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More family history sources from New York go online
A collaboration between FamilySearch and the New York State Education Department's Office of Cultural Education will make large amounts of genealogical material available online.The project.
New tool makes it possible to search entire historical documents
FamilySearch is taking a big step forward with a new search that lets you find names and information in the middle of old documents - not...
Over 30 million new historical sources added
FamilySearch has published its latest update of historical sources, and in March more than 30 million new records were made available to genealogists worldwide.
RootsTech 2026 starts this week
This week marks the start of RootsTech 2026, the world's largest genealogy conference. The event is organized by FamilySearch and takes place both digitally and physically in...
New historical sources available for free on FamilySearch.org
In February, FamilySearch published a new update with several million records from a number of countries. A significant part of the material consists of...
Now you can sign up for Rootstech 2026
For the 15th time, the annual Rootstech conference is held. Since its inception in Salt Lake City, Utah, it has grown and changed quite a bit...
The National Archives hides sensitive information in Danish church records – but FamilySearch shows...
While the Danish authorities protect sensitive information in church records, it is still possible to find them uncensored at FamilySearch. The same applies to Norwegian church records -...
Why genealogy is important to Mormons
You may have used the sources available for genealogists on FamilySearch.org, from "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" or noticed...
Digitized 2.4 million rolls of microfilm
Although microfilm is no longer what most genealogists use in their search for relatives, it was for many years. The work is still ongoing...
Warns against uncritical use of transcribed material from the Digital Archive
A few years ago, the National Archives initiated a collaboration with Ancestry, MyHeritage and FamilySearch (AMF) to transcribe large parts of the scanned sources....










