FamilySearch Places Research
Our FamilySearch service missionaries research places (for example: cities, villages, cemeteries) around the world to improve the coverage and quality of FamilySearch Places – a vast collection of standardized place descriptions that is integral to providing shared meaning around places. These standardized place descriptions are used in FamilySearch Family Tree to describe events in our ancestors’ lives. The place descriptions are also vital to describing and providing searchable records. Standardized place descriptions help immensely with research, hinting, and uniquely identifying people and events. In this way our missionaries virtually, or perhaps literally, enable inspiring journeys that bring joy to all people as they discover, gather, and connect their family—past, present, and future.
Using a variety of online sources, our service missionaries
• Identify needed improvements or additions to FamilySearch Places.
• Edit existing place descriptions in FamilySearch Places
• Add new place descriptions in FamilySearch Places
Service missionaries in the FamilySearch Places team are temple-worthy and will have:
• Research skills
• An interest in history and geography
• Map reading skills
• Organizational skills
• Willingness to follow guidelines and defined best practices
• Intermediate computer skills as follows:
o Microsoft Excel (or experience in other spreadsheet software)
o Internet research
o Email
o Microsoft Teams (or experience in other online meeting software)
Recommended Service Length 12 months
Recommended Hours per Week 10-16
Responsibilities
Using a variety of online sources, our service missionaries
• Identify needed improvements or additions to FamilySearch Places.
• Edit existing place descriptions in FamilySearch Places
• Add new place descriptions in FamilySearch Places
Qualifications
Service missionaries in the FamilySearch Places team are temple-worthy and will have:
• Research skills
• An interest in history and geography
• Map reading skills
• Organizational skills
• Willingness to follow guidelines and defined best practices
• Intermediate computer skills as follows:
o Microsoft Excel (or experience in other spreadsheet software)
o Internet research
o Email
o Microsoft Teams (or experience in other online meeting software)
Recommended Service Length 12 months
Recommended Hours per Week 10-16
Interested in becoming a family history missionary? If you would like to learn more about one of these opportunities, please fill out your contact information, and a family history missionary will contact you to answer your questions.
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