by LDS365 | Aug 17, 2021
Learn tips to family history research in the video, “The Genealogy Research Process: The WANDER Method,” from RootsTech 2021. Genealogy research isn’t a matter of just getting more and more records. Research isn’t usually a straight line. The drive...
by LDS365 | Aug 10, 2021
From the article “Six Steps to Hosting a Successful Indexing Event.” Indexing events are a great tool for helping people get involved in temple and family history work. As we make family discoveries possible through indexing, we are inspired to gather...
by LDS365 | Jul 22, 2021
July 24th is “Pioneer Day”—a day when we celebrate the courage of our ancestors. This week, why not explore where your family came from? Who in your family was the first to accept the gospel? The FamilySearch website can help you answer that very question with a...
by LDS365 | Jul 15, 2021
FamilySearch has announced that RootsTech Connect 2022 will take place on March 3–5, 2022, as a fully virtual family history event. In 2021, RootsTech attracted more than 1 million visitors from over 240 countries, making it the largest in RootsTech history. Building...
by LDS365 | 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 LDS365 | Jun 29, 2021
The world has billions and billions of records waiting to be indexed so that people can find and connect with their ancestors. Although there are hundreds of thousands of people who help with indexing, it is clear that volunteers need help. Computer-assisted indexing,...
by LDS365 | 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 LDS365 | Jun 8, 2021
The free FamilySearch website is home to the world’s largest online family tree. Known as the FamilySearch Family Tree, this shared family tree is home to information about more than 1.2 billion ancestors, which has been contributed by millions of descendants. What’s...
by LDS365 | Jun 1, 2021
The Family History Library now offers a look-up service for when you can’t go to the library. The Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City, Utah, has long been a go-to place to find genealogical research materials and is the flagship library...
by LDS365 | 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 LDS365 | 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 LDS365 | 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 LDS365 | 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 LDS365 | 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 LDS365 | Feb 23, 2021
With the FamilySearch Famous Relatives discovery experience, you can see how you are connected to famous people in history. How Does Famous Relatives Work? The Famous Relatives activity searches the FamilySearch Family Tree for your possible connections to famous...
