Albuquerque West FamilySearch Center

01/06/2026

Family history class Saturday January 10.
9:00 - 10:00 am. FamilySearch Center. Answering FAQs

01/04/2026

Tracing your family tree back to Ireland is a rewarding journey, but it often feels like trying to solve a puzzle with missing pieces. While we often imagine our ancestors stepping off a ship with clear papers, the reality of 19th-century record-keeping was much messier. To find your ancestor’s ho...

01/01/2026

Every Single Year - Perhaps next year LoL

01/01/2026

End the year with a discovery. This historical record could be the key to your next breakthrough ✨
📎 - https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/2199956?cid=SO-00053975

01/01/2026

With the great potential that Full-Text Search has for uncovering hidden information, this tool now gives users greater access to previously hard-to-find records. Learn more below ⤵️
🔗 - https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/what-is-full-text-search?cid=SO-00053503

01/01/2026

Your great-great-grandfather was 4 years old in 1860. Then 10 in 1870. By 1880, he was somehow only 16.

You think you've got the wrong person. Or bad handwriting.

Or ancestors who couldn't do basic math.

Here's what actually happened: They weren't confused. They were living in a world where your age wasn't a fact—it was negotiable.

No birth certificates existed for most people until the 1930s.

Birthdays weren't celebrated. Ages were stories, not numbers.

So people lied. Parents altered family Bibles to get kids factory jobs.

Men padded ages to enlist or dodged drafts by aging up.

Couples avoided scandal...

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12/31/2025

12/31/2025

It's Quicksheet Saturday! "Two Hidden Secrets to Find a Ton More Results from the FamilySearch Catalog"

Full disclosure: I love the FamilySearch Catalog! Why? Because I can use my PC at home to scroll through digitized page after digitized page, just as if I had my own microfilm reader, only without the hassle.

BUT, there are a couple of hidden secrets that you need to know if you wish to maximize your results. And they are not easy to discover, which is why I am relating them to you now.

Download the free Quicksheet that describes these secrets to obtaining waaaaay more results at https://theancestorhunt.com/blog/two-hidden-secrets-to-find-a-ton-more-results-from-the-familysearch-catalog/

12/31/2025

Where did YOUR family come from? Mexico City? Lagos? Manila? Shanghai? San Juan?

Search billions of historical records by location on FamilySearch, completely free! Every place has different records, whether you're researching Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Pacific Islands, and beyond.

Pick a place. Search records. Discover your ancestors. It's all free. Start searching at the link in the first comment.

What country are you most interested in? Tell us below!

12/31/2025

12/31/2025

Get ready for a new year of new Family History classes!

Saturday January 10 from 9:00-10:00 am at the FamilySearch Center on 7-Bar.

Topic is FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
Bring your questions to share.

12/31/2025

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!