How to Search for Records at FamilySearch
- Get a free account
- On the opening page, you will see four options to the right of the little FamilySearch tree symbol:
- Family Tree
- Search
- Memories
- Indexing
- Choose the "Search"
- Click on the very first option "Records"
- Records = Sources = Documents
- What record do you need for your ancestor?
- Some sources may already appear on his/her profile.
- Review that information and then, identify what other sources might be helpful.
- This is where "Search" Records comes into play! Do you know what record types will give you the info that you need?
- Make a timeline for your relative; there are a few more events that just Birth, Marriage, and Death, although these are the major ones that you want to identify.
Timeline Events might include the following:
Births generate a certificate: a birth certificate! How easy or how hard is it to locate someone's birth certificate?!!
Marriage generates a Marriage Certificate. Where can you find, if not the actual certificate, a record that verifies the marriage?
Death generates both a death certificate and burial records. An obituary may help you locate a cemetery, the place of burial or other information. Findagrave.com is one of the most popular websites for searching information about this "life" event. It is owned by Ancestry.com, but because the database info and photos was gathered by volunteers, there is no charge to access this wonderful source.
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