It has been the most wonderful and educational journey to discover, gather and connect with a member of my husband’s family. Researching my husband’s paternal line, I discovered his grandfather’s cousin’s temple work had not been completed nor had a spouse been added. So, I got to work. Because of the date being in the late 1800s… Read More Discovering, Gathering and Connecting with Helene
Recently, a relative of my husband passed away and I felt moved to view her page on FamilySearch’s Family Tree. This led to spending some time exploring my husband’s ancestral line. I was amazed at all the pictures and records that were attached to his ancestors. They told a story and prompted me to find… Read More Learning Their Story
A few years ago I wrote a history of my father. He died quite young, and my children and grandchildren did not get to know him. I wanted to help them learn about his life and experiences. As I began writing, I realized I did not know much about my father. As part of my… Read More DON’T FORGET THE AUNTS AND UNCLES
This blog article is to acquaint you with a great tool for Temple and Family History Consultants, the BYU Record Linking Lab. They are helping FamilySearch with several projects for which you can volunteer to help. Their website also includes several videos to help you in your individual Temple and Family History work as well as… Read More Three Things to Do During a Family History Visit
I joined the church when I was 15 years old. I had no idea why prior to joining the church I was drawn to genealogy. I would go to the Ohio Historical Society and spend hours in the microfiche looking for family members in newspaper articles and books. I was drawn to know who they were… Read More The Mystery in Genealogy
The FamilySearch Center Portal (previously known as the Family History Center Portal) is the way patrons of family history centers around the world can have free access to a variety of genealogical websites. These include websites such as ArkivDigital, Fold3 and NewspaperArchive, which are all excellent websites for researching your family history and normally require… Read More The FamilySearch Center Portal
In the book, “The Holy Temple,” by Boyd K. Packer, as first published in 1980, Elder Packer addresses the skepticism he encountered by others regarding the need to provide temple ordinances for the entire human family. To the claim, “That is impossible,” Elder Packer responded, “Perhaps, but we shall do all that we can do.”… Read More THE POWER OF REVELATION IN FAMILY HISTORY
Attention all parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles! Do you have someone getting ready to go BACK TO SCHOOL? Consider arming your students with stories from their own family history! A study done in the mid 1990s by Dr. Marshall Duke and Dr. Robyn Fivush found that “the more children knew about their family’s history, the stronger… Read More Back to School
Over the past 2 years, we as a family have set a goal to increase our temple attendance. One part of this was taking our son to do baptisms for the dead once a month. The goal was to research names and take family names each month. This has been an incredible experience for us.… Read More “Let’s Keep Searching”
My great grandparents left Sweden and crossed the plains and, shortly after arriving, went on to settle in the Bear Lake Valley. My husband’s great grandparents came from the Eastern United States, crossed the plains and also settled in the Bear Lake Valley. So it was there that my grandmother and my husband’s grandmother were born… Read More Connections at the Lake: Family Ties, Cousins and Memories