Any updates for FamilySearch?

In the BYU Continuing Education announcement of the Conference on Family
History and Genealogy recently concluded, the senior product manager
for FamilySearch, Daniel C. Lawyer, was scheduled to present "The Future of FamilySearch (Something Big is Coming Soon)"
Although there were a lot of comments about a presentation by Curt B.
Witcher on the coming Dark Ages of Genealogy and a few news accounts of
the presentation by Elder Dennis B. Neuenschwander, I found no comments
at all about Lawyer's presentation. Searching further, his talk was
apparently about the update to the FamilySearch.org website.

A recent E-mail to the Beta testers for the new site indicates that they
plan on concluding the testing on about the 5th of August. In the past,
the conclusion of Beta testing has been the signal for an update to
existing programs. I can only speculate, but it appears that the change
over from the older FamilySearch.org website to the new format may
occurs shortly, perhaps later this week?

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