Family History Related Links
Indexing Brings Unexpected Blessings to Sacramento Stake
Posted: 27 April 2012In October 2011, members of the Sacramento California Stake indexed one million names. But it wasn’t the numbers that mattered so much as the blessings they experienced as they responded to the call of their priesthood and ward leaders and involved themselves in family history work. Full Story
FamilySearch Indexing App Now Available
Posted: 5 April 2012With the recently released, free FamilySearch Indexing app for iPhone and iPad users, individuals can now help preserve and share precious genealogical records from around the world from mobile devices. Full Story
Names Submitted for Temple Ordinances
Posted: 1 March 2012A letter from the First Presidency mailed to priesthood leaders with directions that it is to be read to members during sacrament meeting reiterates the policies first stated in 1995 concerning the submission of names for proxy temple ordinances. Full Story
Church Asks Members to Understand Policies
Posted: 1 March 2012Church leaders are asking Latter-day Saints to learn and better understand the Church’s family history policies on submitting names for temple ordinances. Full Story
RootsTech—2012 Building a Genealogical Community Framework through Technology
Posted: 17 February 2012In the keynote address at RootsTech 2012, former CEO of FamilySearch Jay Verkler described a new “community framework” in which the genealogy industry collaborates with the technological industry to package all the important facts about a person in one place, accessible to all. Full Story
Second Annual RootsTech Conference Defines Future of Genealogy
Posted: 10 February 2012At RootsTech 2012, industry leaders, General Authorities, and participants focused on technology as the future of genealogy while highlighting the doctrinal underpinnings of family history work. Full Story
“BillionGraves” Webinar to Highlight New Genealogy Technology
Posted: 15 November 2011A new mobile device app called “BillionGraves,” which combines GPS location data with pictures of grave markers, will be highlighted at a free Utah Genealogical Association webinar in association with FamilySearch on November 17. Full Story
Prisoners Rescuing Prisoners: Indexing at Utah State Prison
28 October 2011Behind prison walls, the Church’s indexing program is freeing both those for whom the work is being done and those doing the work—the Inmates. Full Story
