Granite Family History Center, a Great Place to Visit
Granite Family History Center located at 2720 East Newcastled Drive Sandy, Utah… Read More Granite Family History Center, a Great Place to Visit
Granite Family History Center located at 2720 East Newcastled Drive Sandy, Utah… Read More Granite Family History Center, a Great Place to Visit
If you have indexed records, you know that indexing is an important step that must occur before valuable records can be published online. To index a project, you will log on to your account at FamilySearch and click “indexing”. When you do this, a drop down menu will appear, where you will click “web indexing”.… Read More Preparing Records for FamilySearch; Indexing and Reviewing
Did you know that family history centers run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints offer free access to several premium genealogical websites? Through the Family History Center Portal, these websites, which normally require a paid subscription, offer a library edition to patrons at no cost. The portal can be accessed on the… Read More The Family History Center Portal; Free Access to Premium Genealogical Websites
I Love temples! As a child my parents were not active in the church, but made sure my sister and I attended. Growing up, I had no reference of temples or temple work. I don’t remember having any lessons in Primary or Sunday School about the temple. Just that we should go there when we… Read More Temples and Genealogy
During a RootsTech Family Discovery Day address Elder Bradley D. Foster said, “If the gospel is worth anything, it is worth everything.” In the book of Moses found in the Pearl of Great, we read: “For behold, this is my work and my glory, to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.”… Read More Of Great Worth
The Fall Semester of online classes for the Granite Family History Center is almost here! These free classes will be taught by outstanding family history instructors via Zoom, Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. Mountain Time. We hope you will join us, and feel free to spread the word! 14-Sep Bob Taylor Introduction to The Family… Read More Fall Class Schedule for Granite Family History Center
Did you know that the Granite Family History Center used to be the seminary building for Albion Middle School? When K-12 education was reconfigured in Canyons School District, middle schools were changed to house students from grades 6-8, and ninth graders were moved to local high schools. Because of these changes, seminary buildings for the… Read More Granite Family History Center, Such a Blessing
(Part 4 of 4) Part Four: Memories “There isn’t a person you wouldn’t love if you could read their story.” -Marjorie P. Hinckley “The best loved stories are not from books or films but those from our own families.” -Jayne MacGarvey In preparing to teach the subject of “Sharing Family History” at the Granite Family… Read More Sharing Family History
(Part 3 of 4) Family History Fun In Part Three of this series, we will explore family history activities that individuals, families, friends and church groups can organize and participate in. Once you start investigating a few of the options in this blog, you will discover that there are many other great activities to share… Read More Sharing Family History – Part 3
Part Two of four: Getting Involved Let’s begin by stating the obvious: you have to get involved with family history to share it. An example of this was a gentleman who visited our Family History Center and had been asked to encourage people in his church assignment to be involved with family history. Not having… Read More Sharing Family History – Part 2