NEW program the Church has developed for you!

This is in the pilot stage which means they are still tweaking it and welcome your comments and suggestions.
Go to familysearchlabs.org (do not use www. in front of it)

The first item is Record Search. You can get the 1900 census on this! Just type in the name of an ancestor you think may be on the 1900 US Federal census, type in the name of the state...hit Search. If your ancetor is indeed on that census up will come your ancestor's name and on this page you can click on his name and then click on View Image . It will show you the actual handwritten page of the census. It will be small so you need to use the "zoom" button. Near the upper right hand corner will be the "zoom" button to click on and drag so you can see an enlarged image of this record.
Play around on this site..it is fun and has lots of other features.

Now....the next item on the home page of familysearchlabs.org is
Family Tree. To get in this you need the same username and password you chose when you registered for newfamilysearch.org.

This will have all the information you have viewed or entered, into your new.familysearch.org account..only this is more user friendly. Any information you add on this familysearchlabs.org site will automatically go into your new.familysearch.org account. You can even prepare Temple Submission Requests (and print them) on this new site...I like this new site becuase it is a bit easier to navigate...try it out...explore. This is why computers were invented in the first place: to speed up the work we need to do.


NOTE: You will need Adobe Flash Player 10 for this...which you can upload free...you will be directed on how to do this.

NOW...if you never have registered yet for new.familysearch.org
account, this is how you do it (AND YOU NEED TO DO IT) :

Obtain your church memebership number (on your temple recommend or from your clerk) and you confirmation date. Also..you need to have an email address.

Go to new.familysearch.org (do not use www. in front of it)

Click on Register for the new FamilySearch and follow the instructions. You will be asked to choose a username and password


Note: Write down your username and password in a place you will remember...in case you forget it. This is important. If you do forget it and the place you put it...thank goodness you have an email address..the church will send it to you. The church will have your email address becuase you will have given it to them when you registered for new.familysearch.org. The church will not lose your email address. What a relief!

But let me say this: If you USE these wonderful programs regularly, your username and passowrd will not be forgotten easily. Try to go to the sites several times a week. It takes time to learn and process and get good at navigating all the features on these sites.