David, It didn't look exactly as you described but I did see the wording needed to get to the sign up page. I signed in with a username and password created several years ago and that took me to the trees but it was the same endless loop I got to earlier. Escaped out of that and don't know what else to try. I sent email to Family Search earlier today but haven't received a response yet. Gale Gorman Houston On Jul 14, 2012, at 1:12 PM, W David Samuelsen wrote: Kirsten, Sign in, go to blog, search "Family Tree Beta" This will pull up "First-Time Account Activation...." The link is there. That is why every body need to go to the FS blog for answers. Requirements are listed. Mere providing link to join will not work because you have to sign in to FamilySearch first. I want you to read through before going ahead. David S.