Free record preservation services
Team up with FamilySearch to digitize, manage, and share your collections.
10,000+ record custodians
have partnered with us, including churches and archives.
5 billion images
have already been protected for future generations.
175+ countries
are currently represented in our record collections.
What we offer
We provide free services for digital archiving. Here’s what you can expect:
- Onsite cameras to digitize your records
- High-quality images of your records
- Preservation on FamilySearch in the latest file formats
Why our services are free
FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization with over 125 years of experience helping people discover their heritage. We collaborate with archives around the world to preserve the genealogy of the human family.
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Select a place to view historical records that have been preserved for future generations.
What record custodians are saying
Ricardo Grisi Velloso
Catholic Archdiocese of Pariba, Brazil
“We congratulate FamilySearch for this wonderful contribution and recommend to other ecclesiastical archives that they seriously consider accepting the generous offer of this responsible and thoughtful entity.”
Ole Magnus Mølbak Andersen
Deputy Director, National Archive of Denmark
“The Danish National Archives and FamilySearch have cooperated for nearly 80 years. By 1970, more than 40,000 rolls [of microfilm] had been created. Eventually, the number reached nearly 60,000. They all still lie safely in the granite mountain vaults in the state of Utah.”
Regaldo Trota Jose
Archivist, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
“FamilySearch’s work in the Philippines has resulted in the digitization of many, many records, including countless church registers, opening up the great potential for finding our past connections in order to confront our future.”
T. G. Mpundu
Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia
“We are extremely happy with the work FamilySearch has already done and is still doing in this regard in this archdiocese. It is a very valuable service to the Church and indeed to the country in general and humanity at large.... We are grateful to God for the fruitful relationship with FamilySearch!”