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== Our mission and funding == | == Our mission and funding == | ||
FamilySearch is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide genealogical records and services to people worldwide. Our services are free, as are most of our products -- including data sets online.<ref>FamilySearch occasionally offers products at cost, such as genealogical records on CD-ROM, and we sometimes charge a fee to recuperate costs, such as the price of postage for a microfilm sent to a patron at a Family History Center. We sometimes collaborate with commercial companies to provide indexes or digitized records | FamilySearch is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide genealogical records and services to people worldwide. Our services are free, as are most of our products -- including data sets online.<ref>FamilySearch occasionally offers products at cost, such as genealogical records on CD-ROM, and we sometimes charge a fee to recuperate costs, such as the price of postage for a microfilm sent to a patron at a Family History Center. We sometimes collaborate with commercial companies to provide indexes or digitized records. However, 99% of our resources are offered to the public free of charge.</ref> We are funded by contributions from members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). | ||
== Our multi-national users -- <br>and why serving every country is important == | == Our multi-national users -- <br>and why serving every country is important == | ||