Sharpening Your Genealogy Tools Summary 20 Oct 2026

Instructor:  Lynda Keenan

FamilySearch Full Text Search by David Ouimette Presentation focused on

• Finding your elusive ancestors

• Searching Full Text for their stories

• Getting to know your ancestors

• Sharing their stories David discussed the processing of an image

• Segmentation

• Visual Model

• Language

David discussed how FamilySearch reads old handwriting using AI 2.5 billion images are now available in Full-Text Search Top countries in Full-Text now are United States, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Australia and Mexico Languages being transcribed English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French and Dutch David demonstrated how to use Full-text Search

• Simple Search -– can type or say what you are looking for

• All-Collection Search –- Home page

• Search > Full Text -- Home page > search > full-text • Search > Card Catalog Using the filtering system within Full-Text is helpful to narrow down the search Transcriptions can be corrected if you click on the pencil to the right of the word transcript For more information visit https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/full-text

Scroll down to middle of page “How Full-Text Search transforms your research