing its...
Registration Open for RootsTech in March 2022
Registration is now open for RootsTech 2022, the largest family history event in the world. The annual event, sponsored by FamilySearch, is being held online March 3–5, 2022. Register free at rootstech.org today. Learn more about RootsTech...
How to Start a Journal
Why Start a Journal? Journaling, writing a diary, calendaring, and scrapbooking are ways to record your experiences and write a personal history of your life. Starting the habit of journaling can be life changing. The benefits of journaling have been studied and...
FamilySearch Announces 300 Limit for Personal Temple Ordinance Reservations
Personal temple ordinance reservation lists in FamilySearch now have a maximum of 300 rows of reservations per user. This update is to encourage members to not reserve more names than they can realistically get done. Read more in the Church News article...
How Do I Start My Family History?
Don’t know where to start in gathering your family history information? The following ideas may help. 1. Write down what you know. Start with yourself. Use the chart below to enter the family history information you already know. If you do not know exact dates...
Ideas on What to Write in a Journal
So you’ve decided to keep a journal—but you wonder what sort of things you should write about. After all, how can you fit everything you want you and your posterity to remember into so few pages? Don’t worry—and remember that, first and foremost, your journal is...
RootsTech Classes Still Available Online
RootsTech is the world’s largest celebration of family. In February 2021, RootsTech went virtual, putting 1,500+ classes and keynote addresses online for free access for 11 months—until about January 2022. That only leaves a few more months to watch these incredibly...Follow on social media