Are you excited for RootsTech 2019? Each year tens of thousands of family history fans descend on the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the world’s largest family history conference. Hosted annually by FamilySearch, RootsTech has become the premier family history event for both the general public and members of The […]
RootsTech London 2019 Conference Announced
August 28, 2018 By
RootsTech has announced that the highly popular family history conference is expanding its international borders, beginning with the United Kingdom in 2019. RootsTech will host RootsTech London 2019 from 24–26 October, 2019 at the ExCeL London Convention Centre. For more info go to RootsTech.org/london. “We are incredibly excited to take the learnings and excitement of […]
9 Questions for David Rencher, FamilySearch CGO and New Family History Library Director
August 21, 2018 By
The world-renowned Family History Library in Salt Lake City has a new director, David Rencher, FamilySearch’s Chief Genealogy Officer (See news release: FamilySearch CGO David Rencher New Family History Library Director). Rencher will continue to serve in both roles and sees them as very complementary. This will be Rencher’s second time at the helm of […]
Complete Archive of Ellis Island Records—Now Online for Free
August 13, 2018 By
Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty are famous landmarks in U.S. history. The Statue of Liberty, located on Liberty Island, is a symbol of freedom. Ellis Island opened the gates to millions as the home of the Ellis Island Immigration Station—and millions of passenger arrival records for U.S. immigrants came with it. Now, a […]
Don’t miss the 2018 BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy
July 17, 2018 By
The 50th annual BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy will be held July 31—August 3, 2018 at the BYU Conference Center in Provo, Utah. It offers more than 100 classes, including a free track on Friday for Temple and Family History Consultants, allowing participants to gain new skills and helpful information. Class topics include: […]
How to Use War of 1812 Pension Files
June 13, 2018 By
Do you have an ancestor who participated in the War of 1812? If so, the War of 1812 pension files may hold a treasure trove of genealogical information for you. These records have previously been difficult to access until, led by the Federation of Genealogical Societies and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the […]
New Records on FamilySearch: Week of June 4, 2018
June 11, 2018 By
FamilySearch added over 700,000 New York naturalization records and one million more historical records and images from Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Ohio, and New Jersey. The BillionGraves Index has added over 600,000 indexed records and images to their database. Find your Italian ancestors from Naples with nearly 85,000 new records, and Jewish Records from Hungary. Other […]
New Records on FamilySearch: Week of May 21, 2018
May 22, 2018 By
Find your German ancestors on FamilySearch with 2 million new Baden, Germany Catholic Church records. You can also find ancestors from around the world by searching the new genealogical records added this week from Argentina, Benin, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, England, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Ukraine, United States (Iowa, Louisiana, and Rhode Island) and Venezuela. See […]
New Records on FamilySearch: Week of May 7, 2018
May 8, 2018 By
New archived records from around the world are published on FamilySearch every week to help you find your ancestors. This week, the new additions include over 140,000 records from Panama, over 130,000 records from Brazil, plus more from Cape Verde, Guatemala, Denmark, Slovakia, Portugal, Germany, and Peru. Nearly 300,000 images and indexed records from BillionGraves Index […]