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Whats New atFamilySearch?

Miles Meyer

SGES Presentation

12 May 2012


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What is FamilySearch?

FamilySearch is the world's largest genealogyorganization.

FamilySearch has been actively gathering,

preserving and sharing records for over 100years.

FamilySearch has over 4,500 Family HistoryCenters in over 80 countries.

FamilySearch operates and maintains theFamilySearch.org website.


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What Can I Find at FamilySearch?

FamilySearch Portal

FamilySearch Indexing

Records

Family Trees

Community Trees

FamilySearch Wiki

Training

Tech Tips

Forums

Genealogy Software

Catalog of Resources

Scanned Books

Order Microfilm/fische

Directories of FHCs

And Much More!


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Whats New?

FamilySearch has published 530 million

images and 1.7 billion indexed records.

FamilySearch has signed an agreement with

the Italian government to digitize all their civil

registration records.

FamilySearchs goal is to publish 400 million

images this year.


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Whats New?

FamilySearch has 3.5 billion frames of

microfilm/fiche yet to be digitized.

FamilySearch teams are capturing 75 million

new images annually.

1.3 million records are indexed each day.

FamilySearch will add the capability for usersto annotate records with corrections this year.


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1940 Census!

The 1940 census was released to the public onApril 2.

There are 3.6 million images in the 1940 census.

More than 650 societies are helping to index the1940 census.

Over 30% of the census has been indexedalready!

The current projection is that the census will becomplete in July.


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How Can You Help FamilySearch Indexing?https://indexing.familysearch.org

Volunteer indexing program for worldwide

records collection (>150,000 active volunteers

from 130 countries).

Indexing done on your home computer at

your own pace. Two people index each page.

Differences are reviewed by Arbitrators.
https://indexing.familysearch.org/https://indexing.familysearch.org/https://indexing.familysearch.org/


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FamilySearch Recordshttps://www.familysearch.org

Contains billions of names across hundreds of

worldwide collections (>100 countries).

Goal is to have all microfilmed records digitized and

searchable (2.5 million rolls=~10 years to convert todigital format @ ~5 minutes per roll).

There are over 200 teams in over 45 countries

digitizing new records as we speak.

Access to entire records collection is FREE*.
https://www.familysearch.org/https://www.familysearch.org/https://www.familysearch.org/


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Indexed

Unindexed

Images


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WESTERHEIDE


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WESTERHEIDE

OHIO 1890 1920


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Online Film Orderinghttps://www.familysearch.org/films

Allows you to order genealogical resources

from the Family History Library.

Orders are delivered to your local Family

History Center for your use.
https://www.familysearch.org/filmshttps://www.familysearch.org/filmshttps://www.familysearch.org/films


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Family History Books (beta)http://books.familysearch.org

Collection of over 40,000 digitized genealogy

publications.

Each name is being added to a family tree.
http://books.familysearch.org/http://books.familysearch.org/http://books.familysearch.org/


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FamilySearch Family Tree (beta)

Trees are contributed by researchers.

Multiple opinions for the events can be

entered.

Opportunity for sources, evidence, analysis,

and discussions so multiple researchers can

work together.

Currently in beta release.

Will go public this year!


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FamilySearch Family Trees

How do I sign up?

Visit familysearch.org

Click on Help

Search for Public access to Family Tree

Follow the instructions


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If you do not currently use

new.familysearch.org, you must first sign up to

use new.familysearch.org.

Go to http://www.familysearch.org/invite/public1.

Enter the user name and password of your

FamilySearch Account.

Click Sign In.
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Sign up to use the Family Tree:

Go to

https://www.familysearch.org/invite/familytree_t

ab. Enter the user name and password of your

FamilySearch Account.

Click Sign In. You will be taken to familysearch.org,where you will be signed in and see a Family Tree

link next to the FamilySearch logo.
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To see your tree, click the Family Tree link. Thislink is located in the upper-left corner of thescreen, next to the FamilySearch logo. Because only those who are deceased are shown in

Family Tree, you won't immediately see your tree. Youwill need to add living parents or grand-parents untilyou can connect to one of your deceased ancestors.

Search for a deceased ancestor first so that you willknow which living people you have to add to create

the links back to the deceased ancestor you find. Repeat this process on each of your ancestral lines to

create your full tree.


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FamilySearch Traininghttps://www.familysearch.org/learn

Research Courses over 250 training courses

covering a wide range of subjects from around the

world in various formats (audio, video & interactive

slides). Research Wiki free collection of family history

articles provided by family history enthusiasts from

around the world.

Discussion Forums
https://www.familysearch.org/learnhttps://www.familysearch.org/learn


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FamilySearch Research Wikihttps://wiki.familysearch.org

Guides researchers on where and how to find

information to aid their research.

Allows the researchers to contribute

knowledge to help others.

Open source, just like Wikipedia, but focused

on the genealogy community.

Nearly 70,000 articles. Adding 1,000 pages per

month.
https://www.familysearch.org/https://www.familysearch.org/https://www.familysearch.org/


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