Help Build the FamilySearch Family Tree

Virtual Records Operation Center

DESCRIPTION

A Virtual Records Operation Center (VROC) Missionary has the opportunity to participate in multiple activities that support FamilySearch and provide inspiring journeys that bring joy to all people as they discover, gather, and connect their family—past, present, and future. Our North America missionaries live in the United States and Canada and serve from home. VROC opportunities are also available in Northern Europe and Latin America.
As a VROC missionary, you will have the opportunity to learn new skills, increase your knowledge of family history, develop relationships, and serve your brothers and sisters on both sides of the veil.

VIRTUAL RECORDS OPERATION CENTER

The VROC is staffed by service missionaries who serve from their own home and provide their own computer and internet. Currently, about 1,900 missionaries serve in VROC assignments.

REQUIREMENTS TO SERVE IN THE VROC

Intermediate FamilySearch Skills

Family Tree
Source Linker
Standardization

Intermediate Computer Skills

Start menu, task bar, bookmarks
How to find an app on the computer
How to use a browser and navigate the internet; open multiple tabs and windows
Downloading, saving, locating, and opening files
How to cut and paste or use the snipping tool
How to use email, attach a file, open an attachment, and save an attachment
How to use chat, calendar, meetings, calls, and how to share your screen

Minimum Computer Requirements

Desktop or laptop—Windows 11 or Mac OS13
8 GB RAM
150 GB of free hard-disk space
15 Mbps internet speed or faster
Smart phone for 2-step verification
Speakers and camera or a USB headset
Dual monitors are recommended but not required
Chromebooks, tablets, and phones are not sufficient for this assignment

VROC PROJECTS

Missionaries serving in the VROC have opportunities to participate in projects that help build the FamilySearch Family Tree. Our overall purpose for these projects is to fulfill the mission of the Family History Department to unite families for eternity by nourishing the temples with names.

We accomplish this purpose by attaching record hints, adding names to the tree, merging duplicates, and adding new information to Family Tree, which can result in more record hints and resolving data conflicts.

If you feel this is for you, please fill in the contact form. If you live outside of the United States and Canada, please indicate that on the form.

Here is a video of one of our missionaries talking about her experience serving with VROC.

A woman points to something on a computer screen.

Interested in becoming a family history missionary? If you still have questions, fill out your contact information, and a family history missionary will contact you to provide additional information.