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By Sunny Jane Morton ,

May 1, 2018

More than 50,000 military dogs served in World War I. They proved just how valuable canines can be on the battlefield and beyond. Here is ho…

By Guest Blogger ,

October 8, 2014

Thomas Jay Kemp, GenealogyBank’s Director of Genealogy Products, introduces GenealogyBank and explains what it has to offer the genealogy co…

By Lisa McBride ,

January 7, 2016

During the month of January, and throughout 2016, the Family History Library will be hosting a number of free online family history classes …

By Lisa McBride ,

May 22, 2014

Welcome to the newly revised family history center director training page! You will still find this page on this path on LDS.org: Resources>…

By Lynn Broderick ,

July 31, 2014

Wow, the power of stories! This was the response to many who attended the keynote address on the second day of the 46th annual Conference on…

By Katie Gale ,

June 24, 2013

Last week, I downloaded an intriguing New York passenger list. To my surprise, the customs agent wrote the names and places in German—in bea…

By Lisa McBride ,

June 26, 2015

We are pleased to announce that the Family History Center Operations Guide: United States and Canada has been revised and in the process of …

By Steve Anderson ,

June 29, 2012

The Learning Services Group at FamilySearch has done a lot to help patrons learn and apply family history best practices. Here are some inte…

By Nathan Murphy ,

December 26, 2012

What was it like to come to America in the late 1800s or early 1900s? Wouldn't it have been nice if our ancestors kept detailed journals of …

By FamilySearch ,

February 28, 2011

Today we seem to deal with dates in a straightforward way. A year has 12 months and 365 days or, if we have a leap year, 366 days. The names…