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New Free Historical Records from 25 Countries | July 2026 Update
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FamilySearch What's Coming in 2026
What to Expect from FamilySearch in 2026
Check out what's coming at FamilySearch in 2025!
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FamilySearch 2025 Genealogy Highlights
FamilySearch looks back on 2024 and highlights its key accomplishments.
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FamilySearch News Releases

Free FamilySearch Webinars: July 2026
FamilySearch online class spotlights Revolutionary War ancestry and family discovery techniques.
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Families capture memories through interviews with relatives and mobile apps.
FamilySearch Offers Ways to Celebrate America250
New tools and activities to help people explore and preserve their American heritage.
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From left to right: Steven Filios, senior engineer, FamilySearch International; Torsten Kux, Europe field relationship manager, FamilySearch International; A. Mustafina, director of the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Jonathon McCollum, senior content manager, FamilySearch International
Archivists from 30 Countries Convene in Kazakhstan to Explore Digital Records Access
FamilySearch sponsors Eurasia archives conference to help connect people to their heritage.
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Photo of John de Jong holding a book used in the research of his Dutch family members
John de Jong, FamilySearch Manager and Problem Solver
Abi Falin Horspool
By  Abi Falin Horspool
April 28, 2026
Hard work, miracles, and faith help FamilySearch manager John de Jong break barriers in personal records research.
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Jeff Svare, smiling and folding his arms
Jeff Svare: FamilySearch Genealogist Loves Nordic Research
Diane Sagers
By  Diane Sagers
October 31, 2025
Jeff Svare's spent his 37-year career with FamilySearch serving as an expert on the Nordic research team and as deputy chief genealogical officer.
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Portrait of Craig Miller, FamilySearch director of design and engineering
Remembering Craig Miller: FamilySearch Director of Design and Engineering
Kevin V. Hunt
By  Kevin V. Hunt
July 18, 2025
As the director of design and engineering for FamilySearch.org for many years, Craig Miller was in charge of overseeing the development of v…
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