A historical record is a document that provides a record of past events or information. There are many different types of records, and the term “record type” describes the type of record you are looking at.

You can follow profiles of living persons in Family Tree if you were the one who created the profile or if the person is in a family group tree that you can access.

Learn how to add the same topic tag to multiple memories all at once.

The message, "These generations do not connect through a patrilineal line," appears for one of two reasons.

The primary name or person in a historical record refers to the person involved in the event.

The Family Feed is an interactive feed where you can write about family history experiences and post memories similar to a social media account.

Easily update your FamilySearch profile to reflect your current information, including your name, Contact ID, location, and more. You can also manage privacy settings to control what others can see.

Edit your FamilySearch profile to customize how you appear to other FamilySearch users, what should be publicly visible, and what should be kept private.

Search your source box and find the sources you want to use.

Information about the FamilySearch GEDCOM version 7.0 standard.