FamilySearch partners with several commercial family history websites (American Ancestors, Ancestry, Find My Past, Geneanet, and My Heritage). As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we have FREE access to these additional sites with their billions of additional records.  This could be an annual value of $900. However, you must sign up to take advantage of this opportunity for increased information and resources. Non-members also have access to these sites by visiting any of our Family History Centers. (Note: Some sites may have contractual agreements with their own partners which may limit some database access, such as Fold3 on Ancestry.)

First, you must have a FamilySearch account. Members will need a membership number to complete this process. You can get that number from your ward clerk or it is also on your temple recommend card. If you have a Church account user name and password (accesses your ward directory or calendar), that will also log you into FamilySearch.

Current partners include: American Ancestors, Ancestry, Find My Past, Geneanet, and My Heritage. It’s easy to sign up, but you will need to sign up on FamilySearch for each one individually. Click here to sign up or you can go to the Solutions Gallery at the bottom of the page on FamilySearch.org and scroll down to LDS Access. Here’s a little bit of information about each of their partners and the geographical areas on which they focus:

American Ancestors – Largest repository of New England records, including vital and church records, town and court records, among others. Focuses on American family history from 17^th century colonial New England through 21^st century immigration research.

Ancestry – Billions of historical records and family trees from around the world (US, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Australia, Mexico, and the UK). Information such as birth, marriage, death, census, military, and immigration records. Integrates with FamilySearch family tree.

Find My Past – Specializing in the United Kingdom and its many historical colonies, with records going back to AD 875. Billions of British and Irish records (England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand). Also, a large collection of US county marriage records, military records and immigration records.

Geneanet – A collection of over 3 billion indexed individuals and 600,000 online trees.  Geneanet is the family history leader in France and Europe.

My Heritage – Billions of historical records from around the world, including Northern European, Scandinavian, and other records (including the global Jewish community)–records from 35 countries and 45 languages.

(Source: FamilySearch – Solutions Gallery – LDS Access) –Debbie Brady