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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

If you are new to genealogy, then you should take the time to check out FamilySearch. It is free to use, and there are frequent updates of and additions to their website. It is a great place for a new genealogist to get started working on his or her family tree. If you are a skilled genealogist, it may have been a while since you used FamilySearch. Here is a little of what is new at FamilySearch this week. FamilySearch posted a new update about their indexing project in their blog. It was posted on June 15, 2012, and is … Continue reading →