Their camera crews around the world prioritize the most genealogically useful records and those that are at-risk for loss.
All four sites have global reach, but each has identifiable geographic strengths. FamilySearch is truly the most global in scope: they curate records for every location for which they can access records. Their camera crews around the world prioritize the most genealogically useful records and those that are at-risk for loss. The site also hosts a vast trove of digitized records that were microfilmed from the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, with which the site is affiliated. These curation efforts make FamilySearch’s online historical record collections unparalleled in size and geographic diversity.