Serious genealogical research once meant hours spent combing dusty archives in libraries and government offices, travel to distant records collections, checking multiple sources, and other time- and money-eating activities.
But a new free online service now makes it easier to find your ancestors’ death, birth, marriage, census, and other records… across the United States and overseas.
Offered by the Mormon Church, Family Search (search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/) is continuing to add records to make its database even more comprehensive.
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