Released in July 2014, FamilySearch Tree is an official app of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The new app is a mobile companion to familysearch.org and allows you to browse your family branches, view details on ancestors, and add photos, stories, and audio recordings. The ability to add or edit ancestor details is not currently available, but will be come with future updates.
The first time you launch the app, you will be prompted to sign in.
Log in with your lds.org username and password. You will see a view of your family tree.
To zoom in, place two fingers on the screen, then move them apart.
To expand a different section of the tree, click on the up arrow above and ancestor. To view details, tap on an ancestor's name.
If you have a narrow screen, to see all available options for a person, tap on the menu bar below a person's name and scroll to the right or the left.
For Sources, Photos, Stories, and Audio, you can add information.
Tap on the plus sign at the bottom right of the screen.
If your device has a camera or microphone, you can take photo or an audio recording.
