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FamilySearch is a genealogy organization operated by the Genealogical Society of Utah ("GSU"), the genealogical arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch maintains a collection of records, resources, and services designed to help people learn more about their family history. FamilySearch gathers, preserves, and shares genealogical records worldwide. It offers free access to its resources and service online at FamilySearch.org, one of the most heavily used genealogy sites on the Internet.〔(Alexa traffic ) report 21 Mar 2009 (excluding #1 Ancestry.com)〕 In addition, FamilySearch offers personal assistance at more than 4,500 family history centers in 70 countries, including the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. The resource is maintained to support the process of obtaining names and other genealogical information so that Mormons can perform temple ordinances for their kindred dead. ==History== Founded in 1894, the GSU began microfilming records of genealogical importance in 1938. In 1963, the microfilm collection was moved to the newly completed Granite Mountain Records Vault for long-term preservation. In 1998 the GSU began digital imaging of records and in about August 1998 the decision was made by LDS Church leaders to build a genealogical website. In May 1999 the website first opened to the public. It almost immediately went off-line, overloaded because of extreme popularity. In October 1999, it surpassed 1.5 billion hits. Then, in November 1999 240 million names were added, bringing the total number of entries to 640 million. In 2001 work began on a replacement website backed by a consolidated database, giving users the ability to edit data. (This was later named 'New FamilySearch', and is now known as the 'Family Tree' on the FamilySearch.org web site.) In November 2005 the new FamilySearch.org entered its first Beta test. However, due to the time necessary to resolve all the bugs found and to assess and incorporate the results of extensive user feedback and suggestions, it took longer than expected to release the second beta. In February 2007 the new FamilySearch.org entered Beta 2 testing. In June 2007 the new FamilySearch.org was made available for church members in some areas (by LDS temple district), increasing through the next several years. In 2008, the Vatican issued a statement calling the practice known as baptism for the dead "erroneous" and directing its dioceses to keep parish records from Mormons performing genealogical research. In early 2009 the new FamilySearch was available to church membership around the world, with the exception of Utah/Idaho and the five Asian temples. By mid-2009 the new FamilySearch gradually became available to church membership in Utah and Idaho. Finally, in November 2009, the new FamilySearch was made available to church membership worldwide, except for members in the five Asian temple districts. In February 2014, FamilySearch announced partnerships with Ancestry.com, findmypast and MyHeritage, which includes sharing massive amounts of their databases with those companies. They also have a standing relationship with BillionGraves, in which the photographed and indexed images of graves are both searchable on FamilySearch and are to link to individuals in the family tree.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FamilySearch Partnerships: Some Questions and Answers )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「FamilySearch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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