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  Exciting News! The Person Change Log Just Got Better 🎉

  We’ve listened to your feedback and made big improvements to the Person Change Log! Now it’s easier…

  Announcement Sam Sulser 81 views 0 comments 1 point Started by Sam Sulser January 6
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  Try Simple Search!

  Message from one of our Product Managers! We’ve just released a new way to search billions of full-…

  Announcement Sam Sulser 119 views 0 comments 4 points Started by Sam Sulser December 22, 2025
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  🆕🆕Expanded tools for FULL TEXT SEARCH

  Did you know that there are filter options for Full Text Search now? The results can seem overwhelm…

  Announcement Sam Sulser 155 views 0 comments 6 points Started by Sam Sulser December 2, 2025
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  Community Groups

  Hi All! We recently completed a review of how groups are being used across our community. This incl…

  Announcement Closed Sam Sulser 262 views 0 comments 7 points Started by Sam Sulser September 16, 2025
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  Community Platform Issues Being Addressed

  We are still experiencing persistent challenges with the platform utilized for our Community. Rest …

  Announcement Stephanie V. 913 views 7 comments 3 points Most recent by Stephanie V. May 10, 2024
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  Changes to our Community Team

  Hi everyone, We have a few updates to share about changes on our community team: 1. Welcome Brian H…

  Sam Sulser 299 views 1 comment 14 points Most recent by Sam Sulser November 5, 2025
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  🆕🆕 New Feature in SEARCH!! 🎇🎇

  Did you try the Full Text Search in Labs? Well, it's now in full production! This feature has …

  Closed Sam Sulser 238 views 0 comments 2 points Started by Sam Sulser September 2, 2025
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  Exciting Changes Coming to FamilySearch Indexing

  We want to thank you for your incredible efforts in making billions of records searchable through F…

  Closed Stephanie V. 1.1K views 0 comments 7 points Started by Stephanie V. April 8, 2025
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  Announcement re: Family Group Trees.

  We’re thrilled to announce that the long-awaited launch of Family Group Trees is finally here! Afte…

  Closed Stephanie V. 1K views 0 comments 7 points Started by Stephanie V. January 22, 2025
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  Privacy Notice Update

  FamilySearch makes periodic updates to its Privacy Notice as needed to reflect website changes or t…

  Closed Stephanie V. 168 views 0 comments 3 points Started by Stephanie V. January 15, 2025
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  New uploading process for Memories in FamilySearch!

  FamilySearch has updated the process for uploading Memories in the FamilySearch Tree. Users will n…

  Closed Stephanie V. 492 views 0 comments 3 points Started by Stephanie V. December 18, 2024
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  New FamilySearch Logged In Home Page

  We’re excited to invite you to give us feedback on the early release version of the updated FamilyS…

  Closed Stephanie V. 377 views 0 comments 4 points Started by Stephanie V. December 16, 2024
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  FamilySearch Catalog Updates

  The FamilySearch Catalog has been a well-worn and loved system that handles over 5 million searches…

  Closed Stephanie V. 447 views 0 comments 2 points Started by Stephanie V. November 25, 2024
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  Known Issue: When using FS Search- the filters are not working

  10-31-24 Update: This has been resolved. We are aware that when going to FamilySearch and using His…

  Closed Stephanie V. 96 views 0 comments 3 points Started by Stephanie V. October 29, 2024
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  Announcing New FamilySearch Labs Experiment

  We are excited to announce the new User Owned Tree Feature (CET) Lab Experiment and look forward to…

  Closed Stephanie V. 562 views 0 comments 2 points Started by Stephanie V. October 28, 2024