At RootsTech 2020, Ty Davies, the Records Portfolio Director for Family Search, talked about the amazing developments occurring with respect to indexing, including the following: At the rate we are indexing it will take us 170 years just to index the images currently available. The process of indexing takes about two years from the photographing… Read More Indexing – Alive and Well
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
In a recent FamilySearch blog. Sunny Morton shares three kinds of English historical documents to use to start building your English family tree. The first records mentioned are Censuses, which can show an entire family as far back as the 1840s. She shares how these records may help you reconstruct entire family groups. “Once you… Read More English Historical Documents
Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by Bonnie Mattson on “The Family History Guide” blog site and is used by permission. Years ago I went to my first BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference and one of the speakers said, “If you want to find your ancestors, do other people’s research!” There was… Read More Are You Giving the Gift of Family History?
Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by Bob Taylor on “The Family History Guide” blog site and is used by permission. Although The Family History Guide is often thought of as a learning center for those new to family history, it’s also surprisingly good resource for those who are more experienced. These are people… Read More Is The Family History Guide for Experienced Researchers?