FamilySearch

  • FamilySearch Wiki has 90,000 Articles Published

    Oct 3

    FamilySearch announced that the FamilySearch Wiki has published its 90,000th help article. More are added weekly. This free Wiki launched 12 years ago to help FamilySearch patrons with their personal family history research questions.  The FamilySearch Research Wiki operates similarly to Wikipedia. Both wikis allow people to edit and cre...

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  • RootsTech London Announced Keynote Speakers

    Sep 17

    For the first time ever, the world's largest family history conference is coming to London! RootsTech London will take place on October 24-26, 2019. They have announced a lineup of keynote speakers. RootsTech, hosted by FamilySearch, is a global conference celebrating families across generations, where people of all ages are inspired to di...

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  • PCHA Received FamilySearch Affiliate Designation

    Aug 22

    The Pierce County Historical Association (PCHA) received the official certification of being a FamilySearch Affiliate library on March 20, 2019. FamilySearch Affiliate libraries have access to additional online records than those that people can access on the FamilySearch website at home.  A FamilySearch Affiliate library cooperates with F...

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  • FamilySearch Users Can Correct Name Indexing Errors

    Aug 8

    FamilySearch will now enable users to make name corrections to its indexes. FamilySearch explained that corrections made by users increase the likelihood of success for researchers to find the records of their ancestors. FamilySearch allows volunteers to do indexing of records in order to make those records searchable online. It appears tha...

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  • Eastern Shore Public Library is a FamilySearch Affiliate

    Jul 23

    Eastern Shore Public Library serves the people of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. It is located in Accomac, Virginia. The Eastern Shore Public Library has become a FamilySearch Affiliate Library. Libraries that become FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to more genealogy resources to help genealogists and family historians make more...

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  • FamilySearch Celebrates 20 Years Online

    Jun 6

    FamilySearch announced that it has celebrated 20 years of being online. It was first launched on May 24, 1999. Two decades later, FamilySearch is a leader in the rising tide of popular ancestry-related services online. FamilySearch International is the largest genealogy organization in the world. It is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organiza...

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  • Ogden Utah Has a FamilySearch Center

    May 14

    FamilySearch announced the opening of a new FamilySearch Center in Ogden, Utah. The Ogden FamilySearch Center is adjacent to the Ogden Utah Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Ogden FamilySearch Center is a 12,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility. It is one of five locations around the United States that offe...

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  • FamilySearch Awarded Silver Anvil Honors

    Jan 1

    FamilySearch International was awarded Silver Anvil Honors for its supportive collaboration that led to the success of the Freedmen's Bureau Project. FamilySearch credits the 25,000 volunteers who helped with the Freedmen's Bureau Project as “silent recipients” of the 2018 Silver Anvil Award for Integrated Communications. The award was besto...

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  • Dallas Public Library and FamilySearch Team Up to Digitize Collection

    Nov 17

    The Dallas Public Library and FamilySearch International have teamed up in order to digitize the Dallas Public Library's extensive family history book collection. This initiative will expand free patron access worldwide to the Dallas Public Library's historical records. The Dallas Public Library is located in Dallas, Texas. It strengthens commu...

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  • Cloverdale Library Awarded FamilySearch Affiliate Status

    Nov 13

    Cloverdale Library is part of the Surrey Library system and is located in Surrey's historic town center. They have one of the largest Canadian family history collections. Cloverdale Library recently received Affiliate Library status from FamilySearch. FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have privileges to limited-access FamilySearch databases. Publ...

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