FamilySearch.org
FamilySearch is a genealogy organization operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. FamilySearch maintains a collection of records, resources, and services designed to help people learn more about their family history.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Apple Watch
- Kindle Fire
Features
- Ad-free
- Web-Based
- Integrated Chat
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- family-tree
- ssdi
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What is FamilySearch.org?
FamilySearch is a genealogy organization operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. FamilySearch maintains a collection of records, resources, and services designed to help people learn more about their family history. FamilySearch gathers, preserves, and shares genealogical records worldwide. It offers free access to its resources and service online at FamilySearch.org, one of the most heavily used genealogy sites on the Internet. In addition, FamilySearch offers personal assistance at more than 5,100 family history centers in 140 countries.
Use of the historical record search and contributing to the Family Tree require a free registered account. The Family Tree section allows users to collaborate on a single, shared, worldwide family tree. It contains over a billion names.
The FamilySearch.org website offers access to digital images of genealogical records. These images can be searched along with a number of databases. It also contains the catalog of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. The library holds genealogical records for over 110 countries, territories, and possessions, including over 2.4 million rolls of microfilmed genealogical records; 742,000 microfiche; 310,000 books, serials, and other formats; and 4,500 periodicals. FamilySearch also offers research help through the Family History Research Wiki, Forums, digitized books, and online free family history courses through the Learning Centre.
FamilySearch.org has two apps the FamilySearch Family Tree app and the FamilySearch Memories app. Currently both of these apps provide support for iOS and Android and are available in 10 different languages. Both of these apps are available to download for free. These allow the user to look up their own family history and archive stories and photos onto their servers.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Licensing
Proprietary and Free Personal product.Pricing
One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $0.Alternatives
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- English
- Albanian
- Bulgarian
- Khmer
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- Danish
- Dutch
- Fijian
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Hungarian
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Mongolian
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Samoan
- Chinese
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- Thai
- Tonga (Tonga Islands)
- Ukrainian
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Comments and Reviews
Currently the only family tree managing website that doesn't ask for $ 150 to merge trees or view historical records which generally are freely available.
I like FamilySearch.org because it's FREE and because it is easier to navigate than other Genealogy websites.
It is a great complementary information source for MacFamilyTree.
Billions of names, free apps on Android, Apple, Chrome OS, Kindle, and free online courses on the FamilySearch.org website. I started my research using other apps, but when I found the site I was able to find family back over eight generations so far.