Jesus Christ

Sunday Will Come

While I know Easter is a week behind us on the calendar, the message of Easter should remain constant in our hearts. In October 2006 General Conference, Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin gave one of my favorite talks, “Sunday Will Come.”  He said:  “I think of how dark that Friday was when Christ was lifted up on… Read More Sunday Will Come

Artificial Intelligence

Full-Text Search: Find Records Faster with the Help of AI

Note: This article was published previously on the FamilySearch Blog site. While FamilySearch has billions of digitized historical records available to browse, only a small portion of them is indexed and searchable. However, with the aid of artificial intelligence and handwriting recognition technology, now over 1 billion more historical records can be searched. Full-Text Search is… Read More Full-Text Search: Find Records Faster with the Help of AI

New Records on Family Search

New Free Historical Records from 31 Countries | February 2025 Update

By FamilySearch February 1, 2025 Recently, FamilySearch expanded its free online archives with over 28 million new records from 31 different countries. Some exciting additions include nearly 17 million national civil registration records from the Philippines, 2.7 million dog license registration records from Ireland, and one million civil registration records from Italy. Other countries with… Read More New Free Historical Records from 31 Countries | February 2025 Update