Best of Familysearch: Your Guide

FamilySearch is one of the most powerful — and most overlooked — tools in genealogy. In this video, I walk you through the best features of FamilySearch in 2026, focusing on the tools I believe every serious family historian should know how to use. This is not a full tour of the website. Instead, we’ll focus on the features that can make the biggest difference in your research. You’ll learn: • How the World Collaborative Tree works (the good and the bad) • How to use Find by ID and Following to track ancestors • Search strategies inside Search Records • Why Full Text Search is a game changer • The difference between the Catalog and the Digital Library • How to use the Research Wiki to identify what records exist for a location • And several often-overlooked tools on the Home Page If you’ve been using FamilySearch casually, this video will help you use it strategically. 📌 Visit: GenealogyTV.org Not a Member? Purchase the handout here: https://genealogytv.org/product/hando... SIMILAR VIDEOS 🔴 FamilySearch Full Text Search - Was LIVE https://youtube.com/live/GNNT5l6QBZk&... 🔴 FamilySearch Hidden Records: Full Text Search: 2024    • FamilySearch Hidden Records: Full Text Sea...  &list=UULFcvpi8XvOScBogIxmarmADw 🔴 OMG! FamilySearch FULL TEXT SEARCH – The Ultimate Strategy to Find Records    • OMG! FamilySearch FULL TEXT SEARCH – The U...  &list=UULFcvpi8XvOScBogIxmarmADw 🔴 Ancestry and FamilySearch Combined for Genealogy Research    • Ancestry and FamilySearch Combined for Gen...  &list=UULFcvpi8XvOScBogIxmarmADw ❤️ JOIN the GENEALOGY TV ACADEMY https://genealogytv.org/academy/ 📝📝📝📝 HANDOUT OPTIONS 📝 1) Genealogy TV Academy members have access to all lessons and handouts back to 2022. https://genealogytv.org/academy/ 📝 2) Become a CHANNEL MEMBER at the INFO ACCESS level $9.99 per month. This gets you all the handouts.    / @genealogytv  . As a Channel Member, find the handouts by scrolling through the blog posts on the Community tab at    / @genealogytv   📝 3) All handouts can be PURCHASED INDIVIDUALLY ($5 and up) at https://genealogytv.org/handouts/. Here you will get a redirect and an email to download the handouts. 📝 4) Become a monthly PATRON at the HAPPY DANCE level ($15/Month) or more. You will get early release of the videos and the handouts are emailed to you, when they become available.   / genealogytv   ❤️ BECOME A GENEALOGY TV CHANNEL MEMBER and help support Genealogy TV - see perks!    / @genealogytv   ❤️ Patreon Membership – Handouts Emailed as they are produced.   / genealogytv  . ✅ Genealogy TV WEBSITE https://genealogytv.org/ ✅ GTV on FACEBOOK   / genealogytv   ✅ SIGN UP For GTV’s NEWSLETTER https://mailchi.mp/a0862c6473aa/genea... 👉 Subscribe to Genealogy TV (Free)    / @genealogytv   ** GTV Affiliate Partners ** 🛍️ Genealogy TV’s AMAZON STORE full of Connie’s favorites. https://www.amazon.com/shop/genealogytv 00:00 Intro 01:34 FamilySearch Overview for Beginners 02:19 About Menus 03:13 This Video is About Research 03:42 FamilySearch + Ancestry Combo Strategy 04:25 Home Page + To Do List 05:31 Family Tree Menus 09:43 Good and Bad Collaboration 15:33 Find & Search Tree Same Place 16:14 Following Ancestors 17:36 Find Same Record from Ancestry on FamilySearch 18:38 Search Film Number 20:53 Searching Records, Collections, Place 21:18 FamilySearch Full Text Search 22:51 Find by ID 24:32 Find by ID in menu 24:46 Genealogies 24:59 What is a Gedcom File? 25:49 What is the IGI? International Genealogical Index 26:36 How to upload a Gedcom to FamilySearch 27:00 FamilySearch Catalog 28:08 Digital Library 28:57 Research Wiki #Genealogy #GenealogyTV #familyhistory Circus Waltz - Silent Film Light by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...