The Get Involved mobile app is currently available in the Apple and Google app stores to users in the United States, Latin America, Spain, and Portugal.

In the First Ancestor view, the person of focus should have at least one first ancestor. You can remove a first ancestor if the wrong person is listed.

If you use the First Ancestor view, we recommend that you add your first ancestor as one of the first things you do. If you have more than first ancestor, you can enter them all and switch between them as needed.

Use the following tips to enter Chinese names into Family Tree.

In Family Tree, use the First Ancestor view to enter and display Chinese clan genealogies from jiapu records. This view screen is also useful for cultures that calculate tribal, clan, and other family affiliations using a similar of direct, paternal relationship.

Only a limited number of users can see information about living people in Family Tree.

Use the Private People list to find the living and confidential people that you added to Family Tree.

Information on discovery pages comes from the FamilySearch Family Tree, which is a massive database of genealogical information that FamilySearch users add to the database.

In Family Tree, you can easily increase the contrast of the person page by clicking My Layout Settings.

Some image files that have been uploaded to FamilySearch were originally saved in a way that causes an error when the file is set as a profile portrait in Family Tree. This is most common with the jpeg file type. When the portrait creation process encounters this type of file error it results in an “Upload Failed” warning.