FamilySearch Reviews

Signing up for a FamilySearch account is simple. First, you must provide basic information such as your full name, nationality, sex, date of birth, and preferred email address.

You can also furnish your Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership information. FamilySearch will use it to find family relationships and your ancestors.

Thanks to a registration process that only takes a few minutes, it's simple to get started on FamilySearch. The handy buttons guide you through the website and help you quickly find any feature you want.

Step 1: Go to familysearch.org, click the FamilyTree tab, and select Tree from the drop-down menu. Then, sign in or register for a free account.

Step 2: Sign in and click on the Get Started pop-up.

Step 3: Your family tree will appear with your name in the center spot.

Step 4: Click your name to navigate your page and add more information, including dates, places, and memories such as photos, stories, and documents.

Step 5: With you in the center box, you can now start adding information to other family boxes around you. Just click on a box and start adding details to complete your family tree.

Yes, FamilySearch is a free, easy-to-use tool that empowers you to find, create, and share your family history. It's a great place to start if you want to build a family tree or understand your genealogy or lineage.

You can't share your family tree if you have living and confidential people as part of the tree. Information about deceased family members will show up if anyone looks them up on FamilySearch. However, to protect individual privacy, FamilySearch ensures only the person who entered the family tree details can see information about living people.

Yes. Click the Add Tree button at the bottom of the page in the family tree maker to add multiple trees. You can also move members of one family tree to another family tree by going to their name and clicking Move.

Creating multiple family trees is useful when dealing with numerous bloodlines or when you want to keep your family tree concise. You can also make family trees that focus on more than one individual.