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• 21 Sep, 2017
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In the Netherlands, historical records are kept in public archives. Increasingly, archives are digitizing and indexing these records, and then publishing the resulting scans and indexes online as open data that is free for reuse. FamilySearch collaborates

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• 19 Sep, 2017
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Are you getting ready for RootsTech? Each year tens of thousands of family history fans descend on the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the world’s largest family history conference. Hosted annually by the Family History De

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• 19 Sep, 2017
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by Kate Eakman Tracing your ancestor’s journey from England to the United States during colonial times can be difficult. Passenger lists from that period weren’t as detailed as modern ones, which can often help you determine the identity of th

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• 14 Sep, 2017
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by Kathryn Grant In an April 2017 General Conference talk, President Henry B. Eyring spoke of Elijah’s visit to the Prophet Joseph Smith in the Kirtland Temple in 1836 (see D&C 110:13–16). Since that visit, President Eyring observed, “in

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• 12 Sep, 2017
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by Kathryn Grant Vilate Kimball was present when the Prophet Joseph Smith first taught the Saints about baptism for the dead. She wrote joyfully to her husband, Heber C. Kimball, who was then serving a mission: “President [Joseph] Smith .