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Mormons and Genealogy

One question that many new genealogists have, after seeing that many great genealogy resources are connected with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is why genealogy is so important to Mormons. For Mormons, family life is important, eternal, in fact, and it is central to God’s plan. Since family is an eternal structure, baptisms may be conducted for deceased family members. Genealogy research enters the picture when Mormons trace their roots in search of ancestors who died without learning about the Mormon Gospel. It is these ancestors who are then baptized by proxy in the temple, so … Continue reading →

Get Ready for Story@Home 2013!

Have you heard of the Story@Home conference? The very first one was held in March of 2012. It seems to have done well enough to become an annual event. Story@Home 2013 will happen in February of 2013. Are you going to attend? The Story@Home conference, as you may have guessed from the name, is all about story. The conference gives genealogists a lot of good information about how to incorporate family history into their genealogy research. The conference is going to be hosted by FamilySearch, one of the most popular genealogy websites. They hosted the first Story@Home conference. FamilySearch, as … Continue reading →

FamilySearch Has a Video Contest

Were you able to use the information in the 1940 United States Census to find your ancestors? Now is your chance to express your gratitude to the indexers who helped make that possible. FamilySearch is having a video contest. Five people will win a $25.00 Visa gift card. FamilySearch is the popular genealogy website that is run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Thousands of volunteers helped index the names that were in the 1940 United States Census data so that those names would be searchable online. This huge task is now complete, thanks to the … Continue reading →

FamilySearch Has a New Project for Genealogists

FamilySearch is a popular genealogy website. Volunteers have completed the indexing of the names in the 1940 United States Census. Now, FamilySearch is getting ready to embark upon their next project. They would like you to help! FamilySearch is the genealogy website that is provided as a service by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The website is free to use, and you do not have to be Mormon in order to use it. Genealogists might be aware that there have been many volunteers working with FamilySearch in order to index the names from the United States … Continue reading →

FamilySearch Has a Free Guide to London Ancestors

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There has been a lot of news about the 2012 Olympic games that are taking place in London, England. Has this inspired you to want to learn more about your ancestors who once lived in London? FamilySearch can help you with your research. They have put together a free guide to London Ancestors. FamilySearch is a very popular, free to use, genealogy website. It is a service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. FamilySearch uses many volunteers to help with “behind the scenes” aspects of making additions to the records that are available through their website. … Continue reading →

Five Free Genealogy Websites for Frugal Genealogists

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Genealogy research will require you to invest a lot of time. This doesn’t always mean that you have to invest a lot of money in order to work on your family tree! There are several genealogy websites that you can use for free. Here are five free genealogy websites that a frugal genealogist will want to check out. FamilySearch is one of the most popular genealogy websites. This is a non-profit website that is run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. All genealogists are welcome to use the resources on FamilySearch no matter what their personal religious … Continue reading →

What’s New at FamilySearch? – Week of July 20, 2012

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One of the most popular genealogy websites is FamilySearch. It is run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and is free to use. Genealogists of all faiths, or who have no religious beliefs, are welcome to use the website. They frequently add records and other useful information to FamilySearch. Here is what’s new at FamilySearch this week. This week, FamilySearch added 76 Million new records. All of them are free for genealogists to access. State census, naturalization, immigration, and vital records for 22 states were added this week. This includes Ohio, New Jersey, New York, and … Continue reading →

What’s New at FamilySearch? – Week of July 12, 2012

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FamilySearch is the free-to-use genealogy website that is run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Genealogists of any faith, or who have no religious beliefs, are welcome to use the website. It updates frequently with new resources. Here is what’s new at FamilySearch this week. FamilySearch volunteers are still working on the 1940 Census Index Project. A blog post on July 6, 2012, reports that the effort is “Going Strong”. As of that date, they have indexed 82% of the entire collection. A total of 29 states are fully indexed and available to be searched. There … Continue reading →

What’s New at FamilySearch? – Week of July 5, 2012

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FamilySearch is one of the most popular genealogy websites in existence. It uses volunteers to help with indexing, updates, and other tasks. This makes it possible for FamilySearch to allow genealogists to use the website, and access the many resources it holds, for free. Here is some of what is new at FamilySearch this week. FamilySearch has a really interesting blog post that talks about users that have disabilities. The blog describes how FamilySearch is thinking about how their changes and interfaces could affect users with particular disabilities. For example, they consider the ability of people who are colorblind when … Continue reading →

What’s New at FamilySearch? – Week of May 26, 2012

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FamilySearch is one of the most popular genealogy websites. Genealogists use it because it has a vast amount of records that can be searched, and because they frequently add new collections of records and documents. The website is free to use, which is nice for genealogists who are on a budget. Here is what is new at FamilySearch this week. FamilySearch is the world’s largest genealogy organization. The website is provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Genealogists of all faiths, or who do not hold any religious beliefs, are all welcome to use the resources at … Continue reading →