Archives and Records Custodians Symposium (ARC)
Welcome to the ARC Symposium. We are excited to share content and connections specifically for you, the records community. We hope you can join in for our live sessions and watch relevant pre-recorded content, available throughout the year.
New In 2025
Navigating Privacy in Archives: Best Practices for Protecting Personal Data
This panel discussion will explore the complex issues surrounding the protection of sensitive personal information in historical documents. We will examine best practices for archivists to balance public access with the privacy rights of individuals featured in archival materials. Topics will include legal considerations, ethical dilemmas, and technological solutions for managing and redacting private data within archival collections.
Meeting the Needs of Records Custodians: FamilySearch Future Direction
Jim Ericson, Orvill S Paller, Dave Wilkes
FamilySearch Archive Services
Learn more about FamilySearch's services for the archives and records repositories.Past Sessions
Welcome and Global Archives Panel Discussion
Dr. Emmanuel Calairo, Dr. Yolanda Camacho-Zapata, Carlos Serrano Vásquez, Dr. Thomas Aigner, Michael Colemere, Steve Rockwood
On Demand Sessions
A Message from our Chairman
Chairman of the Board at FamilySearch, Elder Kevin S. Hamilton welcomes you to the 2023 ARC Symposium
Global Archive Leaders Panel Discussion 2023
Join us for a live panel discussion of global archive leaders as they discuss the pressing topics facing the records community today. This session will be presented live and recorded. Featured panelists include: Josée Kirps, ICA President; David Fricker, Advisor to the ICA, Normand Charbonneau, Jean Wilfred Bertrand, National Archivist of Haiti
Browse the on-demand library
RootsTech has hundreds of classes to help you discover your family and see your records at work.Other Content
Records to Remember
Everyday, history is preserved by records custodians around the world. FamilySearch helps facilitate meaningful discoveries from these records and the stories they tell.
FamilySearch Services for Records Custodians Since 1894
Since 1894 FamilySearch has been partnering with archives and records repositories around the world to help preserve and share the records they keep. Learn from those partners how working with FamilySearch has helped them in their efforts.