{"id":9724,"date":"2023-10-16T00:49:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T00:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=9724"},"modified":"2023-10-16T00:49:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T00:49:21","slug":"exploring-the-new-familysearch-chat-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/exploring-the-new-familysearch-chat-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the New FamilySearch Chat Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Messaging feature has been a fixture on the FamilySearch website for years, but it has now been replaced by the new Chat function. The Chat window opens as a pop-up in the main FamilySearch screen so you don&#8217;t have to switch between tabs. It includes a chat directory where other FamilySearch users can find you, and you can send chat messages to FamilySearch Groups.<\/p>\n<p>You can learn more about the Chat feature in this FamilySearch blog article:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/en\/blog\/new-familysearch-chat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/en\/blog\/new-familysearch-chat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is also a Help Center FAQ document about the new Chat feature:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/en\/help\/helpcenter\/article\/familysearch-chat-frequently-asked-questions-faqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/en\/help\/helpcenter\/article\/familysearch-chat-frequently-asked-questions-faqs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Look for new info about Chat in Goal 10 of FamilySearch Project 1, coming later this week!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/chat-window2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1081\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/chat-window2.png 1081w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/chat-window2-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/chat-window2-1024x725.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/chat-window2-768x543.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1081px) 100vw, 1081px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Messaging feature has been a fixture on the FamilySearch website for years, but it has now been replaced by the new Chat function. The Chat window opens as a pop-up in the main FamilySearch screen so you don&#8217;t have to switch between tabs. It includes a chat directory where other FamilySearch users can find you, and you can send&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[227,11],"tags":[491],"class_list":["post-9724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-familysearch","category-trackers","tag-chat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9724"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9730,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9724\/revisions\/9730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}