April 4, 2026

AI finds your missing branches

AI finds your missing branches

FamilySearch recently launched an AI Research Assistant. It’s super! It scans your tree against billions of records, surfacing ancestors you likely missed completely. One genealogist had been stuck on the same family line for 20 years. The AI found the breakthrough in weeks.

Sign in, look for the AI-Research Assistant box on your home page and let it run. Also check FamilySearch Catalog at the bottom of the page. It uses AI to read handwriting inside old documents and church ledgers that no keyword search could ever crack before. Nearly 2 billion records and growing.

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