Family History

 New.Familysearch.org, Roots Magic, Family Records, and Personal Research

We shouldn’t do research using new.familysearch.org; this database is for storing information and keeping track of temple ordinances. As we do our research we should use our own family history that is available at home or with family members and other websites such as familysearch.org, ancestry.com, and findagrave.com to name just a few. As we research we need to keep track of what we have in a personal database program such as Roots Magic. From there we are able to compare what we have found to what is in new.familysearch.org being careful to recognize that some information may be wrong or duplicated due to multiple people inputting data. If we have new information then we can add that to new.familysearch.org or correct information that may be wrong (making sure you have sources to verify your information). If we have found temple ordinances that need to be done or ancestors that aren’t in the database, we can submit them to new.familysearch.org and then reserve those names to take to the temple.