Family History Inquiry Help

09/02/2022

Sometimes we need to start over. What I mean is that we need to begin again with gathering information about our nearest relatives and systematically do the same thing, working our way through our family tree. This is most appropriate for those who solved the problem by copying information from others rather than verifying the information through their own research.
https://ldsgenealogy.com/Growing-Your-Family-Tree.htm

11/30/2021

Stakes in Springville, Utah, and Denton, Texas, are teaming up to link names from census records to the FamilySearch Family Tree.

04/04/2021

02/26/2021

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/broadcasts?video=20803423337299461900&mode=watch&lang=eng

View all upcoming, live, and recent broadcasts from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in one place including General Conference, Face to Face events, Worldwide Devotionals, Music and the Spoken Word, and more.

09/17/2020

https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2020-09-16/mayflower-records-familysearch-american-ancestors-general-society-mayflower-descendants-192891?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=churchnews-en&utm_campaign=facebookpage

Are you a Mayflower descendant? In honor of the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's voyage, FamilySearch announced that digitized records of Mayflower descendants are now available online.

04/01/2020

We’re pleased to confirm that we will be giving everyone free access to our digitised collections very soon, but it’s taking our amazing digital team a bit of time to make it happen.

They’re facing similar challenges to the rest of the world with regard to connecting to our various technical systems while working from home, and many of them are also juggling childcare duties. Stay tuned for an update soon!

EDIT: To clarify, we’re referring to digitised collections that are available on our website (and usually chargeable) – at this stage, this doesn’t extend to our collections on other sites.

03/20/2020

FREE Genealogy Resources for Cooped Up Kids! TOPICS:EducationFreeGenealogy for KidsLegacy Family TreeWebinars Posted By: Thomas MacEntee 19 March 2020 Need educational alternatives for children cooped up during the Covid-19 crisis? Here are some AMAZING free Genealogy for Kids resources! I don’t h...

03/20/2020

One of the most difficult things a family historian faces is tracking the women in their family. Join Crista Cowan as she shares tips to discover the maiden ...

12/10/2019

FamilySearch now “provides the ability” for families to document same-sex family relationships, according to a Tuesday news release from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

12/04/2019

Obituaries do more than just let the world know someone died. It's a chance to pay tribute to someone, advocate for a cause or even settle a score.

12/04/2019

Genealogists at Strathclyde University have launched a search to find the families of those who signed the historic Declaration of Arbroath ahead of 700th anniversary.

11/18/2019

As part of Sunday evening’s Face to Face Event for Children and Youth, David Archuleta sang the 2020 Youth Theme song, “Go and Do,” based on the scripture found in 1 Nephi 3:7. Archuleta, who is best-known as the runner-up on the seventh season of American Idol, not only performed the never-be...

10/14/2019

10/07/2019

New release! Have you ever wondered how you are related to someone who has contributed to your family tree on FamilySearch? Now you can know! Find out step-by-step how at the link below:
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06/12/2018

Some people go to consignment shops for hats, TVs or records, but when LaGrange resident Russell Cook went, he found a piece of family history.

05/12/2018

Many tourism companies today operate ancestral tours, offering genealogy services to help customize an excursion to your ancestor’s home country. We review some of the best genealogy tour companies and introduce resources for getting started planning an ancestral journey of your own.

05/11/2018

Discover the top 5 threats to the world's historical genealogy records and how FamilySearch prioritizes which archives to digitally preserve first.

05/10/2018

Your family photo collection is a treasure box of your personal history and legacy. Those photos stored in basements, attics, and faded albums are a testimony to all the love, laughter, and traditi…

05/09/2018

Find your ancestors in 3.5 million new historical records from Oklahoma, 1.5 million from Germany and more from Quebec, Italy, Lesotho, Ireland, Peru, Georgia, Texas, Costa Rica, and Poland.

05/06/2018

04/30/2018

See if you have relatives that are mentioned in the Joseph Smith Papers. Discover what role they may have played in the early church.

04/28/2018

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02/22/2018

I was moved by the Feb. 11 Metro article on slave trader Isaac Franklin’s descendants, especially the depiction of the wall with slaves’ names and prices [“Healing a painful past”]. I’ve dabbled in...

02/20/2018

If you're not obsessed with using newspapers in your genealogy research you are missing out on one of the greatest sources of rich family history details available.

02/18/2018

Because of Him, we have hope.
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02/17/2018

Google Photos, an online photo sharing and storage service, is a good place to store your high-resolution images. Its facial-recognition feature allows you to quickly search your photos for a speci…

02/13/2018

Eric Schubert started his own genealogy business a few years ago, and is a natural

02/03/2018

Explore free Family History Library classes and webinars for February 2018. Includes African American research for Black History Month, how-to classes for Britain, Ireland, Norway, and US research.

01/29/2018

Anyone who has tried to uncover his or her family history knows that place is an integral part of every family’s story. The places our ancestors lived shaped their lives and experiences. They…

01/27/2018

By Charles McGee Conducting genealogical research from the comfort of our homes is an amazing advantage researchers have today. It grants us access to records in repositories hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away. Compared to only ten or twenty years ago it seems we’ve been liberated from the ...