FamilySearch has revamped its website.  According to Renee Zamora’s blog (rzamor1.blogspot.com/2008/07/familysearchorg-new-look), the genealogy giant owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opened its redesigned site on Thursday.

The makeover is in preparation for the integration of FamilySearch’s many websites popularly used by Church members and the general public.  One of these is FamilySearch Indexing (www.familysearchindexing.org), where millions of genealogical records which are currently only available on microfilm are being transcribed by volunteers.   The project is revolutionary: the world-famous records in the granite vault in Salt Lake City are being placed online by people who work at home for a few minutes every week.

FamilySearch Indexing already has its own tab on the newly designed FamilySearch website.

New FamilySearch (new.familysearch.org) has already become a sensation amongst Church members.  A worldwide database of family trees is being stored on this site, allowing members to collaborate and submit names for Temple ordinances quickly.  The Church is currently implementing the system in temples around the world.

NFS has not been given a link on the original, revamped, FamilySearch page, but provision for it is being made.