Full-Time Mission or Service Mission
FamilySearch book-scanning missionaries create high-resolution digital images of family histories and the areas where they lived. After scanning, missionaries audit the images for quality. The books are uploaded, made full-text searchable, and published in the FamilySearch Digital Library.
Book scanning can be done as a full-time or service mission.
Watch a video of a missionary couple talking about their experiences serving a book scanning mission.
FamilySearch book-scanning missionaries create high-resolution digital images of family histories and the areas where they lived. After scanning, missionaries audit the images for quality. The books are uploaded, made full-text searchable, and published in the FamilySearch Digital Library.
Book scanning can be done as a full-time or service mission.
Full-Time Mission
- Where: Full-time missionaries are called to a book-scanning mission in the United States, Canada, or Norway.
- Time Commitment: 40 hours a week for at least six months in the United States and Canada and at least 12 months internationally.
- Skills Needed: All training is provided.
Service Mission
- Where: Service missionaries serve at an operations center near home.
- Time Commitment: A minimum of eight hours a week for at least six months.
- Skills Needed: All training is provided
Watch a video of a missionary couple talking about their experiences serving a book scanning mission.
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Family History Missionary—Elder & Sister Bean
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Family history missionaries can serve full-time or part-time from home, in their community, or around the world.
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