Help:Links to FamilySearch
Categories: External Link Templates
The FamilySearch external link templates make it easy to link to persons, images, records, sources, and family trees on FamilySearch.org.
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Basic Usage
Indexed Record
To link to an indexed record on FamilySearch, type:
It will display as: FamilySearch Record: XHLN-69H
The alpha-numeric combination after the pipe (|) is the record ID. It can be found after the "ark:/61903/1:1:" in the URL of the record, e.g.: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLN-69H.Other FamilySearch link formats:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHLN-69HSource Image
To link to an image of a record on FamilySearch, type:
Other FamilySearch link formats have been used in the past. These URL's do not contain an image ID, so more investigation is needed. After you click on the old link format, you should be redirected to the new ARK link. Then follow the process above.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-11516-281-46?cc=2026211https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19050-63058-82?cc=1874591&wc=9LJT-K6D:173109001,173109002,176101301
Persons
To link to a person record on FamilySearch, type:
Other FamilySearch person pages are available for use. You can add an additional parameter to specify the person page type:
The available options are:
- discovery
- family
- memories
- sources
- timeline
- vitals
Books
To link to a book in the FamilySearch Digital Library, type:
It will display as: FamilySearch Book: 47106
The alpha-numeric combination after the pipe (|) is the record ID. It can be found after the "/library/books/records/item/" or "/library/books/viewer/" in the URL of the record, e.g.: https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/47106-redirectionTo link to a specific page of a book, type:
It will display as: FamilySearch Book: 47106
Other FamilySearch link formats:
https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/47106/#page=1&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/47106
https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1072524 (this link should be redirected to a format you can use with the template)
Usage in a Source Citation
All FamilySearch link templates can be used within a source citation giving information about the sources referenced on FamilySearch. They should not be used themselves as a source citation. See Help:Templates for more information.
Indexed Record
This can easily be done by copying from FamilySearch the information under two sections, when you're referencing a record. The first section is titled "Cite This Record". What you'll get from it looks something like this:
The template with the link should then be placed within the source information:
It will display as:
"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: XHLN-69H : accessed 18 March 2022), Isaac Franks, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm.
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