This is presentation I gave at the 2013 BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy. It gives a high-level overview of available resources on familysearch.org. A corresponding document with URL links to the pages shown in the presentation has also been uploaded to SlideShare.
2. Background
• 3½ years as Software Engineer at FamilySearch
• Currently work primarily on Family Tree
• A lot of work around merging persons in Family Tree (later
presentation on this topic)
• Experts in specific areas also presenting here
• Previous experience at FamilySearch with digital image
processing of historical documents
• Try to do my own genealogy and help others
• I’m here to learn from real users of our services
• Click here for a copy of the syllabus which includes URL
links to reach all screens in this presentation
3. FamilySearch
Family Tree
• Replacing https://new.familysearch.org
• Some key new features include:
• Public access (not just LDS church members)
• A single wiki-like tree that can be edited by any user
• Linking to sources
• Change history with justification reasons
• Not a match declarations to prevent bad merges
• Interactive fan chart
• Integration with photos/stories
• Temple Opportunities
• Lots more
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11. Photos and
Stories
• Upload photos and stories about your ancestors to
bring them more to life
• Supports sharing on Facebook, Twitter, Google+,
Pinterest and via E-mail
• Connect to ancestors in Family Tree
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18. Search
• This is the place to go to search for historical records
and user-uploaded genealogies
• This page is the most like the previous home page
• About 1 million images are being added each day,
many not indexed, so don’t forget to search un-
indexed record collections
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21. Example Using Facets to
Narrow Down Collections
Show me all collections that
contain birth, marriage or death
records in Illinois between 1800
and 1849
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24. Process to Submit Tree
1. Upload GEDCOM to FamilySearch
2. Compare each person with those in
Family Tree
3. Add persons not already in Family Tree
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29. Temple
• Shows information and status about LDS
temple ordinances
• Only available to LDS church members
• More features around sharing reserved cards
with family and friends are coming soon
52. Celebrating One Billion Records Indexed!
Volunteers have indexed
one billion records since
FamilySearch online
indexing began in 2006.
Join the US Immigration and Naturalization
Community Project to help make the next billion
records free and searchable online!
71. Languages
• English
• Spanish
• Portuguese
• German
• French
• Italian
• Russian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Chinese
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