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Check out the list of 2026 Churchwide broadcasts and events from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including children and youth events, plus general conference dates.

Over 2,000 visitors engaged in family history at the event to launch the open house of the Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple.

A replica of the first ship to bring Norwegians to the U.S. docked in lower Manhattan on Oct. 9, welcomed by descendants of early immigrants.

Learn about three family members — a great-grandmother and two descendants — who each attended one of the three dedications at the Hill Cumorah Historic Site.

Hundreds gathered to honor the faith of the first Church members and missionaries in Italy.

The annual family history conference will take place March 5-7, 2026, both online and in-person in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Amid traditional music, dancing and food, FamilySearch invited the crowd to discover their ancestors.

The remarkable story of how a 150-year-old family Bible was reunited with descendants across the ocean.

Collaborative efforts from the Cherry Lane Ward, Layton Utah East Stake, helped children learn more about their ancestors and other parts of the world.

Family history conferences in Verona and Rome, Italy, brought together Latter-day Saints and friends to preserve memories.

Latter-day Saints in Mongolia, Japan and Cambodia are using family history and temple work to unite both sides of the veil.

FamilySearch empowers Singapore’s Chinese diaspora to trace roots without speaking Chinese

The fair connected families with ancestors as participants made rag dolls, learned the Deseret Alphabet, played pioneer games and more.

“We can help members of the community discover who they are and where they came from,” said Elder Jorge M. Alvarado.

"All people deserve to know the gospel of Jesus Christ and find the peace they need, not just those who are alive."

The "Six Triple Eight," the only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, received the Congressional Gold Medal. In 2024, a community of volunteers used FamilySearch.org and other historical resources to document the lives and stories of each member of the 6888th.

Three student teams recently took top honors in the first BYU Marketing Case Competition.

Since RootsTech in early March, FamilySearch and Latter-day Saints have engaged in family history across Latin America, including Uruguay, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Paraguay.

Church members and FamilySearch area managers share tools to help others “catch fire of what family history is really about.”