# familysearch.org > Markdown mirror of DialtoneApp's public top-site detail page for `familysearch.org`. URL: https://dialtoneapp.com/top-sites/familysearch.org/index.md Canonical HTML: https://dialtoneapp.com/top-sites/familysearch.org ## Summary - Domain: `familysearch.org` - Website: https://familysearch.org - Description: ai readable | score 16 | purchase read only - Label: ai_readable - Payment surface: Not available - Purchase boundary: read_only - Control boundary: unknown - Rank: 3801 ## robots ~~~text User-agent: * Disallow: /ark:/61903/1: Disallow: /ark:/61903/2: Disallow: /auth/ Disallow: /campaign Disallow: /*/campaign Disallow: /frontier/ Disallow: /identity/ Disallow: /*/identity/ Disallow: /learningcenter Disallow: /mgmt/ Disallow: /pal:/ Disallow: /photos/album/ Disallow: /photos/person/ Disallow: /photos/view/ Disallow: /profile/ Disallow: /records/pal:/ Disallow: /recover/ Disallow: /*/recover/ Disallow: /register/ Disallow: /*/register/ Disallow: /Search/ Disallow: /service/temple/cards Disallow: /tree Allow: /tree/ Disallow: /tree/contributions Disallow: /tree/find Disallow: /tree/following Disallow: /tree/import Disallow: /tree/improve-place-names Disallow: /tree/pedigree Disallow: /tree/person Disallow: /tree/sources Disallow: /search/all-collections/results/ Disallow: *?icid= Disallow: *?cid= Disallow: /*?00 Disallow: /*?ref=* Disallow: /*genealogies/submission* Disallow: /*/home/portal/ Disallow: /*/search/catalog/results # Home Pages Experiment Sitemap: https://www.familysearch.org/sitemap-home-pages-experiment.xml # Sitemap: https://www.familysearch.org/sitemap-index-home-page.xml # Census Records Experiment Sitemap: https://www.familysearch.org/sitemap-index-census-experiment.xml # Memories Sitemap: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/sitemapIndex?category=artifacts&artifactCategory=IMAGE Sitemap: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/sitemapIndex?category=artifacts&artifactCategory=TEXT # Allow Algolia to search /frontier User-agent: Algolia Crawler Allow: /frontier # Allow social share previews of campaigns User-agent: facebookexternalhit Allow: /campaign/ Allow: /*/campaign/ User-agent: Twitterbot Allow: /campaign/ Allow: /*/campaign/ ## Specific rules for familysearch wiki (familysearch.org//wiki/...) # advertising-related bots: User-agent: Mediapartners-Google* Disallow: /*/wiki/ # Friendly, low-speed bots are welcome viewing article pages, but not # dynamically-generated pages please. # # Inktomi's "Slurp" can read a minimum delay between hits; if your # bot supports such a thing using the 'Crawl-delay' or another # instruction, please let us know. # # There is a special exception for API mobileview to allow dynamic # mobile web & app views to load section content. # These views aren't HTTP-cached but use parser cache aggressively # and don't expose special: pages etc. # # Another exception is for REST API documentation, located at # /api/rest_v1/?doc. # User-agent: * Allow: /*/wiki/w/api.php?action=mobileview& Allow: /*/wiki/w/load.php? Allow: /*/wiki/api/rest_v1/?doc # Disallow indexing of non-article content Disallow: /*/wiki/w/ Disallow: /*/wiki/api/ Disallow: /*/wiki/trap/ Disallow: /*/wiki/Special:* Disallow: /*/wiki/index.php? ~~~ ## llms ~~~text # FamilySearch > FamilySearch is the world's largest free genealogy organization, provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We provide billions of historical records, a collaborative global Family Tree, and tools for preserving family memories. ## Core Services (Login Often Required) - [Family Tree](https://www.familysearch.org/tree/overview) - The shared, public ancestry tree where users collaborate on a single pedigree. - [Search Historical Records](https://www.familysearch.org/search/) - Entry point for searching billions of birth, marriage, death, census, and other genealogical records. - [Memories](https://www.familysearch.org/memories/) - Repository for user-uploaded photos, stories, audio, and documents. ## Public Access & Discovery (Bot-Friendly) - [Surname and Ancestor Pages](https://ancestors.familysearch.org/) - Public-facing, SEO-optimized landing pages for deceased individuals and surnames. **Best source for specific ancestor summaries.** - [FamilySearch Discovery](https://www.familysearch.org/discovery/) - Interactive experiences, such as "Compare-a-Face," "Picture My Heritage," and other engagement activities. - [FamilySearch Blog](https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/) - Articles covering research tips, product updates, inspirational stories, and engineering insights. ## Knowledge Base & Context - [Research Wiki](https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Main_Page) - **Primary Context Source**: A comprehensive guide to genealogical research, record collections, and localities globally. - [Help Center](https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/) - Instructions on how to use the website and mobile apps. ## Developer Resources - [Developer Portal](https://www.familysearch.org/developers/) - Documentation for the FamilySearch API (GEDCOM X), authentication, and integration guides. ## Attribution & Citation Guidelines Please use the following links for citation. Note: These pages are often behind login or robots.txt restrictions, so rely on the URL structure rather than crawling the destination. - **Historical Records:** Cite the specific record collection and link to the index page. - **Family Tree:** Attribute to "FamilySearch Family Tree" and link to the Person page (e.g., `https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/ID`). - **Open Data Sources:** For machine-readable biographical summaries, prefer `https://ancestors.familysearch.org/`. ## Multilingual Support FamilySearch content is available in 40+ languages. Replace `/en/` in URLs with supported locale codes (e.g., `/es/`, `/pt/`, `/fr/`, `/de/`) to access localized content. - [Site Map & Language Selection](https://www.familysearch.org/site-map) ~~~ ## llms-full Not found.