The FamilySearch home page offers ways to discover your ancestors and share family memories.
When you sign in to your FamilySearch Account, personalized opportunities appear on the home page:
- All Collections Search. Check for your family in historical records, Family Tree, and more with one powerful search.
- Hints. Links to documents that could mention one of your ancestors. You can review and attach the document to Family Tree as sources.
- Recommended Tasks. Things you can do right now to further your family history work, from attaching historical documents to filling in gaps in your family tree.
- Recent People. A list of the people in Family Tree whose records you recently viewed. At the end of this list is an option to add an unconnected person to Family Tree.
- To-do-list. A tool to help you track family history assignments or goals.
- Added memories. Photos, documents, and stories recently added by other users to your family tree.
- Other information boxes on the home page link to features on FamilySearch that perhaps you have not yet tried.
Try new home page features
After you sign in, in the top-right corner, find "Try new home page features" with a toggle switch. If you turn on the toggle switch, you see the following home page features.
The Home tab
- Your Profile. The profile includes your current profile picture, name, contact ID, and location. You also see a summary of changes you have made on the site so far this year.
- Add Friends. A quick way to send a link to family and friends to allow them to see your posts and add comments. You also have a quick link to Family Groups.
- Create a post. Allows you to add an image from your device or FamilySearch gallery and post it to share with friends and family.
- Added memories. Photos, documents, and stories recently added by other users to your family tree.
- Discovery Search. Check for your family in historical records, Family Tree, and more with one powerful search.
- Recent People. A list of the people in Family Tree whose records you recently viewed. At the end of this list is an option to add an unconnected person to Family Tree.
- Recommended Tasks. Things you can do right now to further your family history work, from attaching historical documents to filling in gaps in your family tree. Note: After attaching a record from the Recommended Tasks list, refresh the homepage to remove the record hint from the list.
The Friends tab
Send an invitation to family and friends, and share memories.
The Tasks tab
Recommended Tasks. Things you can do right now to further your family history work. Tasks include attaching historical documents and ways to fill gaps in your family tree.
The Recents tab
Recently Viewed People. See a list of people you recently viewed on Family Tree.
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