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February 20, 2022

TreeFind: A Versatile Tool for FamilySearch Family Tree

The BYU Family History Technology Lab has produced some interesting and useful tools over the years for doing family history. One that should be of special note and importance is the TreeFind tool, It’s a relatively new addition that helps you find ancestors by category in your part of the FamilySearch Family Tree. Following is a brief summary of the...

FamilySearch/Records/Research

November 28, 2021

FamilySearch and Computer-assisted Indexing for Digitized Records

Note: This article was previously published on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2021-10-29/computer-assisted-indexing-familysearch-records-231067This article is interesting from several different aspects. First, there are some interesting and updated statistics. Here is a quote with some of the statistics from the above linked article to start out. In September, FamilySearch announced a milestone 83 years in the making — the completion...

FamilySearch/Technology

November 22, 2021

New at FamilySearch: Feeds and Groups

You may have noticed that FamilySearch recently introduced two new features for helping you connect with others and share information: Feeds and Groups. The Feeds feature helps you share memories and other information with friends and family, similar to how social media works. With the Groups feature, you can create groups for sharing memories, messages, and temple reservations (for Latter-day...

FamilySearch

October 24, 2021

The 10 Most Common Mistakes in Online Family Trees

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. The number one all time most common mistake observed in online family trees arises from copying some other person’s family tree information especially if the information comes from paper family group sheets or an old GEDCOM file. The fact that you inherited information from a relative, even...

FamilySearch/Research

October 18, 2021

The Family History Guide in the FamilySearch Portal

Shortly after The Family History Guide went online in 2015, it was added to the Portal page in the family history centers. Currently there are about 5,000 family history centers in operation around the world. With the recent FamilySearch changes to catalogs and materials, the Portal was updated. We are happy to say that The Family History Guide still enjoys...

FamilySearch/What is new at The FHG

September 19, 2021

Following Your Ancestors on the FamilySearch Family Tree

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. In social networking, following has become endemic. In this context, when we “follow” someone, we are interested in learning about what happens in their lives. On the FamilySearch.org Family Tree, following is considerably different. The function of following is to learn about any changes being made to a particular individual...

Country Research/FamilySearch/Research

September 5, 2021

Understanding Merging on the FamilySearch Family Tree

Note: This article by James Tanner was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. The FamilySearch.org Family Tree was originally seeded with previously collected individual and family histories from five major collections: the Ancestral File, the Pedigree Resource File, the International Genealogical Index, and Membership and Temple records from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These records were not directly added to the Family Tree. They were...

FamilySearch

August 22, 2021

Considering the Future of FamilySearch Family History Centers

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. https://www.familysearch.org/fhcenters/locations/ FamilySearch.org in conjunction with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Church) has a huge network of 5397 Family History Libraries and Family History Centers around the world as of the date of this post. These libraries and centers range in size and content from the Salt Lake...

Country Research/FamilySearch/Learning/Research

August 1, 2021

Getting to Know FamilySearch Community and Partner Trees

When we think about using the Search menu in FamilySearch, the most familiar choice is right at the top: Records. The other items in the menu may be less familiar, however. Halfway down the menu is the Genealogies option, which is an interesting one. Many of us are aware that a huge number of user-submitted pedigrees are available on FamilySearch....

Country Research/FamilySearch/FS Partners/Records/Research

July 4, 2021

Re-opening of the Family History Library

After a lengthy closure due to the COVID pandemic—which allowed some time for a major remodeling project—the Family History Library in Salt Lake City will open its doors to the public on Tuesday, July 6. Here are a few of the highlights, according to the Deseret News: Building remodel. The building was last remodeled in 2002, and changes were needed...