I love the Disney Pixar movie “Coco”. From the first time I saw it I was touched by the concept of the Day of the Dead (Dia de Muertos), especially the remembrance altars (Ofendas). Every year since then I have celebrated the Day of the Dead by putting together my own alter with pictures of… Read More Remember Me
The journey we have taken with my husband’s Norwegian family has been such an interesting one. As time has gone on and more indexed records have become available through Family Search, we have been able to piece together lives of family members that we have never met and yet we feel such a kinship to… Read More Just Ask
It was in the 1950’s when my mother and I became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her family had always been religious and interested in their ancestry, keeping letters, pictures and stories close. The Spirit of Elijah had parked on their doorstep, including mine. He is a permanent fixture and… Read More FAMILY HISTORY REMEMBRANCES
When you open up the “Home Page” for The Family History Guide, and read the mission statement: “OUR MISSION: To greatly increase the number of people actively involved in family history worldwide, and to make everyone’s family history journey easier, more efficient, and more enjoyable.”, you will know you are in the right place! Many of you have… Read More Such a Treasure; The Family History Guide
Due to the pandemic during much of 2020, we have been isolated from circumstances where we feel that we belong. Not being able to associate as we have in the past at work, church, in the community and even with extended family, have made us keenly aware of the value of those relationships. When we… Read More BELONGING
In President Russell M. Nelson’s opening address at the Saturday Morning, October 3, 2020, Session of General Conference, titled “Moving Ahead”, he shared his gratitude for the “technology that allows us to be connected as one great worldwide gathering” for General Conference. He also said: “we have learned to do some things differently and some… Read More Steadily Moving Forward
I have pioneer ancestry and I knew a lot of their temple work was done. One day I wondered if all of my pioneer ancestry families had come to Utah. I looked at the family of Peter Sheffield because they were the immigrant family. There was a complete Family Group Sheet with parents and their… Read More “Grandma’s Theory of Family History”
If you haven’t been able to find family records, or haven’t recently searched on Family Search, now might be the time to take a second look. In an article published on the FamilySearch blog; Monthly Record Update for October 2020, you will learn of online archives added in October of 2020 with over 23 million… Read More Newly Indexed Records Available
A few years ago, when chatting with my cousin about fitting things into my life that I felt were important to me, she gave me some advice that has stuck with me ever since. She observed that when we have an appointment with the dentist or work or the doctor, etc. we consider those appointments… Read More Making and Keeping Appointments
A few months ago, I was going through a little bit of a funk and felt kind of blah. I thought I needed to do something to help me get my mind off what I was feeling. I remembered hearing a while ago that doing Temple and Family History work would help with what I… Read More The Gift of Indexing