There are two websites we're primarily going to use, FamilySearch and Ancestry.com
FamilySearch is the genealogy website sponsored by the LDS church. It's a great place to build your family tree, and search through billions of indexed records for information about your ancestors. It's very useful.
FamilySearch is the genealogy website sponsored by the LDS church. It's a great place to build your family tree, and search through billions of indexed records for information about your ancestors. It's very useful.
However, for an internet-based genealogist, an Ancestry account is absolutely crucial, because Ancestry generally has more complete records than FamilySearch. Also, on Ancestry, you can use my favorite genealogy secret: hacking other people's family tree, which makes your work a ton easier.
If you already have a FamilySearch account AND an Ancestry account, then feel free to skip to lesson #2.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANCESTRY ACCOUNT then please skip down the page to a picture of a man with a mustache, because you're gonna need an Ancestry account. (If you're LDS, then it's free.)
If you need a FamilySearch account, here are some instructions. I will warn you in advance, they are mind-numbingly basic (not everybody was raised as a digital native) so if you know how to register for an account, you might also want to skip down to mustache man.
If you need a FamilySearch account, here are some instructions. I will warn you in advance, they are mind-numbingly basic (not everybody was raised as a digital native) so if you know how to register for an account, you might also want to skip down to mustache man.
So: if you have no FamilySearch account, here's what you do.
STEP #1. Click on this.
STEP #2. Go up to the top right-hand corner and click the FREE ACCOUNT button. 
STEP #3. Fill out all the required information. Make sure you mark YES I AM A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. (I am assuming, right, that you are a member. If not, then I still love you deeply.)
STEP #4. Your membership record number is important. It should be written on your temple recommend. If you don't have your recommend handy, then phone your Bishop, his counselors, or the Ward Clerk. They can look it up for you. If you don't have it, just mark the "Remind me later" box.
STEP #5. Once you click CREATE AN ACCOUNT down at the bottom, the website will inform you that you have been sent a confirmation e-mail. Head on over to your e-mail inbox, and open the e-mail from noreply.
Click on the big blue membership COMPLETE REGISTRATION button.
STEP #6. Sign in to your new account by clicking the blue SIGN IN TO GET STARTED button or the small grey button that says SIGN IN up in the corner. Enter in your username and password.
STEP #6. You're all set! FamilySearch will take care of you from here. Click START HERE and FamilySearch will ask you a few questions to hook you up with your family tree. Or click on VIEW TRAINING to access some handy tricks and tips for navigating around the tree.
STEP #5. Once you click CREATE AN ACCOUNT down at the bottom, the website will inform you that you have been sent a confirmation e-mail. Head on over to your e-mail inbox, and open the e-mail from noreply.
Click on the big blue membership COMPLETE REGISTRATION button.
STEP #6. Sign in to your new account by clicking the blue SIGN IN TO GET STARTED button or the small grey button that says SIGN IN up in the corner. Enter in your username and password.
STEP #6. You're all set! FamilySearch will take care of you from here. Click START HERE and FamilySearch will ask you a few questions to hook you up with your family tree. Or click on VIEW TRAINING to access some handy tricks and tips for navigating around the tree.
MUSTACHE MAN!
How to register for Ancestry.com
So, you're going to want to click on THIS LINK
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