Editable fields can vary based on the location and language of the user, and any restrictions associated with the collection.
Learn field-specific search tips and advanced techniques as you search our indexed historical records.
Use the Catalog to see if we have books, online images, microfilms, or other information to help with your family history and genealogy research.
Whether you are struggling to read old handwriting or working in an unfamiliar language, we have resources to help you! Using the tips and tricks shown below, you’ll be a pro in no time.
Learn the common reasons that you are unable to correct a transcription error that you find.
Copy the information from your GEDCOM file into Family Tree.
Learn about access restrictions and how to identify them.
Use the source linker to attach the historical records you find on FamilySearch to a person in Family Tree.
You can see a list of all record collections on FamilySearch. You can filter the list by title, place, date, and collection.
Search by place allows you to limit search results to a place where your ancestor lived.
You can request that FamilySearch make an indexed record about yourself or a person for whom you act as legal guardian inaccessible.
If the microfilm that you need is not online, check back from time to time.
Learn why we remove books from the FamilySearch Digital Library, and possible solutions.