FamilySearch Community

A free platform for gathering knowledge, sharing information, attending interesting events, and connecting with helpful community members to further your family history and genealogy research.

Click on the Go to the Community button below. Explore the different research groups for your genealogy interests.

Yes. You must be signed in to your free FamilySearch account to post in the Community groups.

Anyone with a FamilySearch account.

Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, North America.

Select the Groups heading (or the Groups tile) and click on Research Groups. You can then either filter by language, location, and region, browse the groups, or search for a group name (using the Search Groups field, not the central Search field).

Yes. Select the group for your question and click Join on the far right.

1. Sign in with your FamilySearch account
2. Find the group that corresponds to your question (see How do I search for a specific group? above).
3. Join the relevant group.
4. Scroll down to the Discussions heading. Click the arrow by New Discussion and select Ask a Question.

Join the research group for the country of the language you need help translating from. Post your question under Ask A Question in that group with a link to the image and an explanation of what you have been able to figure out so far.

Questions are best when asking for help with translation, finding records, and getting answers to research questions.
Discussions are for sharing new resources, ideas, and links, as well as for starting conversations.

When someone adds a comment to your question, an option will appear that asks you if that entry answered your question. If you are satisfied with the answer, click yes, and it will mark that answer as accepted. If you still need additional help, leave it unanswered so that others will know help is still needed. (This option will not appear if you post a discussion instead).