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,...
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...
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...
LDS Stake Family Discovery Days
Many LDS stakes are planning to hold a Stake Family Discovery Day during the year using the content from the Family Discovery Day that was held in Salt Lake City in February 2015. A stake Family Discovery Day is an opportunity to help people find names to add to their...
Video: Canyon View Indexing, Search and Rescue
The Canyon View Stake youth conference was scheduled to be in Salt Lake City, but a month before the event, they were forced to change the location. In a mad scramble, they chose a closer location just outside of St. George. But then a week or so prior to the...
FamilySearch Partners With Joseph Smith Papers
Because of a collaborative effort between the Joseph Smith Papers Project and FamilySearch, you can log in to a website and see if your ancestors are mentioned in the Joseph Smith Papers. If you have an account on FamilySearch.org, you can see where your direct...
LDS Members Get Free Accounts to AmericanAncestors.org
Latter-day Saints can now receive free personal subscriptions to AmericanAncestors.org, the research website of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Personal access to this service is provided at no cost for Church members as part of an agreement between...Follow on social media