This is the main repository, but you can still order them at the smaller Family History Centers. Some of the vital records that can be found using the resource include birth, marriage, death certificates, probate records, wills, land records, church records, county or town records and much more. One database that you can find in the website is the International Genealogical Index IGI which consists of primary records that were gathered by Mormon missionaries and transcribed and indexed by volunteer members of the church, as well as non members.
The database also consists of copies of ordinances that are provided by church members. Another database that is at the FamilySearch. The names have been organized into families and pedigrees. Here, anyone is allowed to submit information. As with the Ancestral File, the name of the submitter is indicated.
On the website, there is an index of the people who were counted in the U. S Census as well as the Canadian census. You can even access the images at the Family History Centers. On FamilySearch. However, errors happen. Even in Church records.
The Church of Jesus Christ encourages all of its members to be involved with family history. And because each church member comes to the genealogy research table with varying levels of familiarity and skill, there are going to be some errors made.
This is because there are three main choke points where errors get introduced into the databases. Each of the various collections on the Latter-day Saint Church-owned FamilySearch or any other not-owned-by-the-Church platform keeps digital copies of original records and vital statistics.
But for most instances, the digital versions are generally sufficient. Because genealogy has such a wide appeal you can read more about who all loves genealogy in our post here , it attracts all skill levels of researchers and typists. These errors can happen in multiple ways during the data entry indexing process. Here are a few off the top of my head. And as more people get involved in genealogy, these mistakes will continue to happen.
The Church encourages all its members to be involved with family history and genealogy. Can you imagine the chaos that this would cause on a wiki-style page? This is going to cause all sorts of crazy errors. But for now, FamilySearch uses a shared tree. And they have a volunteer indexing team of thousands upon thousands of people worldwide who help transcribe portions of the records to make them easier to be found through search.
Combine that with too many genealogists in the records room? On the back end of things, the Church is also looking to improve accuracy via an improved records quality and an improved process for indexing records. Assuming the computers can learn to read 16th-century cursive, anyway. Next, the Church is improving how data is verified and entered into the system. I sure do.
Recently, Breanne had a hard time finding her grandmother in the census. The reason she had a hard time finding her Grandma Kerr was because she had been improperly indexed as having a surname of Kers. Thankfully, FamilySearch allows for corrections to be made and citations to be added to specific profiles. The library might have U. These societies collect records themselves, and can often give helpful tips to people searching for ancestors. Members of a historical society are apt to know where the archived state records or county records are kept, and might give other information on newspaper records.
Mormon family history centers are found nationwide, and these databases are invaluable resources of census records, passenger ship lists, and other vital information. Make sure the web address is reputable. Someone in the community is likely to have the answer. On census records, search for ancestor names of relatives you know. Understand that census records were every 10 years, so birthdates might be approximate. Take notes of any information that might be useful, and be sure they are accurately transcribed.
Other information you might find includes country of origin, occupation, farm acreage, crop amount, livestock raised, approximate birth year, and number of family members from on.
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