News Popular RootsTech Event Open for Registration at the FamilySearch Blog Third Annual 2017 RootsTech Innovator Showdown Boasts $100,000 in Prizes at the FamilySearch Blog 7 Reasons to Attend RootsTech 2017 by Tyler S. Stahle at the FamilySearch Blog FGS Next Project – #FGS2016 at The Ancestry Insider Find A Grave Community Weekend on October 7-9 by Jessica Murray at the Ancestry.com Blog Family History Easy Button: Create New Sources in Family Tree from MyHeritage by Logan Steele at the...

  News Announcement: New Genealogy Service Poised to Fill Critical Gap in Genealogy Industry  by Lisa Alzo at the Accidental Genealogist FamilySearch International celebrates the Federation of Genealogical Societies’ 40-year anniversary at the FamilySearch Newsroom FamilySearch Launches New Pressroom at FamilySearch Newsroom Over the top!!! by Judy Russell at The Legal Genealogist – funding reached for the War of 1812 Pensions project Hats Off to ISOGG by Judy Russell at The Legal Genealogist – FGS awards the ISOGG wiki with...

News Noted Native American genealogist donates collection by Hillary Rosencrants at Sioux City Journal Genealogy Today: Genealogy societies — dying or thriving? by Betty Malesky at Green Valley News Steve Rockwood: 4 Four Ways Innovators Can Redefine the Genealogical Industry by Tyler S. Stahle at the FamilySearch blog Creating and Sharing Family History Libraries Are Helping Patrons Digitize! by Diane L Richard at Upfront with NGS I Went On an Epic Month-Long Family History Vacation. Here’s What I Did. at The...

News Federation of Genealogical Societies & National Park Service Partner to Create Database of U.S.-Mexican War Soldiers by Diane L Richard at Upfront With NGS Genealogy firm is the first recipient of Ludgate fund by SIOBHÁN CRONIN at The Southern Star Healing Hands: Exploring your ancestry brings spiritual awakening by Lou Lombardo at Livingston County News BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy BYU Family History Conference Focuses on Emotion, Spirit of the Work by Marianne Holman Prescott at LDS Church...

BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference Blog posts reporting on the BYU Conference Nobody Told Me at The Ancestry Insider – Paul Milner’s Keynote Address on Thursday Turning the Model Upside Down at The Ancestry Insider – Steve Rockwood’s keynote address on Wednesday That is Where the Love Is at The Ancestry Insider – Paul Cardall’s keynote address on Tuesday Calling All Family History Consultants to the BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy ! by Lynn Broderick of The...

Pioneer Day The Real Reason the Pioneers Came West by Maurine Proctor at Meridian Magazine Mormonism in Pictures: Pioneers’ Trek West at LDS Newsroom Pioneer Day Concert Features the King’s Singers and Mormon Tabernacle Choir by LDS Newsroom Pioneer Day Talks– Some Helpful Dos and Don’ts for a July Tradition by Andrea R-M at Juvenile Instructor Winter Quarters in Omaha #PioneerDay by Sam Brunson at By Common Consent A Tour of Discovery – Panguitch (Day 15) by Grant Davis at the Pioneer/Honeymoon...

Indexing Event through small means by Allison Kimball at Simple Inspiration – a Relief Society that Allison visited in Ireland announced that they had met their goal of indexing 10,000 names in one month. Indexing—A Great Way to Participate in Temple Work by Lara at Overstuffed Save the World’s Records – Host an Indexing Party! by Camille Gillham at Chicken Scratch n’ Sniff Three Reasons to Participate in the Worldwide Indexing Event by Taralyn at Keep Moving Forward With Me...

In the News Scott Brown says Warren could ‘take a DNA test’ to prove she’s part Cherokee by David Weigel at the Washington Post Genetic Genealogy and Native American DNA by Blaine Bettinger at the Genetic Genealogist – Blaine gives an excellent analysis of the science behind the Elizabeth Warren Native American ancestry claim. WWII romance leads to family reunion decades later by Keleigh Gibbs at Lehigh Valley Regional News DPLA and FamilySearch Partner to Expand Access to Digitized...

In the News Joe Biden has links to Louth and Mayo, says US genealogist by Barry Roche at the Irish Times PBS to air Providence-based ‘Genealogy Roadshow’ by Andy Smith at Providence Journal – “The reason why it’s important to me is that most of my generation doesn’t care at all about their history,” said the 26-year-old Monti. “If we don’t find out our history now, then future generations won’t know anything about their heritage.” Meet the Woman...