Record Search Pilot Web Site

Record Search is a new pilot Web site that can help people find their ancestors. The site, at http://pilot.familysearch.org, provides access to millions of original source documents from many areas of the world, and more records are being added all the time. For example, among the growing collection of records in Record Search, you can search Ellis Island New York passenger arrival lists, 1892-1924; US Civil War Pension index cards; and the 1895 Argentina Census.

The Search section of the Web site includes a number of record collections you can search to find a specific ancestor. You can then read a summary of the information found in records about the ancestor and view digital images of the records.

The Browse section of the Web site includes collections you can browse to see digital images of records from a specific city, town, or church parish.

The data available through Record Search is transcribed by thousands of volunteers worldwide who participate in FamilySearch indexing. These volunteers donate a little time each week or month transcribing select information from digital images of original source documents using FamilySearch’s online indexing program. Anyone interested in volunteering, or wanting to see what projects are currently being indexed, can do so at www.familysearchindexing.org.