I mentioned this to a friend at our ward supper last night, and I thought I would create a short blog posting, based on what I told him.
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints can use their Familysearch account to get free accounts with Ancestry, MyHeritage (especially good for continental Europe and Israel), Findmypast (especially good for Great Britain), and some lesser commercial genealogy sites..
Why is this limited to Church Members? Our tithing finances FamilySearch, and FamilySearch has records that the commercial sites want to access. So deals were made. Since these companies depend on subscription fees, they cannot provide free access to everyone. Will these free accounts last forever? Almost certainly not, so let's use them while they are available.
This video may help you create free accounts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J_ZAX1b_18
To do this, sign into familysearch.org and make sure that the Temple menu is visible. (otherwise it means that you are signed into a non-member account, in which case, go through the Forgot Username and Reset Password process using your Church membership number, in order to get into your Church member account).If you wish to also use a non-member account, write down its Username and Password
Go to https://www.familysearch.org/partneraccessand create the free accounts.
Be sure to write down the User Names and Passwords that you choose.
Once you have set up these accounts you will be able to use them when searching from these individual websites or from any Person Details page in the FamilySearch Family Tree.
This little video can show you how to connect to your deceased ancestors if they do not appear in the Tree Views.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDTXfIXvxtM&t=6s
(I know I have mentioned it before, but most peop0le have never seen it. Maybe give it a like.)
Bill
