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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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FamilySearch Added Records for Denmark, Finland, and Sweden
Jul 11
FamilySearch announced the availability of its newest record collections, which consist of 135.4 million free, digital historical records from Denmark, Finland, and Sweden. These should be useful for genealogists who have ancestors from those countries. The new collections were digitized in a partnership between FamilySearch, MyHeritage, and the...
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FamilySearch Collections
Jul 7
If you have not used recently or at all, the FamilySearch online site or the material at any local Family History Center operated b the Church of the Latter-Day Saints, you are missing a golden opportunity. The FamilySearch.org is always adding to its collections. Just the United States collections number 1,114 with titles such as: Alabama Deaths ...
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FamilySearch to Allow Same-Sex Relationships on Family Trees
Jun 25
Your family might include people who are LGBT. Genealogists will quickly discover that family trees are not set up to accommodate same-sex couples or same-sex parents. FamilySearch has been working on changing their systems in order to include records and data on people in same-sex relationships and also to make it possible to include same-sex pare...
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FamilySearch has Collections of Catholic Records
Mar 23
In March of 2018, FamilySearch added records to existing collections of Catholic church records. The information in those records could be useful for genealogists who have Catholic ancestors. Check the FamilySearch News Release to find the most recently updated or added record collections. Columbia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2014 This colle...
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FamilySearch Put Together a Review of RootsTech 2018
Mar 17
How big was RootsTech 2018? If you attended, it might seem like the crowds were huge. Those who were unable to attend might have a different perspective. FamilySearch put together an informative review of RootsTech 2018.The results might influence your decision making about whether or not to attend next year's RootsTech. RootsTech 2018 by the N...
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Free Genealogy Resources for Frugal Genealogists
Mar 8
You really want to learn more about your ancestors, and fill in your family tree. Unfortunately, you are on a tight budget, and don't have extra money to spend on this project. The good news is that there are plenty of genealogy resources that you can access for free. Ancestry Library Edition Ancestry.com offers a free trial. When that tria...
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FamilySearch Classes Presented at RootsTech 2018 Now Online
Mar 5
RootsTech 2018 has come and gone, but the knowledge shared there remains. FamilySearch has made eight RootsTech 2018 classes available to view on the FamilySearch website. There are a total of eight FamilySearch classes that were presented at RootsTech 2018 and that are now available to view online. The classes are downloadable. They are: Fa...
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FamilySearch Added New Records from Mexico
Feb 11
FamilySearch has made it easier for you to find your Mexican ancestors. FamilySearch has partnered with Ancestry.com to enable FamilySearch to add 65 million new records with more than 200 million searchable names. These records are available to the general public through FamilySearch centers and affiliate libraries worldwide. The records are also ...