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FamilySearch Full-Text Search: What 2.3 Billion AI-Read Images Mean for Genealogy

Most record images online were never indexed, so finding an ancestor meant paging through films for hours. FamilySearch Full-Text Search uses AI to make every word searchable. How it works, how accurate it is, and a research workflow that respects its limits.

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