FamilySearch Help | Robert Kehrer - How to Use Unindexed Records

Did you know searchable genealogy records on FamilySearch account for only about 30% of the data available? Senior Product Manager, Robert Kehrer, shares tips on how to navigate FamilySearch.org to use unindexed images or documents to find more information.
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I’m asked often about the lesser known or less discoverable features in our search system.
The biggest one that we have isn’t really a search feature, it actually is in the data.
Many people know that FamilySearch has billions of records available.
They delight in putting in the name of an ancestor and getting back documents from that ancestor’s life is like we opened a window and shined a spotlight on the ancestor’s life and it warms their heart.
Those billions of indexed records that are searchable only represent about 30% of the data at familysearch.org.
The other 70% of the documents that are on our website and that are about their ancestors aren’t searchable, but we’ve made it available in multiple ways around the website. If you go to the main historical records search page, go to the map, go down below the search forum, and look for the lists of images.
Click one, and then you can browse through the images that way, or go to the all published collections, find a collection that you're interested in in the browse images one and again you have access to drill down into the images that way.
Don’t be afraid of it, it is a little more work ‘cause it’s not searchable, but those are two different ways to get to those images.
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[@veronicamccune573]

I have been a research for over 25 years, most of my work is on Black/Native Americans doing those days I lived in the Family Search Library in San Diego, Ca. Your Librarians have found print records one others librarian could find. I just looked at Angela Dauzat F.W.C married to George Washington Lavalle or Lavallee March 27, 1852. Washington Lavallee name came from Canada from another book. they were on a ship of some kind,

[@veronicamccune573]

I must get this right: We as a family had once petition the BIA for Federal Rights for the first time I am writing our new petition. One of my Books I am using have a Berthalmy Lavallee Married Marie Pierrot Nov. 1870 in Avoyelles Parish La. Some ware through the years the names Lavallee and Lavallise ended up being Lavallise which must have been a Slave master from Rabalais they change to ( Lavallise) the name Lavallee was consumed by Lavallise two different families. How do I know this Philogene Lavallee marred Fanny Lavallise. there could have been a Berthalmy Jr.? I am working on this

[@janicemilne1898]

Is it possible to print , from My comput./printer the relatives fro m my Relative finder????

[@leeleviner8159]

where did you find the relative finder?

[@gailmadsenclayton1769]

However they are not even entered in chronological order in certain parishes. So the parish we looked in was pretty useless.

[@finley2182]

At least they are FREE pay if you are unhappy with this site

[@jivah3594]

When you find a record collection is only available at the Family History Library, contact atFHL.com. Our large team of professional genealogists at the FHL will be glad to scan and send it to you.

[@jbe1973]

Yet another way to access images, including many that are not viewable in the Historical Records section, is to go to the Catalog and look for a camera icon in the Film/Digital notes. For additional help, see "Finding Digital Images of Records on FamilySearch.org " broadcast.lds.org/fhd/FH_Finding_Digital_Records_WEB.pdf watch this how-to video "Where are the digitized records on FamilySearch?" czcams.com/video/C2bUqCIg_iA/video.html.

[@lorig2881]

Great information, but you went very fast, and you identified it with a name, but that name was no where to be seen. It would be helpful if what you were verbally calling it matched the title on the item you are clicking.

[@melindalaracuente6714]

me gustaria encontrar los padres de mi bizabuelo ,se llamaba Felix Maria Rivera Rivera ,nacio en Lares ,Puerto Rico en el 1855 y murio1921 su esposa .maria magdalena vega velez 1863 -1910

[@kathyl6677]

You went to fast! Click the continent, and then what? SHOW and tell.

[@veronicamccune573]

Slave Master Name last name was Raabalais Now Black use Lavallais