WHAT'S NEW IN THE FAMILYSEARCH DIGITAL LIBRARY!

While the Family History Library has been in the process of  becoming a digital library for some time, It's been changed and updated  "to make it easier than ever to find exciting and enriching details for your family story. It is easier than ever to type in your family names, locate a book or publication, and quickly find information you’re looking for."

Here are some of the changes:

• Digital books that are full-text searchable.
• Filterable search results to help you focus quickly on the most relevant books.
• Images and pages that load quickly.
• Options for users to adjust the size, contrast, and orientation of an image to read documents more easily.
• Digital page turning that feels more like a real book.
• A new look and feel to the library as a whole!

What Can You Find in the
FamilySearch Digital Library?

The FamilySearch Digital
Library offers a collection of more than 440,000 digitized genealogy and family
history books and publications. Here, you can dive into family histories,
county and local histories, genealogy magazines, gazetteers, and even medieval
histories and pedigrees!

How to Access the Digital Library

Visit FamilySearch.org, and click Search in the top menu. Then, in the drop-down menu, click Books. You can also go directly to the new URL—FamilySearch.org/library/books. The content of the digital library is freely viewable, but you may need to create a free FamilySearch account and sign in to view images. On the home page of the digital library, you will see a simple search bar. Here, you can type in a surname, historical events, groups of people, or names of places. Go ahead! Try typing in one of the surnames from your family tree now! Then, click Search.