Discover Your Ancestors With Memories Book App
With just one click, you can generate a memories book with photos, stories, and details about the lives of your ancestors. Create a PDF book that you can email to others or send to be printed. Family history is all about photos and stories. But sometimes it is...
Virtual Pass Ticket to Watch Sessions of RootsTech 2019
Did you know you can purchase a virtual pass of RootsTech 2019 and get online access to 18 recorded sessions, in addition to the sessions that were streamed for free? With a virtual ticket, you can watch playbacks of RootsTech sessions from your laptop, tablet, or...
“We Are the Gatherers!” Highlights from Elder and Sister Bednar’s 2019 Family Discovery Day Message
From the FamilySearch blog: On March 2, 2019, Elder Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Susan, were the featured speakers at Family Discovery Day at RootsTech. They talked about the latter-day gathering of Heavenly Father’s children prophesied of...
Learn about Your Family on FamilySearch.org
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...
What’s Coming to FamilySearch in 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...
“Ordinances Ready” on FamilySearch App Helps Find Temple Ordinances for Your Ancestors
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....
Registration is Open for RootsTech 2019
The RootsTech 2019 conference sponsored by FamilySearch will be held February 27 to March 2, 2019, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Registration is now open at RootsTech.org. Register early to take advantage of early bird prices. RootsTech...
Do You Have Ancestors Connected to Nauvoo?
Do you have an ancestor who may have settled the city of Nauvoo, witnessed the organization of the Relief Society, heard the first cries announcing the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith or helped with the dedication of the Nauvoo Temple? Or perhaps you have...
How to Add Multiple Photos in “Memories” on FamilySearch
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...
RootsTech Goes to London
This week, FamilySearch announced that the RootsTech conference is expanding to international borders. RootsTech London will take place October 24-26, 2019, at the ExCeL London Convention Centre. The RootsTech London convention will not replace the annual conference...
FamilySearch Tree App
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...
Free Family History Course: 12-Week Step-by-Step
A 12-week step-by-step course to guide you through FamilySearch and other helpful websites is now available for free. This course will get you up and unlocking the history of your ancestors in no time. It also includes a supportive community on their Facebook group,...
FamilySearch’s Strategy to Help Preserve the World’s Archives
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...
20 Ways to Do Family History in 5 Minutes a Day
From the article “20 Ways to Do Family History in 5 Minutes a Day” on FamilySearch.org. If you love spending time on your family history but find yourself overwhelmed, know that you can make significant progress with just five minutes a day. 2018 RootsTech...Follow on social media