Date/Time
Date(s) - July 19, 2026
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Speaker
Todd Knowles

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Sunday, July 19th, 2026
1:00 p.m.

The Jewish Genealogical Society of  Conejo Valley & Ventura County
is sharing their July 19th Zoom program with JGSLA

Family Search’s Cutting Edge Artificial Intelligence Technology

Program Description: Todd Knowles will dive into FamilySearch’s powerful new AI Full-Text Search feature- and show you exactly how to use it to uncover records you never knew existed. “This NEW AI-Powered Full-Text Search is a genealogy game changer.” Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned family historian, this tool helps break through brick walls by searching the entire contents of historical documents. FamilySearch AI can read through millions of scanned documents. AI reads every word, every scribble, even if your ancestor’s name was not included in the official index!

Todd will show us how to discover hidden family connections, mentions in court records, names tucked into wills, land deeds and even hand-written items.

Speaker: Todd Knowles
W. Todd Knowles serves as a Deputy Chief Genealogical Officer at FamilySearch, for the last 23 years. After being introduced to family history at the age of 11, he discovered his Jewish roots.  The journey to find these Polish Jews has led to the creation of the Knowles Collection (knowlescollection.blogspot.com), six databases that now contain the genealogical records of almost 1.5 million people. Todd is former President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Utah.

Location: a Zoom link will be e-mailed to JGSLA members the week of the event:  NO Zoom link posted here.