Issue 39.09
The “New” FamilySearch program has been released in the St. George Utah Temple District for members of the LDS Church. The following are very basic instructions for using the program.
Log onto the Internet and open your web browser. At the top where you type in the www addresses, type in without any w’s: new.familysearch.org and make sure you get the dot between the new and familysearch. This is the Welcome page. In green, it says “Register for the new FamilySearch” click there if you haven’t been to this new program before. It uses a different username and password than the regular FamilySearch.org, so you need to register in the new one. You may register the same sign-in name and password if they are not already used by others.
After you have clicked the green register link, a registration page will appear and you will need to enter your Membership record number and your Confirmation date. If you don’t know that information, ask your ward clerk or a member of the Bishopric to get it for you. Then you type in the text from the box. It will be some letters and numbers and you just type what you see and click Continue. The program will recognize you from your membership number and have the information from church records. Type in a sign-in name and password and write it down. Answer the security questions so you can retrieve a lost password.
When the new FamilySearch first starts, you will be prompted to view an overview introducing you to the system. Watch the overview!
You need Adobe Reader 8.0 or higher and Flash Player 9.0.115 or higher. Your computer now also needs at least 512 MB RAM and a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768 pixels.
Browse around the new FamilySearch to familiarize yourself with its features. When you go to the See Me and My Ancestors page, you will view the family pedigree and see what information the system already has about your family. Look at your pedigree on the page and at the bottom you can also see more information by clicking one of the following: Individual Time Line, Individual Details, Individual Map, Parent and Siblings, Spouses and Children, LDS Ordinances or Possible Duplicates.
This release of new FamilySearch is limited to members only. It will be released to the public probably within the next year. You can find your local family history consultant by clicking on the Home page, click Help Center, then click the local assistance tab.
Shanna Sullivan Jones is a professional genealogist. For additional information, Shanna can be reached at (435) 628-4900 or shannasjones@msn.com.
of course we need to know our family history so that we can share it to our kids ***