by Larry Richman | Jun 19, 2018
The LDS Media Library app—the mobile app version of the LDS Media Library on LDS.org—has been updated with easier searches, media trimming, customizable presentations, and offline use. With the LDS Media Library app, you can search the largest selection of Church...
by Larry Richman | Nov 20, 2017
FamilySearch makes it easy to import photos from Facebook, Instagram, and Google Photos to your Family Tree Memories page on FamilySearch. You may have posted photos to Facebook or Instagram and now want to add them to the Memories page of a person on FamilySearch....
by Larry Richman | Jun 19, 2017
Do you have boxes of old photos in your closet? So, what do you do with all these old photos? Digitize them! Read the article “Six Steps to Digitizing Your Family Photos” for 6 easy steps to get the job done. Lean how to: Organize before you digitize....
by Larry Richman | Jun 6, 2017
Have you been avoiding digitizing your old family photos because you feel overwhelmed? Sorting your photos into smaller piles can help you get organized. The article “Five Reasons to Digitize Your Family Photos” explains five big reasons you should...
by Larry Richman | May 25, 2017
In today’s digital age, photos, videos, and other records are digital. In the past, we worried about paper photographs and home movie films fading over time. But today, the biggest threat is losing the digital bits and bytes that make up these precious files. My...
by Larry Richman | May 5, 2017
For many of us, the biggest threat to the safety of our family history information may not be papers yellowing with age or photos fading in the sunlight but instead the possibility of our computer crashing or our phone dying a painful death in the washing machine....
by Larry Richman | May 2, 2017
A new feature on FamilySearch.org lets you share your Instagram and Facebook photos directly to FamilySearch. This new integration makes it is easy to choose which photos from your social networks you’d like to link to people in Family Tree and preserve for...
by Larry Richman | Apr 25, 2017
Volunteers are needed to help tag more than a million images in the LDS Media Library on LDS.org with information that makes them easier to find. For years, the Church has collected images submitted by member photographers. Now that there are more than a million...
by Larry Richman | Apr 19, 2017
In January I wrote about the book Saints at Devil’s Gate: Landscapes along the Mormon Trail. The book has 52 beautiful landscape paintings illustrating the trail of the Mormon pioneers with quotations from the pioneers who made the journey. The paintings and quotes...
by Larry Richman | Jan 29, 2017
The Church has published a new art book about the Mormon Trail: Saints at Devil’s Gate: Landscapes along the Mormon Trail. This book features 52 contemporary landscape paintings of the trail with quotations from pioneers who made the journey. Accompanying the book is...
by Larry Richman | Sep 15, 2016
The Church History Museum has created a new online exhibit titled “Behold My Beloved Son: The Savior in the Americas.” The artwork portrays the mercy and majesty of Christ’s triumphant appearance to His people in the western hemisphere. The new exhibit focuses on...
by Larry Richman | Aug 2, 2016
Mormon Life Hacker has written an article about how to explore Old Jerusalem using Google Maps street view. “Many LDS people who’ve visited the Holy Land will tell you that it deepened their understanding of the the scriptures in a big way. Being able to walk...
by Larry Richman | Jul 29, 2016
This article summarizes the main collections of LDS pictures, images, and photographs available from the Church for use in the classroom and in the home. Gospel Art Book This is a collection of 137 pictures in a spiral-bound Gospel Art Book for use in Church classes...
by Larry Richman | Jul 1, 2016
Did you know that you can upload individual and family photos to your ward directory using LDS.org or the LDS Tools mobile app? You can then choose who can see the photos: just your ward, your stake, or only your leaders. A new image service was released last month...
by Larry Richman | Apr 18, 2016
An updated chart of LDS General Authorities and General Officers is now available to download. The chart reflects leadership changes announced during the April 2016 general conference, including 11 new General Authority Seventies and a new Primary general presidency....
