by Larry Richman | Jan 3, 2022
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...
by Larry Richman | Nov 16, 2021
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...
by Larry Richman | Oct 19, 2021
FamilySearch.org accounts are now separate from ChurchofJesusChrist.org accounts. Previously, any account created on FamilySearch.org created a matching account on ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Similarly, any account created on ChurchofJesusChrist.org created a matching...
by Larry Richman | Sep 21, 2021
The Church has completed the project to digitize all 2.4 million rolls of microfilm with the records of more than 11.5 billion people from around the world. These are now available to the public online. For 83 years, the Church has been collecting and using microfilm...
by Larry Richman | Jul 20, 2021
FamilySearch provides many ways to experience the excitement of family history. Once you set up an account, it’s time to start exploring some of the amazing things you can do. The article “Five Things Every New FamilySearch User Should Try” provides a list...
by Larry Richman | Jul 12, 2021
Updates to FamilySearch’s search experience now make it easier to refine searches, find record collections, and standardize dates when you attach them to people on Family Tree. Many FamilySearch users looking for records start on the Search Records page, which is...
by Larry Richman | Jun 22, 2021
Although FamilySearch does their best to make tools that are easy to use, people will always have questions. So, they have created the FamilySearch Help Center, a single web page that presents all the available help options. Read the article “The FamilySearch...
by Larry Richman | Apr 30, 2021
FamilySearch has the world’s largest online family tree and provides free family history experiences to millions of people. They are constantly working on updates and improvements to make it even better. See the following updates made to FamilySearch during March and...
by Larry Richman | Apr 27, 2021
The FamilySearch Community is an online resource that helps people interested in family history connect with each other worldwide. In the community, you can learn research strategies, view genealogy events, join various groups that have the similar interests, and...
by Larry Richman | Apr 23, 2021
For updated information about Church maps, see “Maps for Stakes, Wards, and Missions.” Did you know that you can look up maps for meetinghouses, wards and branches, stakes and districts, temples, FamilySearch centers, missions, areas, bishops’...
by Larry Richman | Apr 13, 2021
FamilySearch now provides a list of completed ordinances to make it easy to keep track of the temple ordinances you perform for your ancestors. The completed ordinances list shows the most recent 3,000 items of temple ordinances that you reserved and completed in the...
by Larry Richman | Mar 17, 2021
Have you ever wanted to do family history but didn’t know where to start? FamilySearch recently launched a beginner-friendly page to help! The new Getting Started page provides a variety of simple family history activities and FamilySearch resources that both...
by Larry Richman | Mar 9, 2021
FamilySearch Memories offers a free and simple way to preserve and share important photos with family now and for future generations. But, in the rush to upload photos, it is easy to forget to add important details that will help future generations understand what, or...
by Larry Richman | Feb 2, 2021
The FamilySearch help menu makes it easy to get the help you need when you’re working on your family history. The help menu in the top right corner of FamilySearch screens provides personalized help and suggested topics. Just click the circle with a question mark. A...
by Larry Richman | Jan 19, 2021
Every name you index has the potential to help others find their ancestors and help those ancestors receive the necessary ordinances in the temple. Because of your efforts in indexing, historic records can be made searchable online so that lives can be blessed on both...
