In the coming months you will find many changes in popular genealogy websites such as RootsWeb, Find -A- Grave, FamilySearch and The General Land Office (BLM) sites.
Some of these upgrades have already taken place.
Here is what GenealogyInTime Magazine has to say about FamilySearch:
Starting 13 December 2017, all users of the FamilySearch.org website
will have to use a registered account to access the records on the
website. Previously, users could access many of the functions of the
website without having to log in. The change was prompted by some of
FamilySearch’s partners, who have insisted on authenticated accounts
before providing data to FamilySearch.
RootsWeb is also streamlining their site and has added and subtracted some of their features.
They are in the process of updating user submitted records and documents. It is still a FREE site.
Find--A-Grave has recently upgraded their website to a more sleek and easier to use format. However, the search function is a little more tricky and requires more location information according to some users of the new format.
The General Land Office or The Bureau of Land Management has updated their site by adding millions of new land records and implementing the virtual map function to collaborate with the records within. You an now bring up a record and have the location map correspond with that record.
And almost all the genealogy software companies have upgraded their software withing the last six months or offering new versions soon.
Many new and exciting things coming in 2018!!
