FamilySearch
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FamilySearch Recommends You Sign-In
Nov 17
FamilySearch is a non-profit family history organization dedicated to connecting families across generations. It is a free service that is provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. FamilySearch recommends that you sign-in when you use it. Have you used FamilySearch without taking the time to sign-in? It's not unheard of. ...
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Where to Find Dutch Records on FamilySearch
Oct 2
Do you have Dutch heritage? Your research on your Dutch ancestors may have gotten “stuck” when you tried to find records from before they immigrated. It can also be difficult to find records on your Dutch relatives who still live in the Netherlands. Here is a quick list of where to find Dutch records on FamilySearch. FamilySearch recently...
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FamilySearch Stops Microfilm Circulation – What You Need to Know
Sep 4
FamilySearch announced that September 7, 2017 marks the closing of an 80-year era of historic records access to usher in a new, digital model. FamilySearch is discontinuing its microfilm circulation services in concert with its commitment to make the world's historic records readily accessible digitally online. Here is what you need to know a...
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FamilySearch – End of Sending Microfilm
Jul 7
In this digital age, the sending of microfilm to the Family History Centers of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints for individuals to view ends on September 1, 2017. The last date to order a microfilm to be sent is August 31, 2017. How many have used this service of ordering a specific microfilm to continue your research at the Family History Cente...
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FamilySearch is Discontinuing Microfilm Distribution
Jul 3
FamilySearch announced that they will be discontinuing its microfilm distribution services. They are currently in the process of digitizing microfilm. The last day for Family History Centers to order microfilm will be on August 31, 2017. Family History Centers will have the option to return microfilm that is available online or that is otherwi...
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Relatives Around Me – New Feature in Family Tree App
Jun 23
FamilySearch has added something new to their Family Tree app. It is called Relatives Around Me. The purpose of this new feature is to let you know if you are related to anyone in a group of people. It can also tell you how you are related to them. FamilySearch's Family Tree app is a mobile companion to FamilySearch. Use it to add family ph...
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How to Start Indexing Online for FamilySearch
Jun 7
Indexing is essential to making the world's records searchable. At FamilySearch, hundreds of thousands of volunteer indexers, from around the world, have participated in transcribing valuable genealogical records and making them easily searchable online. Here's how you can start indexing online for FamilySearch. The first thing a person who is ...
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The Gift of a Family Tree
May 17
Genealogists know that a person's family tree is an incredibly important piece of their family story. It can be difficult to put together, especially for people who are African-American. The records that are accessible tend to stop at around 1870. As such, one can imagine how special it was for a Congresswoman to receive her five-generation fami...
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FamilySearch Introduces Family Tree Lite
May 14
FamilySearch has introduced Family Tree Lite. It is a streamlined version of FamilySearch's Family Tree. This version is for users who need FamilySearch's Family Tree to be smaller. Why would FamilySearch take something users love and make a smaller, minimalistic, version of it? One reason has to do with bandwidth. People who use FamilySearc...
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FamilySearch has French Census Records
May 2
Genealogists who have ancestors who lived in France can benefit from using the resources at FamilySearch. They have added six new French Census collections. FamilySearch regularly updates existing collections of records by adding new ones to them. The French Census is different from the United States Census (which is carried out nationally). ...