October is Family History Month in the U.S. and OnGenealogy will celebrate the month by spotlighting a different genealogy website each day!

 

On Day 1 take a look at FamilySearch.org and all it has to offer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FamilySearch is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is free for everyone to use.

Things to do at FamilySearch:

• Build a free family tree on the shared family tree site

• Upload a family tree you control but others can see

• Search more than four billion records for free

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Upload family photos

• Search for photos and stories of your own kin

• Upload stories and memories of your family with or without photos

• Create free family tree keepsakes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Volunteer to index records using the NEW web indexing feature

• Volunteer to index US Freedmen’s Bureau records to make these records searchable for millions researching African American ancestry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Volunteer to help FamilySearch and the National Archives of Italy index more than 115,000 birth, marriage, and death records in the Italian Ancestors project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Use the FamilySearch Research Wiki for tips on any locale you’re researching

• Check out the FamilySearch partner apps that work with your free FamilySearch tree (if the app says “for LDS” it is free only for members of the LDS church)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• If you are LDS (a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) use the partner access page to get your free Ancestry, free MyHeritage, free FindMyPast, free AmericanAncestors, and free Geneanet accounts

• Use the FamilySearch catalog to find potential record sources to search

• Search the online FamilySearch digitized book collection containing more than 350,000 books from archives and libraries throughout the world

• Find a FamilySearch genealogy webinar to assist your research or download handouts from past webinars

• Use the Family History Center Locator to find a free Family History Center or FamilySearch Affiliate Library near you

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy #FamilyHistoryMonth and best in your research, whether it’s fee or free!