by Larry Richman | Jan 10, 2025
In 2025, FamilySearch is planning to provide more free genealogy records and more fun family experiences. There will also be improvements in FamilySearch records, the FamilySearch website, and FamilySearch apps. The following is a quick summary of what to expect in...
by Larry Richman | Jan 7, 2025
The following is a FamilySearch news release: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—Join FamilySearch, the world’s largest nonprofit genealogy organization, in looking back at 2024 to recap some of its most notable highlights. FamilySearch celebrated its 130th anniversary as an...
by Larry Richman | Dec 27, 2024
A central focus of Heavenly Father’s plan is to unite families for this life and for eternity. This includes preserving our own family history to learn from our ancestors and helping them receive ordinances in temples to help them to progress along the covenant path....
by Larry Richman | Nov 25, 2024
Latter-day Saint FamilySearch users can now get a free subscription to Storied to create fuller, richer accounts of their ancestors’ lives. Storied is an innovative platform that makes it easy for you to rediscover your family history and share it in a whole new...
by Larry Richman | Nov 22, 2024
The annual Temple and Family History Leadership Instruction will be available to watch on ChurchofJesusChrist.org and the Gospel Library app beginning March 6, 2025. Elder Neil L. Andersen, Elder Patrick Kearon, and other General Authorities and General Officers, will...
by Larry Richman | Nov 20, 2024
RootsTech 2025 will take place March 6–8, 2025. This global family discovery celebration is held both in person at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, and online, making it possible for people around the world to join. RootsTech offers a unique...
by Larry Richman | Nov 14, 2024
Your paper photos and slides are fading over time. Your videocassettes are degrading and becoming fuzzy. What if your home is flooded or the box of memories is lost? Even digital records on CDs or computer floppy disks will degrade over time. Do you even still have a...
by Larry Richman | Oct 9, 2024
Registration is now open for RootsTech 2025. RootsTech, hosted by FamilySearch, is the world’s largest family history conference. You can attend in person or online March 6–8, 2025. Whether you are a seasoned genealogist or just beginning your family discovery...
by Larry Richman | Sep 24, 2024
Watch videos from RootsTech on demand to learn the fundamentals of genealogy around the world! You can find classes covering a variety of countries or skills you need depending on your experience with family history.
by Larry Richman | Sep 3, 2024
Each month, the FamilySearch Library offers free classes and webinars on various subjects. The webinars in September 2024 will focus on U.S. immigration research. Classes will share strategies on how to discover missing individuals in your family tree, effectively...
by Larry Richman | Jul 29, 2024
The “Saints by Sea” database provides information about about all known Latter-day Saint immigrant voyages by sea, including names of passengers and first-hand accounts. Between 1840 and 1930, tens of thousands of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
by Larry Richman | Jun 4, 2024
Discover your celebrity soulmate with FamilySearch’s new Personality Match Quiz. Take a quick quiz, answer a few simple questions, and unveil which renowned personality matches you best.
by Larry Richman | May 26, 2024
FamilySearch lets you see the cemeteries where your relatives are buried. You can see information about their lives, like when they were born and died, and even click to see the headstone. This Memorial Day, as you visit a cemetery, go to...
by Larry Richman | Apr 23, 2024
Participate in the 10 Million Names Project, a collaboration with American Ancestors, FamilySearch, and others to compile pre-1870 documents and recover the identities of 10 million individuals of African descent who were enslaved in America between 1500 and 1865....
by Larry Richman | Apr 11, 2024
A new feature in Leader and Clerk Resources (LCR) allows Church leaders to assist members in gathering information on deceased family members to do proxy baptisms and confirmations in the temple. Family Name Assist requires no family history research, and it creates...
