FamilySearch
Genealogy organization operated by the LDS Church
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| January 10 2023 | The LDS Church announced that Family History Centers would be known as FamilySearch Centers. |
| September 2020 | Announced 8 billion names, 3.2 billion digital images, 490,000 digital books, with over 1 million new records added daily. 7 billion names from nearly every country added in the previous 10 years. |
| May 2018 | Added and digitized its 2 billionth record. |
| August 2017 | Discontinued distribution of physical microfilm to family history centers due to digital image availability. |
| December 31 2015 | FamilyTree reached 1.1 billion persons added by 2.47 million contributors. |
| 2014 | RootsTech conference reached a significant milestone with nearly 13,000 attendees, establishing itself as the world's largest family history and technology conference, succeeding three prior conferences: the Conference on Computerized Family History and Genealogy, the Family History Technology Workshop, and the FamilySearch Developers Conference. |
| 2014 | RootsTech conference reached its peak attendance with nearly 13,000 participants, bringing together professional and amateur genealogists, technology developers, and Church members at the Salt Palace Convention Center. |
| February 2014 | Announced partnerships with Ancestry.com, findmypast, and MyHeritage, including database sharing and free subscriptions for Church members. |
| April 2013 | FamilySearch Indexing achieved its milestone goal of offering 1 billion indexed records online. |
| April 16 2013 | Completely revamped site design with new features including an interactive fan chart, printing capabilities, and ability to add photos to Family Tree. |
| March 5 2013 | Announced that Family Tree would be available to everyone, regardless of Church membership. |
| November 16 2012 | Announced that the new Family Tree database would be available to all users of New FamilySearch, with plans to phase out the old database. |
| 2011 | Website received a major redesign, enabling sitewide searches across multiple databases and adding digitized and indexed microfilms. |
| 2011 | FamilySearch International launched RootsTech, an annual family history and technology conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah. The conference became the world's largest family history and technology conference, succeeding three previous conferences: the Conference on Computerized Family History and Genealogy, the Family History Technology Workshop, and the FamilySearch Developers Conference. |
| April 2011 | Plans were developed to redesign the database into a more collaborative platform. |
| December 31 2010 | FamilySearch completed transcription of 548 million vital records, making them publicly available on their website. |
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