One of my very favorite tools in English Research is the General Register Office (GRO) (See link). I use it all the time. Let’s be honest, it is not the easiest website to use and is kind of slow and tedious, but the rewards are very valuable and make it worth using. The GRO will help… Read More How Can the General Register Office Help You?
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
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
I have always made a point of talking about what I do at Church and the callings I have at work. A couple of years ago, my secretary asked me some questions about how she could find out more about her family to share with her grandson. We talked several times at work and I… Read More At All Times and In All Places
We don’t often realize the impact that doing temple and family history has on our own lives and the lives of those we serve. This is an experience that Janet Helland shared. Janet Helland is a Granite Family History Center consultant, and consultant trainer. The experience she shares gives us some insight into the work… Read More Miracles Happen Here
My mother died in a car accident when I was two years old. She was the youngest of eight children born to my grandmother. By 1955, my grandmother had buried her husband, three babies, and two adult children, one of them being my mother. As a little girl, I would go to the nearby cemetery with… Read More Don’t Forget the Babies!!!
If you haven’t already seen the new feature in your smart phone FamilySearch app, you might want to take a look. The new Ordinances Ready feature can help you identify ancestors who need work done, especially if you are having trouble finding people. Ordinances Ready searches FamilySearch Family Tree, as well as temple reservation and… Read More What’s New at FamilySearch – Ordinances Ready
My mother died in a car accident when I was two years old. She was the youngest of eight children born to my grandmother. By 1955, my grandmother had buried her husband, three babies, and two adult children, one of them being my mother. As a little girl, I would go to the nearby cemetery with… Read More Don’t Forget the Babies!!!