Want the secret to success when it comes to doing family history? Start at the beginning. That means starting with yourself! No one knows what's happening more with your current family than you—and who better to record your life experiences then yourself? Take a look at three simple tips that can kick-start you into learning about yourself. http://bit.ly/2iRi6CM

Many of us have seen dashes between the birth date and the final resting date for many of our ancestors. This year at FamilySearch we're focusing on that dash—the point where all of us are now, the symbol that represents life. With a little prompting on our end, our #52Stories Project is a way you can document one brief story about your life every week this year. As we ask you questions concerning a memory you might have, we encourage you to document those stories (in a journal—or on the computer!) so that your posterity can know what their great-great grandmother/father/uncle/aunt was like way back in the late 1900s and early 2000s!

What have you planned for the new year? What do you want to change?
Learn how you can spend 2017 easily recording your living history with these simple weekly prompts!
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What positive lessons have you learned from the men in your life?
Learn how you can spend 2017 easily recording your living history with these simple weekly prompts!
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Do you volunteer? How has it affected you?
Learn how you can spend 2017 easily recording your living history with these simple weekly prompts!
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Christmas postcard sent from Thora to her sister Charlotte, who she left behind in Denmark. Are cards a part of your holiday traditions?

Worldwide interest in online genealogy services and activities will continue to grow solidly in 2017. And FamilySearch plans to play a major role in creating millions of new, fun family discoveries and online connections. Here are 6 exciting developments to look forward to in 2017 from FamilySearch, a global leader in free online family history services.
What are you most looking forward to?

Wishing all of our followers a safe and healthy 2017!

How has romance changed your life?
Learn how you can spend 2017 easily recording your living history with these simple weekly prompts!
Find inspiration to record your personal history Saturdays on Facebook and Mondays on instagram in 2017. http://bit.ly/2inMeFG

How have the women in your life influenced you?
Learn how you can spend 2017 easily recording your living history with these simple weekly prompts!
Find inspiration to record your personal history here on Saturdays and Mondays on instagram in 2017. http://bit.ly/2hnynP3

All of us at FamilySearch are wishing a merry Christmas to you and yours!

#TBT to when you attempted to make a #gingerbread house like this, but it maybe didn't turn out so well. Have you ever made a beautiful gingerbread house? #holidays