October 22, 2024
On September 27, the International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences (ICGHS) awarded well-known Chief Genealogical Officer of F…
June 7, 2023
As a nonprofit company seeking to help people everywhere connect with their families, FamilySearch strives to have a family-friendly and ins…
December 30, 2021
Start out the new year with several virtual FamilySearch Family History Library Free Online Webinars.  January 2022 classes include Using the FamilySearch Catalog, Research in Canada and more!
June 30, 2020
Humans have an innate need to know their identities—who their ancestors are and where they come from. Finding that past sometimes requires i…
February 5, 2020
David Rencher, chief genealogical officer (CGO) of FamilySearch and director of the Family History Library, received the prestigious Certifi…
August 30, 2019
This summer, the FamilySearch Research Wiki published its 90,000th wiki article—a major milestone since its humble beginnings nearly 12 year…
May 30, 2019
Attention, Osmond Fans: Donny Osmond will be joining RootsTech London! Osmond will grace the stage on Saturday, 26 October, at 11 a.m. To he…
April 1, 2019
Paula Williams Madison is an award-winning journalist and a former NBC executive. She’s been named one of the “75 Most Powerful African Amer…
February 19, 2019
FamilySearch will be addressing a variety of updates at RootsTech 2019. Whether you are attending RootsTech 2019 in-person, remotely, or pla…
August 21, 2018
The world-renowned Family History Library in Salt Lake City has a new director, David Rencher, FamilySearch’s Chief Genealogy Officer (See n…
February 7, 2018
Español Locating your Mexican ancestors has never been easier. In a partnership with Ancestry.com, FamilySearch has added 65 million new his…
November 16, 2017
Beginning December 13, 2017, patrons visiting FamilySearch.org will see a prompt to register for a free FamilySearch account or to sign in t…
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