Watch Live Streaming of RootsTech Family Discovery Day, Feb. 6
Want to learn more about family history? Find inspiration and help to get started at the 2016 Family Discovery Day at RootsTech. It will be streamed live on LDS.org on Saturday, February 6, 2016. Speakers at Family Discovery Day will include Elder Dale G. Renlund of...
FamilySearch’s Family History Library Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Today, FamilySearch’s Family History Library in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, celebrates its 30th anniversary. When the new facility was completed in 1985, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was already considered the foremost authority on family history...Video: How to Find Names to Take to LDS Temple
Are you interested in taking family names to the temple but don’t know where to start? This five-minute video will help you with descendancy research with five easy steps. Finding your cousins has never been easier! Watch the video “Finding Our Cousins: Using...
RootsTech 2016 Open for Registration
Registration for RootsTech 2016 is now open. RootsTech 2016 will be held February 3–6, 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The website for registration is RootsTech.org. RootsTech is a global conference where people of all ages celebrate family and are inspired to share...
FamilySearch Plans for the Future
FamilySearch is undergoing a fundamental transformation by pushing toward accomplishing many lofty goals. FamilySearch is seeing phenomenal growth. Since 2013, FamilySearch.org has seen a 234% increase in LDS patrons and a whopping 1,035% increase from the non-LDS...
New Records Reveal Previously Unknown Mormon Pioneers
You can now discover and explore more of your pioneer heritage on the newly redesigned Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel website. The redesigned website also includes information about previously unknown pioneers. In addition to discovering your pioneer ancestors, you...
FamilySearch Worldwide Indexing Event Aug 7-14
Join volunteers around the world to “Fuel the Find” during the Worldwide Indexing Event on August 7 to 14. You have one week to participate by indexing one batch in the language of your choice. FamilySearch especially needs help indexing records in French,...
How to Add Family History to an LDS Youth Conference
Is your ward or stake planning a youth conference this summer? Family history is a great conference activity that engages youth and provides the protection and direction of the Spirit of Elijah. Several online resources will make it easy to plan activities ranging...
Family History Mobile Apps On the Go
Many apps are available for mobile devices to help you with family history work—especially on the go. The following article, “On the Go? Family History Apps Will Go with You,” originally appeared in the Church News. With the accessibility of phones,...
Releasing LDS Temple Name Reservations After 2 Years
Starting in the next few months, the Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will begin unreserving user temple reservations that have been inactive for more than two years. If you have reservations that you haven’t been able to...
Video: “I Am Not a Son”
Sister Stone finished a batch of indexing and was ready to hit the submit button, when she clearly heard the voice of a young girl say, “I am not a son.” Watch Sister Stone’s testimony about family history work in the following video: Read the rest of the story...
200,000 Historic Books Online Free
The Family History Library now has 200,000 books available for family history research on its website. A growing host of partner libraries, organizations, and volunteers are digitizing historical books and making them available online for free. The effort began in...
New Features on FamilySearch
Below are highlights of a number of features that are relatively new to FamilySearch.org: Pedigree Views You can now view your family pedigrees in a traditional view, as a fan chart, and as a portrait chart showing photos of ancestors that have been submitted to...Video: Family History and the LDS Temple
In the following video, Elder Alca talks about his experience using Family History and The Washington DC Temple. I loved my mission and how it allowed me to utilize my abilities! Watch how Family History helped Elder (now RM) Alca find out more about his ancestors!...Follow on social media