Speaking at a Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults, Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf quoted Steve Jobs, cofounder of Apple saying, “It is impossible to connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.” Elder Uchtdorf went on to say, “What… Read More The Dots Will Connect
By FamilySearch May 2025 Recently, FamilySearch expanded its free online archives with over 118 million new records from 37 countries. Some exciting additions include 33 million civil registrations from Italy, 7 million general archive and church records from Colombia, and almost 5 million civil registrations from Guatemala. Other countries with significant record additions include the… Read More New Free Historical Records from 37 Countries | May 2025 Update
In honor of Mother’s Day celebrations around the world, several Apostles and General Officers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have shared social media messages celebrating women and their divine roles and contributions. President Henry B. Eyring, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, recounted the legacies of his mother, Mildred, and wife,… Read More Leaving a Legacy – “Charity Never Faileth”
Note: On April 27, 2025, this article was previously published on The Family History Guide Blog by Bob Taylor. You could say it’s the end of an era and the beginning of a new one – volunteer indexing of FamilySearch records came to a close on April 21, which means that record batches can no… Read More New at FamilySearch: “Get Involved” Replaces User Indexing
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
In 1941, my mother Irene Hawke Burnett Benson lived in Plymouth, England with her husband Charles Reginal Henry Burnett and my 6-month-old brother Robert Charles Burnett. When World War II broke out, Reginald went into the military service with the British Navy and served on the ship HMS Raleigh. Soon after, he sustained a back… Read More The Genealogy Paper Fell Out of The Book
Learning about how to find our ancestors cemeteries a few weeks ago reminded me of a couple of experiences I have had with my ancestor’s graves. In 1990, I did a lot of research on my husband’s family. I found a lot of information about the McDonalds and Andrus’ and found that James Andrus married Laura… Read More Cemetery- Unexpected Encounter
I recently read a talk by Elder Marvin J. Ashton in 1987 (See Link). After reading it, I couldn’t help but reflect on what I have heard from so many in recent months. It seems so many of us wish we were more knowledgeable when it comes to researching our own family history. And yet, what… Read More Journey Your Learning with Patience
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
This is a condensed article of the article previously posted on the FamilySearch Blog site (See Link) As the sun set on the final day of RootsTech 2025, Family Discovery Day is always an eagerly anticipated event at RootsTech! The Expo Hall had several special activities, including RootsTech sponsors hosting green-light specials throughout the day.… Read More Until Next Year—RootsTech 2025
