Digging deep: Family roots are easy to find at the FamilySearch Center
Gwen Bruce, left, and Jeff Stevens stand in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints FamilySearch Center on Division Street. They, and a team of occasional volunteers, help anybody who wants to research their family history at no charge.
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The FamilySearch Center has 14 computer terminals where users can search more than 16 billion records. The FamilySearch system itself can be accessed at no charge from a home computer, but the center has additional resources for free that home users would otherwise pay for.
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A sample fan chart showing a person’s ancestors above and children and grandchildren below. The entries are color-coded to show what country the person lived in when that information is known.
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MOSES LAKE — Figuring out family roots and heritage can be a daunting task, but there is help out there for those looking to see where their families came from and what legacy they can try to maintain for them and their kin. The task used to be more difficult than it is now.
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