Today FamilySearch announced that it has added more records for Brazil, Canada, England, Italy, Switzerland, and the U.S. to its ever-growing online collection: “Family history enthusiasts researching in England will certainly relish the nine English record collections updated this week online at FamilySearch.org. The new English records come from Norfolk, Cheshire, and Warwick. Other new […]
Some neat images and additional indexing is being reported. FamilySearch Wraps Up Genealogical Gifts for the Holiday Season Nearly 4 million images added from 7 countriesNearly four million new digital images are now available on Beta.FamilySearch.org. These collections include the first images from South Africa, as well as records from Brazil, Canada, Germany, Guatemala, the […]
Over at the Ancestry Insider, the AI reports that the time is drawing close. That is, “FamilySearch is readying to replace www.familysearch.org with beta.familysearch.org possibly before the end of the year. “[The] FamilySearch website will change to a new version by [the] end of 2010,” says a December newsletter sent to Salt Lake area family […]
A nice press release just received from FamilySearch! A Lot to Be Thankful For: 15 Million New Indexed Genealogical Records November 17, 2010 Digital images and indexes include 34 collections from 13 countriesThe collection of indexes and images available on FamilySearch’s beta website continues to grow by leaps and bounds, with the addition of 34 […]
Just catching up on some recent press releases that have been patiently waiting in my inbox! We made some additional enhancements this week at beta.familysearch.org. The following post describing the updates along with visual illustrations can be found at FamilySearch Blogs. Enjoy! 4 Major Updates to FamilySearch Beta October 8, 2010 We released another substantial […]
FGS 2010 welcomed more than 1800 participants throughout the week’s activities. Participants included more than 1000 conference registrants, 169 librarians, and nearly 100 volunteers. We were also joined by 500 eager beginning genealogists during Saturday’s Ancestry.com events. Others included 102 registrants at the Association of Professional Genealogists Professional Management Conference and countless area residents who […]
Over at the Ancestry Insider you’ll find a whole list of FamilySearch indexing statistics. Two of the numbers: 354,328 — number of registered indexers as of 30 July 2010 118,140,160 — records indexed this year as of 2 August 2010 A vital part of this massive indexing project is that each record must be keyed […]