Many of you may or may not know that classes held previously at the Granite Family History Center have been recorded. These are available for you to watch anytime from the comfort of your home or anywhere you have access to our website. GFHC classes won’t begin until September 10th so you may want to… Read More Online Classes Available
Don’t Eat Grandpa Pete is a fun family history game for families to play. It’s just like Don’t Eat Pete, but with a genealogy twist. MAKING LIFE Blissful (https://makinglifeblissful.com/2016/03/dont-eat-grandpa-pete-family-history.html) introduced this game which we played at the Granite Family History Center “Lord’s Youth Battalion Youth Camp”. We all thought everyone would enjoy knowing about this activity. How to… Read More Don’t Eat Grandpa Pete – A Fun Family History Game
This week the Granite Family History Center sponsored an action packed activity for youth 11-18 years old entitled “The Lord’s Youth Battalion Boot Camp.” The idea for the three day camp was in response to President and Sister Nelson’s Worldwide Youth Devotional last summer where he invited every young woman and every young man in… Read More Boot Camp Helps Youth Prepare to Gather Israel!
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
Often as I consult with people, the question arises of how to keep track of all the ancestors we are researching. I have found printing and using the descendancy chart of each ancestor helps me keep track of where I am on my search for lateral line cousins, especially those needing ordinance work done. Listed… Read More Ten Tips in Using Descendancy Charts to Help Organize Your Research
My heart was full as I watched five of my grandchildren each receive a towel and then a hug from their great-grandma as they exited the temple baptismal font after being baptized by their father or uncle. My dad, their great-grandpa, was also present serving as a witness. Having four generations in the temple to… Read More A Towel and a Hug
Over the years I have discovered some resources and methods I use to help augment FamilySearch and Ancestry for English Research. This is a method I use in researching my English ancestors: Select an ancestor that was born at a time when his birth, marriage and or death would have been recorded in the Civil… Read More English Research
Whether you have deep-rooted pioneer ancestry or your connection to the original Mormon pioneers is emotional or academic, the Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel database is the right place to begin your research. This database is the most comprehensive record of individuals and companies who traveled to the Salt Lake Valley from both the east and… Read More Pioneer Research
Other genealogical resources for researching military personnel are available. Here are three: FamilySearch.org, ancestry.com and Fold3.com. FamilySearch.org – In addition to millions of military records, FamilySearch’s Wiki includes a comprehensive list of most available databases organized by wars, soldiers and state. Ancestry.com – Ancestry.com’s U.S. Military Collection on Ancestry contains more than 100 million names… Read More Resources for Military Research
When researching volunteers who served in the military for a particular war, start with the compiled military service records. Begin by searching the appropriate name indexes on the National Archives microfilm at https://eservices.archives.gov/orderonline and ordering if found. If the compiled military service records have not been reproduced on microfilm, researchers may request to see the… Read More Military Research