by Family Search | Aug 27, 2019
The FamilySearch Blog has a great article that very simply explains how to find ancestors using the Family Tree on FamilySearch: FamilySearch Family Tree is the world’s largest shared family tree. This free, public tool strives to have one public profile for every...
by Family Search | Aug 6, 2019
From the article “All about the FamilySearch Family Tree:” The FamilySearch Family Tree allows you to discover more about your family, keep track of your family tree, and share what you know with other family members—all for free! Millions of people have...
by Family Search | May 29, 2019
FamilySearch’s country pages help you learn more about your heritage and ethnicity around the world. We are all proud of where we come from. Whether you’re a first-generation immigrant, or you have just discovered your roots by taking a DNA test, your national...
by Larry Richman | May 22, 2019
For years, FamilySearch has helped you preserve family memories by letting you upload photos and stories to your Family Tree. (Learn more about adding Memories to Family Tree.) Now that function has been enhanced by letting you add audio descriptions to the pictures...
by Larry Richman | Apr 25, 2019
What is special about your name and birth year? FamilySearch’s All About Me feature helps you discover things you may not know about yourself and your history. Learn what your name means and where it comes from. Discover just how popular or unique your name is....
by Family Search | Jan 15, 2019
From the FamilySearch Blog article “Learn about Your Family on FamilySearch.org:” An exciting new search tool on the FamilySearch.org home page called “Learn about your family” combines the power of searching records—the most used feature on the website...
by Family Search | Jan 11, 2019
From the article “What’s Coming to FamilySearch in 2019” on the FamilySearch Blog: The popular, free genealogy website, FamilySearch.org, has many plans for the new year, including enhanced record search and Family Tree search capabilities, new online...
by Family Search | Dec 27, 2018
For Church members, the ultimate temple and family history goal is to provide saving ordinances for their ancestors. The new Ordinances Ready feature in the FamilySearch Family Tree app searches and finds ordinances that need to be done for people you are related to....
by Family Search | Sep 8, 2018
FamilySearch’s newly released update to the person pages in Family Tree will make learning about your ancestors easier than ever before. Streamlined menus mean using the person page is now faster and more intuitive. New ways to view your ancestors’ lives and...
by Family Search | Sep 3, 2018
Memories is a tool in FamilySearch that allows you to preserve and share your family’s most important moments by adding family photos, documents, audio clips and stories. You can then organize and tag them, attaching them to individuals on your family tree. This turns...
by Larry Richman | Aug 27, 2018
The FamilySearch Tree app makes it easy to discover and document your own branches of the world’s family tree and preserve family memories such as photos, written stories, and audio recordings. With the mobile app, you can: Browse your family branches and see...
by Larry Richman | Aug 21, 2018
Every year, the world loses priceless historical records, but one dedicated group of individuals is trying to do something about it. FamilySearch.org, the world’s largest genealogical organization, is saving historical documents that may be the only remaining witness...
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 | Feb 15, 2018
FamilySearch Indexing is in need of more Indexing Reviewers. The backlog of indexed records to be reviewed is over 7.7 million and is growing every day! What is Indexing Review? Review is a process in which one person reviews a batch that was indexed by someone else....
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...
