Genealogy
Record of family descent and lineage; basis for identifying ancestors for redemptive temple ordinances.
Also known as: Ancestors · Ancestral File · Ancestral File? · Ancestral File · Ancestry · Family History Genealogy
269 documents · 10 libraries · 1971–2026
Emphasis over time
Peak: 34 documents in 2021
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- Liahona Articles125 documents
- General Conference87 documents
- BYU Studies25 documents
- BYU Speeches11 documents
- Scripture Central7 documents
- Religious Educator5 documents
- Journal of Book of Mormon Studies4 documents
- Gospel Topics and Questions2 documents
- Interpreter2 documents
- Hymns1 document
Latest
Liahona Articles
From Despair to Joy: Kennedy Githami’s Story (opens in a new tab)
Lisa Ford · Oct 2026
Liahona Articles
Remembering the Lord’s Hand Through Saints (opens in a new tab)
Beverley Vermeulen · Aug 2026
Liahona Articles
The Essential Role of Grandparents (opens in a new tab)
Randal Wright · Aug 2026
BYU Studies
A Powerful Tool for Good and Evil (opens in a new tab)
Jenet Jacob Erickson and Anson Savage · 2026
Religious Educator
Inviting Family History into Your Classroom and Home (opens in a new tab)
Kenneth L. Alford · 2026
General Conference
A Record of What I Have Both Seen and Heard (opens in a new tab)
Brent H. Nielson · Apr 2024
General Conference
The Work of the Temple and Family History—One and the Same Work (opens in a new tab)
Benjamín De Hoyos · Apr 2023
General Conference
Let Doing Good Be Our Normal (opens in a new tab)
Rafael E. Pino · Oct 2022
Scripture Central
Plates and Genealogies (opens in a new tab)
Aug 2021
BYU Studies
My Stepdad Was a Bank Robber (opens in a new tab)
Billy Wilson · 2021
Earliest
General Conference
Elijah the Prophet (opens in a new tab)
Howard W. Hunter · Oct 1971
Most frequent voices
- James B. Allen , Jessie L. Embry , and Kahlile Mehr11 documents
- Russell M. Nelson6 documents
- David B. Haight4 documents
- James E. Faust4 documents
- Newsroom4 documents
- Spencer W. Kimball4 documents
- Theodore M. Burton4 documents
- Boyd K. Packer3 documents
- Eldred G. Smith3 documents
- Gerrit W. Gong3 documents
- Henry B. Eyring3 documents
- Richard G. Scott3 documents
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