Experience RootsTech 2017
Tomorrow is the beginning of RootsTech 2017. It’s not too late to register. Learn more about Family Discovery Day on Saturday, February 11, 2017. RootsTech will be posting on Facebook and live tweeting. You can even join the live stream to participate from home!...
2017 Goals for Indexing
Have you set a personal goal for indexing names from FamilySearch? A few minutes a day can uncover names of many people waiting to receive temple ordinances. FamilySearch indexing lets you type names from old records into a database that people worldwide can use to...
Write Your Life Story in 2017: FamilySearch #52Stories Project Will Make Your Task Easier
Maybe your New Year’s resolution is to write your personal history to share with your family and leave for future generations. The task, however, can seem daunting. Where do you start? FamilySearch can help with its #52Stories project. Each week in 2017, FamilySearch,...
Worldwide Indexing Event 2016 #TheWorldsRecords
During 72 hours from July 15-17, help index the world’s historical records, making them freely searchable on the Internet, helping families worldwide find their ancestors. Help FamilySearch reach the goal of 72,000 volunteers to help make records accessible for...
Sharing Family Stories: Simple Activities for Children
The recent Church News article “Kids and the ties that bind” describes simple activities you can do with your children to help them learn about their family history. Here are a few easy ways that parents can integrate stories from their family history into...
How to Engage Youth in family History
Presenters at the recent RootsTech conference talked about various tools youth can use to participate in family history. Some of those ideas were summarized in the article “RootsTech 2016: Engaging youth and teens in family history.” Tool #1: Paper and Pen...
New Church History Database Lists Early LDS Missionaries,1830 to 1930
A new database titled “Early Mormon Missionaries” features information about all known full-time proselytizing Mormon missionaries who served between 1830 and 1930. In addition to basic information such as names, dates of service, and mission locations, it includes...
Print LDS Temple Ordinance Cards at Home
Members can now print their own family ordinance cards at home rather than printing them at the temple. This option is now available in the United States and will be available worldwide in the next few months. Taking names to the temple for ordinance work just got a...
Missed RootsTech 2016? Watch it Online
Click the image above to access the archive of the sessions from the 2016 RootsTech Family Discovery Day. New announcements at RootsTech: Two new pamphlets to help teach new converts about family history work. New beginner resource card “Strengthening Eternal...
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...Follow on social media