Genealogy from the perspective of a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon, LDS)

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

The Newly Redesigned FamilySearch Digital Library


You might not have noticed, but the Books section of FamilySearch has been completely redesigned.  The new design features highlights of some of the contributors to the digital books on the FamilySearch.org website. As previously announced on the website, the redesign also includes an entirely new search engine experience.

https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/?navigation=&perpage=&page=1&sort=_score&search=&fulltext=1&bookmarks=0#title
Here is what the search found when I searched for some of my surnames.



 You can also view the results in a different format:



 When I checked, there were presently 375,720 digitized volumes in the collection. What remains is connecting a search in the digital books to the search in the Historical records collections.

4 comments:

  1. One feature that was not available before - the ability to print a single page. The icon to print is found at the bottom along with other icons.

    Once clicked on Print Icon, you will see the choice on left side to print in PDF.

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    2. Thanks for noticing that, I hadn't focused on that new feature. Sorry my original comment got messed up. James

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  2. The icon for print or download also allows you to download the pdf as before. Change always takes getting used to, but this new format is great. (A little bolder font and darker icons would be an improvement for my eyes.)

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