For the past couple of weeks the world’s attention has been turned to Tokyo, Japan where athletes from all over the world are competing. It is inspiring to watch these athletes and to learn about their experiences in preparing for and participating in the Olympics. It is also interesting to watch how they respond to… Read More FAMILY HISTORY PARALLELS WITH OLYMPICS
During the COVID-19 pandemic and the closures of many physical resources that had previously been available to us, we have learned to use technology in our homes to continue our family history research. Our leaders have urged us to do things differently, including, church services, ministering, temple and family history, and missionary work. Many of… Read More Family History Library – To Reopen Soon
I have often felt drawn to my mother-in-law’s family. Because I had hit a bit of a wall on the line I was working on I decided to look at the descendency view of the family tree and see if I could find a different line to explore. The one I settled on was a… Read More Gathering Israel
My distant cousin handed me a black leather diary and asked, “Would you like to transcribe this?” And, that was the beginning of my testimony of family history. In the months that followed I was privileged to transcribe the journal of my great grandmother’s sister Ann Fellows. Written when she was about twenty years old,… Read More Because of Ann
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
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”
Have you ever used The Family History Guide to help you in you Family History work? If not you are in for a real treat! The Family History Guide has many tools available to help you, as you learn how to use FamilySearch, or sites such as; My Heritage, Find My Past, and Ancestry.com. An… Read More What’s In Your Toolbox?