Category: Research

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New Free Historical Records from 12 Countries | September 2025 Update

September 10, 2025

By FamilySearch September 2025 Recently, FamilySearch expanded its free online archives with nearly 5 million new records from 12 countries. Exciting additions include 3.6 million civil registrations from Italy, 300,000 cemetery records from Chile, and almost 300,000 Catholic Church records from Portugal. Other countries with significant record additions include the following: To ensure the accuracy of updates,… Read More New Free Historical Records from 12 Countries | September 2025 Update

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Is It Really So?

August 23, 2025

This article was published on the Family History Guide Blog, “Handling Record Problems.” “It says so in that record!” … but is it really so? Sometimes the information we find in a record might not be a sure thing. Goal 7 of Project 4: Discover in the Family History Guide sheds some welcome light on potential… Read More Is It Really So?

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Using Photos for Research

August 2, 2025

Note: This article was previously published by Bob Taylor on The Family History Guide Blog. When we focus on our family history research, we often think only about finding documents and records. Photographs can be a valuable research tool, providing clues that match people with locations, events, and other people. The Family History Guide has… Read More Using Photos for Research

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New Historical Records from 8 Countries | July 2025

July 5, 2025

By FamilySearch July 2025 Recently, FamilySearch expanded its free online archives with over 30 million new records from 8 countries. Some exciting additions include 16 million civil registrations from Italy, 5 million cemetery records from Brazil, and nearly 1 million deceased physician records from the American Medical Association (AMA). Other countries with significant record additions… Read More New Historical Records from 8 Countries | July 2025

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All My Children

December 12, 2021

As a mother of seven children, I was always making sure I knew where all seven of them were. I occasionally lost one in stores and would totally freak out. I remember walking thru Disneyland counting them – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 over and over again. I had to have all of them right… Read More All My Children

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Don’t Give Up

February 18, 2020

Have you ever been searching for information to expand your family tree, only to hit a dead end? Maybe you were looking for parents, or children of your ancestor to attach to your family tree. Perhaps you have done a thorough search for the record, on FamilySearch and partner sites; (Ancestry, Find My Past, My… Read More Don’t Give Up