Setting up Accounts

In order to see your DNA results, you are going to need an Ancestry account! Part of our research will also involve another database called MyHeritage. If you are a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, you can create and access accounts in these databases for free!

If you are not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, please contact us! We will help you get access to the accounts you need.

**Note: Please follow these instructions on a desktop or laptop, and not a mobile device.

Family Search

In order to link your church account to other databases, you need to first have a FamilySearch.org account. If you already have an account, you can skip this step and move on to the “Ancestry” section. However, if you do not yet have access to FamilySearch, please follow the steps below to get signed up.

Step One

Go to FamilySearch.org, and click “Create Account”.

Step Two

Enter the required information and then click “Continue”.

**Note: Some of the required information will be your membership record number. You can receive this number from your Bishop or ward clerk.

Step Three

Click the down arrow and select a recovery option. If your country is not in the location list, you must use an email address for recovery.

Step Four

To agree to the terms, check the box. Click “Create account”.

Step Five

Activate your account. Once you create your Family Search account, look in your email account or for a text message on your mobile phone. Click the “Activate” button. This will officially set-up and confirm your account.

Step Six

You should now be able to go back to the main page and log-in.

Ancestry

Ancestry is where you can view your DNA test results, and how our researchers will study your DNA matches. To link your Family Search to an Ancestry.com account, please follow the instructions listed below:

Step 1

Go to familysearch.org/partneraccess.

Step 2

Click the “Join for free button” beneath the Ancestry logo.

Step 3

Click “Sign in with Church Account”.

Step 4

Sign into FamilySearch using your Church account username and password. This is not your Ancestry username and password.

Step 5

On the next page, sign into Ancestry or create an Ancestry account.

Step 6

You have two options:

1. If you’re creating an account, choose your preferred language and click “Continue”. Enter your name and email address and create a password, check the box accepting the Terms and Conditions, and click “Continue” again. On the following page, check the box saying you understand that you’re accepting the Free Church of Jesus Christ Ancestry Membership. Click “Start Your Membership”.

2. If you already have an Ancestry account, choose your preferred language and click “Continue”. On the right side of the page, click “Sign in now”. Enter your email address and password, check the box agreeing to the Terms and Conditions, and click “Continue”. Check the box saying you understand that you’re accepting the Free Church of Jesus Christ-Ancestry Membership and click “Start Your Membership”.

MyHeritage

MyHeritage is another database that will allow you to upload your Ancestry DNA data too. This will give our researchers many more matches to study and will help with our research. In order to make your free MyHeritage account, follow the instructions below:

Step 1

Go to familysearch.org/partneraccess.

Step 2

Click “Join for free” button beneath the MyHeritage logo.

Step 3

Step 4

You have two options:

1. If you already have a MyHeritage account, click "Already have a MyHeritage account," and then click the “Sign in to connect your account”. This will link your account. Then enter your MyHeritage password.

2. If you need to make a MyHeritage account, click on “Continue for your free MyHeritage account. Fill in the necessary information.

Step 5 To authorize FamilySearch.org to share your existing information with MyHeritage, click the box next to "I accept the Terms of Linking of my FamilySearch and MyHeritage accounts." If you do not click this option, the accounts cannot link.

Step 6

It may send you a confirmation message to your email. If this is the case, check your email and click the button to confirm.