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June 26, 2022

FamilySearch and The Family History Guide: Summer Activities

Summer is a great time for family activities of all kinds, and of course that includes family history activities. The Family History Guide has over 200 great activities for families, individuals, youth, and kids, with a master index and a downloadable planning sheet as well. Recently FamilySearch published several posts on family history activities that feature The Family History Guide....

Family History Activities/FamilySearch/RootsTech

June 19, 2022

RootsTech 2023 Will Include Online and In-Person Events

Note: This article appeared previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site. We kept hearing rumors that RootsTech 2023 would be a hybrid conference with both online and in-person components and we finally got the following announcement from FamilySearch. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—RootsTech, the world’s largest family history gathering is back in 2023 with an in-person event in Salt Lake City...

FamilySearch/RootsTech

May 29, 2022

Update: 1950 U.S. Census and FamilySearch

As you may know, volunteers have recently been busy indexing records from the 1950 U.S. Census to get them ready for posting on FamilySearch and other sites. In a new development, computer technology is now handling an increased role in the indexing efforts, so volunteers can cover more ground. Here’s the announcement from FamilySearch: “FamilySearch and Ancestry have evaluated the...

FamilySearch

May 23, 2022

Tasks, Suggestions, Problems … and The Family History Guide

FamilySearch has several features to help you expand and maintain your part of the Family Tree: Recommended Tasks, Research Suggestions, and Data Problems. These items are summarized below, with information about how The Family History Guide can help you address each of them. Recommended Tasks Open Family Tree and click the FamilySearch logo (upper left). Your home page appears, with...

FamilySearch/Research

April 10, 2022

1950 U.S. Census Project Moving Rapidly Forward

Note: This article was published previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site. If you go to the FamilySearch 1950 U.S. Census Project page at https://www.familysearch.org/getinvolved/1950 you will see that four states have been completed and that only two more are open right now (as of the date of this post). Checking handwriting recognition from Ancestry.com is a different experience from indexing. The...

Ancestry/FamilySearch

March 13, 2022

FamilySearch’s Use of Artificial Intelligence and Handwriting Recognition

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. https://www.familysearch.org/en/newsroom/familysearch-get-involved-online-volunteer-experience I have been involved with learning about and reporting about handwriting recognition for genealogical research for a long time. I always thought about it being something distant in the future. Well, apparently, the future is now. In the past few years, organizations such as the Brigham...

FamilySearch/Technology

February 27, 2022

New Video: Technology – Increasing Access to Archives

We’ve added a new QRB (Quick Research Basics) video to our YouTube Channel. This one is by Miles Meyer, Education Director for The Family History Guide Association and a frequent presenter at RootsTech. It’s titled “Technology – Increasing Access to Archives” and it discusses the following key topics, among others: Purpose and limitations of archives Microfilm and digitization projects Advances...

FamilySearch/Records/Technology

February 27, 2022

Finding Your Way at RootsTech 2022

It’s almost here! RootsTech 2022 begins in just a few days, so you’ll want to make sure you are registered (it’s free) so you can take advantage of all that the world’s largest family history event has to offer. Visit the RootsTech home page to get started. This article in the FamilySearch blog has some great tips for finding your...

FamilySearch/RootsTech/The Family History Guide Association

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...