Volume III, Issue 1
FAMILY HISTORY NEWSLETTER January 2010
of digital images of family
SHOULD I JUST STORE photographs and records.
MY FAMILY HISTORY Personal software enables
personal organization, where
ON NEW you can make choices of what,
how, and when to share with
FAMILYSEARCH? others. Personal software
enables sending and receiving
There are advantages and with others the GEDCOM files
disadvantages to storing genealogy containing the information you
online in the new FamilySearch personally choose.
instead of on your own computer. In a personal database, you can
enter theories of
information that need to be
Advantages include: proven or disproved before
putting them into the
Since the genealogical environment of the new
information is not stored on FamilySearch, where others
your own computer, a hard disk would think that the theory or
failure or other local disaster will unproven information is fact. In
not be a threat to your personal software, you may
information. enter personal notes, to-do
You will have access to your research lists, and
information from anywhere you confidential information.
have Internet access. From personal software, a
You will be able to collaborate person can create and print
more easily with others who are customized reports, including
researching the same family inserted research questions.
lines, because they will see the Sending these reports to others
same information on deceased invites collaboration.
people as you see it. In personal software, a person
If you die, your research will not can do advanced searches in
be lost. a database ranging from those
Disadvantages include: still needing ordinances to
Personal software offers the selecting names to be
best means to do source researched in a specific
documentation and storage geographical location. For
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example, you can find all people In the new FamilySearch, you may
in your database that are buried need to add living ancestors who are
in a certain cemetery or whose not shown in order to see your
records may be found in a ancestral tree when you click on See
specific government repository. Me and My Ancestors. If you have
Because their privacy is difficulty doing this, please contact
protected, records of living support@familysearch.org, or call our
people are hidden except to toll-free telephone number for your
the contributor of the part of the world.
information. Records We have some excellent personal
contributed by the Membership tools to organize your information,
Department are visible in part to and PAF is one option, along with the
the person, current spouse, other affiliate programs. The objective
parents, and direct is to prepare the records and bind
descendants. families together using the authority
Because records of living people of the restored priesthood.
are protected, you may have
difficulty editing or adding
information or relationships to a For copies of Genealogy News, go to
living person. You cannot edit
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~payork/Yor
or combine a record because it
k2Ward/
is Restricted or Read Only.
Thanks to Don and Jeanine Hartman of Utah
Implications: for posting the newsletter online for us. You
can contribute your family history of original
The new FamilySearch is well-suited York County ancestors at
to records for the deceased and not so
well-suited to records for the living. http://familyhart.info
Records for the living might be better
kept in genealogy software, such as
Personal Ancestral File, where you can Note: You can Click or Ctrl+Click on any of
edit information and add relationships the underlined sites and go directly to them from
without privacy restrictions. the newsletter. No need to type in browser.
If you add records for your living “Brethren, shall we not go on in so great a
grandchildren (for example) in the cause? Go forward and not backward.
new FamilySearch, you are the only Courage, brethren; and on, on to the victory!
person who can see them. If the Let your hearts rejoice, and be exceedingly
glad….Let the dead speak forth anthems of
grandchildren are members of the
eternal praise to the King Immanuel, who hath
Church, they will be able to see the
ordained, before the world was, that which
records created for them by the would enable us to redeem them out of their
Membership Department, but which prison; for the prisoners shall go free.”
are invisible to you. They will not see Doctrine and Covenants 128:22. President
the records you created for them. Joseph Smith.
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QUESTION: If that doesn‟t work, send a letter to
support@familysearch.org and include the
Hello, Everyone, patron‟s name, birth date, and helper access
number. Also, send along the name of the party
I have a patron who reserved her husband's
she wishes to unreserve along with the person‟s
grandmother's name to do her work before
PID. It is always good to include e-mail,
newFamilySearch was introduced. She cannot
telephone number, and address of the patron
find her print-out from TempleReady; and in
making the request. Someone at FamilySearch
new FamilySearch under ordinances for the
can help her to unreserve the individuals.
woman, it shows in progress with this patron's
Sis. Sonneborn, Worldwide Support Missionary
name as the one doing them. She needs to
unreserve the name as another family member CHICAGO RESOURCES FOR
wants to take the grandmother‟s name to the FAMILY HISTORY
temple. Grandmother‟s name does not appear on
the patron's temple list at newFamilySearch, so I posted a handy one page list of the key
Chicago Online Resources -
she cannot unreserve it in the standard way, and
Free/including Census, Births, Marriages,
she cannot reprint the FOR under the new Deaths, Newspapers etc.
system. Thanks for your help.
See: http://bit.ly/678YOB
Bookmark it.
Rosemary Flagstaff
You can reprint for personal use.
ANSWER: Tom Kemp
Go to Help Center on nFS and type in 104386. ANCESTRY ADDITIONS
Look at the last paragraph. The hint to claim
legacy should help your patron: “To see the Look at what Ancestry added this year and
status of ordinances that you submitted through hopes to add next year:
TempleReady, claim legacy of the individuals.
http://email.ancestry.com/cgi-
After being notified that you were given legacy, bin13/DM/y/mBDyt0VNdUq0HHn02Ml0Ha
the names of individuals that still have work to
be done will appear in your Temple Ordinances Dear Genealogy Friends,
list. You can then track the work being done.
The 2010 Conference at the Washington DC
See Claiming Information That You
Family History center is open for registration!
Contributed It will be held again FREE OF CHARGE on April
for more information.
instructions about claiming legacy.”
See you there!
Rebecca Koford
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UNRESERVING PEOPLE LINK TO FAMILY HISTORY
SCHEDULED FOR TEMPLE WORK FIRESIDES AND QUOTES
When someone is contacted that he/she has The other evening I watched a BYU TV re-broadcast
harvested a name that really should not be available, of Elder Kikuchi's address on family history from
the situation can be corrected quickly and easily February 2001. Elder Kikuchi had some wonderful
without having to arrange a meeting to hand over the quotes and great lists.
original card. It isn't even necessary to mail the
original card. If someone has printed out a card and I wanted to find the transcript for his address and (to
then is contacted by another person who really my delight) found a whole list of other talks on a web
should be doing the temple work due to rights of page for the Center for Family History and Genealogy
precedence, there are steps to follow -- graciously at BYU. There were no transcripts for 2008 and 2009.
and kindly.
Here is the link:
The original submitter needs to do the following: http://familyhistory.byu.edu/resources/firesides.html
1. Find the card amongst the family file cards in his Some of these talks may provide some new quotes for
possession. us to use in our lessons, newsletters, announcements,
etc. These talks might also be beneficial to share with
2. Sign into New FamilySearch -- click on the high priest group leaders as they are responsible for
temple ordinances tab and start loading the family training the family history consultants in their wards.
file cards.
Hope this information helps someone else.
3. Find the listing for the individual in question.
Double check the name on the reserve list against Mary Scott
the information on the card -- see that the Person Northville Ward
Identifier number is the same. (This is especially Westland Michigan Stake
important when dealing with individuals with Detroit Michigan Temple District
similar names as often happens with Dutch naming
patterns for instance.) WHAT’S NEW IN FH RESEARCH?
4. Click on the remove link on the far right for that
specific person. This will remove the individual To find out what‟s new in family history
from the reserve list. research, click on the blue link:
5. Find the individual in question on the pedigree
details view and see that the work is now available. http://www.academic-
genealogy.com/whatsnewingenealogyfamilyhist
6. Destroy the original family file card.
ory.htm
7. Contact the other person wanting to do the work
via telephone or email and tell him that the above Tom Tinney, Sr.
steps have been followed. The work for the
individual is now available for the person to do.
Who's Who in America, Millennium Edition
The other person wanting to do the work then finds [54th] through 2004
the individual in question on the pedigree details
view and processes the work because it is now Who's Who In Genealogy and Heraldry, Family
available. Genealogy & History Internet Education
Directory
Mary Scott
http://www.academic-genealogy.com/
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DOING TEMPLE WORK information. I don't know how actively this
person is pursuing family history, but the old
WITHOUT PERMISSION farm synergy story of two horses pulling far
heavier a load together than each one working
individually is definitely true and can be
The Church has made it very clear that you need
applied here. IF we can contact others more
to ask permission to do temple work for anyone distantly related to us through NFS who are
born within the last 95 years unless you are interested in the same family, we can
directly related in the line of precedence. This accomplish so much more together than we can
as individuals. Do encourage your people to put
letter is a discussion of the hurt and animosity a in contact information, and to work with distant
person can cause by not following this rule. family members so that more can be done, and
You must now certify that you have read the without injuring feelings of those who may be
closer related.
rules and you are following them when you do Karen
submit names for temple work. Obviously, this Editor‟s note: This is why The Church has
letter describes a situation in which the added the contact information and a checked
pledge that you are following procedure. There
submitter was in violation:
is some discussion that there is a need for
revising so that you cannot reserve an ordinance
I am also seeing the pain of the closer relative
without contact information or put a dispute on
who wanted to do the work himself being
a person. That way there is an opportunity for
denied the opportunity. Yes, feelings do get
collaboration. If you want to reserve someone,
hurt, and while it is easy for someone not so
you can do it one minute after midnight one
closely involved to say that "the important thing
year from the person‟s death. It is sad that one
is that the work gets done and get over it,” the
might have to do that to reserve a close relative.
fact remains that sometimes doing work for a
The bottom line is, we need to be careful about
close relative is very therapeutic to the heart of
doing temple work for anyone born before 1915,
one who may have been deeply hurt by that
and even then, we might be stepping on
individual whose work was grabbed by someone
someone‟s toes if we do his grandparents.
further removed by the situation. Sometimes it https://help.familysearch.org/publishing
is therapeutic in doing one last act of love for /847/106589_f.SAL_Member.html
someone the individual was very close to during
life. There are many factors involved here, and
hurt feelings can be avoided by simply
VALUABLE WEST VIRGINIA
following the rules. It is so much simpler to RESOURCES ONLINE
remind people to live by the rules.
Many states are placing the vital statistics of
Sometimes it means that some of us have some their deceased citizens online. Since my father
serious teaching to do. It's not just about us was born in West Virginia, I have been able to
following the commandments to redeem our find information on this site for ancestors who
deceased kindred. We also need to have lived in the Nineteenth Century. Some were
compassion on the living in this work as well. born in Virginia (pre 1863) before WV became
a separate state. Take a look at this site. SHS
I wish there was a way to send messages to
people who clear names. I had put in a family The Vital Research Records Project is placing
that I knew I had to wait for, and someone has Birth, Death, and Marriage certificates on-line.
cleared them. How I want to contact the person Users can search the records and view scanned
to see if we can collaborate on additional family images of the original records:
research, but the individual left no contact http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/
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WHY SHOULD I ADD When I see that someone else has carefully
documented their research, I know it is more
SOURCES TO NFS? trustworthy. When I list sources, I help others
working on the same lines.
Documenting is an important part of family
history research; yet so often we find that So why do some continue to resist adding
sources, particularly in nFS? Okay, it can be
records have been added to new FamilySearch tedious in nFS, particularly when you have to
and other family history records without any enter the same source over and over and over
sources. Sources provide you with the following again (since currently sources can't be saved
and reused, as they can be in PAF). No thrill of
benefits: discovery there. But it's all part of the work!
* They allow you to evaluate the reliability of
your information. For example, an original One thing that's made it easier for me: I have a
text document containing my most frequently
record created near the time when an event
used sources (for instance, cemetery
occurred is probably more reliable than a transcriptions in my area of research containing
biography written after the event. Knowing multiple names). When entering my sources in
nFS, I just cut and paste from my text file to the
the source can help you identify information
nFS source window. This makes it easier and
that you want to verify with other faster, and also helps keep things consistent.
types of records. Kathy
Memphis TN
* They provide a history of the sources you
have examined. You can then focus research
efforts on sources that have not yet been used. “ After you find the first few
generations, the road will
* They help you evaluate conflicting become more difficult….
You will be tempted to stop and
information. When you find conflicting leave the hard work of finding to others who are
information, such as two different birth dates for more expert or to another time in your life. But
the same individual, you can use your sources to you will also feel a tug on your heart to go on in
the work, hard as it will be.
determine which one is the most
likely to contain the correct information. “As you decide, remember that the names which
will be so difficult to find are of real people to
* They acknowledge work done by others. whom you owe your existence in this world and
whom you will meet again in the spirit
Another benefit of sources: As a ward
world….Their hearts are bound to you. Their
consultant and genealogy enthusiast, I'm hope is in your hands. You will have more than
working on multiple lines at once (probably like your own strength as you choose to labor to find
many of you are), both for myself and others. them.” (in Conference Report, Apr. 2005, 82;
or Ensign, May 2005, 79-80)
After a while, things tend to blend together and I
don't remember where I got what information, Quote and Photo – President Henry B. Eyring of
or why I drew a conclusions. Documenting the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints
sources helps me!
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OHIO, FLORIDA, Georgia
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Georgia
GEORGIA, UTAH MAPS Towns and Cities, 1884-1922 A digital
ONLINE collection of 4,445 Sanborn fire insurance maps
from the University of Georgia Libraries.
Sanborn maps are detailed street plans at a scale Utah
of 50 feet to one inch on large sheets of paper - Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Utah,
one sheet shows about four to six city blocks. from the collection of the University of Utah's J.
You can see building outlines, locations of Willard Marriott Library.
windows and doors, building use (including the
names of most public buildings), property Sources: Genealogy Insider, November 10,
boundaries, house and block number, street 2009 and Eastman's Online Genealogy
names, street and sidewalk widths, fire walls, Newsletter, November 23, 2009
composition of building materials and more. DAR Online Databases
Maps were published regularly from 1867 to
1970 to evaluate fire insurance liability in urban THE DAUGHTERS OF THE
areas. Between publications, the company AMERICAN REVOLUTION
would issue updated maps on single sheets to be (DAR)
glued into a volume of maps.
Each map volume has a title page showing the The Daughters of the American Revolution has
publication year and an index of the streets and created several online databases that are
addresses covered in that volume. Just look up available to the general public, known as the
the address or building name to find the sheet DAR Genealogical Research System. This is a
number for the large-scale map it appears on. combination of several databases created in
There's also an index map of the entire mapped recent years to organize the large quantity of
area, with the sheet numbers for each large-scale information that the DAR has collected since its
map in that volume. If you don't know the inception in 1890. Consider visiting the various
address, you can use this index map to guess the databases to add to your research:
sheet number you need. DAR Databases
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton
County's Virtual Library has full color Sanborn President Joseph Smith
Fire Insurance Maps online, available for
download. For the full article about Cincinnati
online maps which includes images and a link:
Sanborn Map Article
Additional online sources for Sanborn Fire
Maps include: “How are they to become saviors on Mount
Zion? By building their temples, erecting their
Florida baptismal fonts, and going forth and receiving
Sanborn Fire Insurance Company Maps of ordinances…upon their heads, in behalf of all
Florida A collection of more than 3,000 map their progenitors who are dead, and redeem
sheets digitized from the printed maps held in them that they may come forth in the first
the collections of the Smathers Libraries' Map & resurrection and be exalted to thrones of glory
Imagery Library, at the University of Florida. with them. (History of the Church, 6:184; see
also Obadiah 1:21).
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IRISH RESEARCH locations, detailed information about your
ancestor's farm. They often show lists of
SERIES TUTORIALS marriages by township in states that did not yet
require keeping of vital records; names of
Check out the new Irish Research Series of churches and industries within the township,
Tutorials on FamilySearch.org. Go to the showing a larger picture of the community; and
Library tab and click on education, the Research even details such as whether your ancestor
Series Online. There are now lessons for served in the military or had a log or frame
England, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, home!
Russia, US and Research Principles and Tools. For the full article and links to state census
records online: State Census Records
CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS' AND Source: AnceStories blog, December 13, 2009
SAILORS’ DATABASE TOP TEN FREE
This database contains basic facts about SURNAME DATABASES
servicemen who served on both sides during the
Civil War. The initial focus of the CWSS is the Search for your surname and make family tree
Names Index Project, a project to enter names connections in these top ten pedigree databases,
and other basic information from 6.3 million containing over 650 million surnames. The
soldier records in the National Archives. The linked family trees include names -- and often
facts about the soldiers were entered from dates, places, and submitter contact details --
records that are indexed to many millions of making it easy to collaborate with other
other documents about Union and Confederate researchers to exchange surnames and family
Civil War soldiers maintained by the National trees. Most are free or allow some type of free
Archives and Records Administration. Other access: Free Surname Databases
information includes: histories of regiments in
both the Union and Confederate Armies, links to
descriptions of 384 significant battles of the QUESTION:
war, and other historical information. To access,
click on: CWSS Generations Newsletter
How often are the Social Security Death Index
(SSDI) records updated (Is it monthly, semi-
OVERLOOKED RESOURCE annually, yearly?)
MAY HOLD THE KEY
ANSWER:
How are state censuses helpful in genealogy?
They were often held in the years between the It depends on which SSDI you are using. The
decennial federal censuses; many were SSDI at Genealogy Bank is updated weekly.
enumerated in years ending in "5," such as The SSDI at Ancestry is generally updated
1885, 1895, etc. They are also a great substitute monthly. The SSDI at FamilySearch.org is
for the missing 1890 Federal Censuses. If your updated "periodically as information is
ancestor lived in a territory prior to statehood, received.” It is current as of 1 Jan 2010. On the
chances are you'll find him or her enumerated SSDI, you can find death date and often the
several times, since territories often took birth date and the last place a check was
multiple censuses in order to prove they had received. Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the
enough residents to be admitted to the Union. Social Security Act in 1935, and the first
Finally, state censuses contain answers to benefits were paid in 1940. The early records
questions that aren't normally asked in federal are sketchy for genealogical purposes, but the
censuses: complete birth dates, specific birth latter ones are valuable records.
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LISA COOKE’S GENEALOGY HOW MANY DO YOU
GEMS PODCAST THINK?
Host Lisa Cooke shares research strategies and How many generations do you have to trace your
inspiration for anyone researching their family genealogy to potentially be related to everyone in
the world? The answer is 16. If you trace your
history. New podcasts are generally published
genealogy back 16 generations, you will have
on a weekly basis and are approximately 25 65,536 ancestors at that generation. If each couple
minutes long. There are 80+ archived podcasts has at least 2 children (statistically it has been
available. http://genealogygems.tv/ CLICK higher), they will have 4,294,967,296 descendants.
ON PODCASTS. But do not despair; if 1% does family history
research, you have 42,949,672 people assisting you
SEE IF YOU CAN FIND in your research.
YOUR HOMESTEAD How many times are you related to everyone in the
world? There are about 240 generations back to
Ever wanted to see the neighborhood where Adam and Eve. The number of ancestors at that
your ancestors lived? Try this website. When generation is 10 followed by 72 zeros (All named
you enter an address, you will see a picture of Adam and Eve). If you followed all of their
that place. There's a little map with a little descendants to our generation, they would have the
potential of 10 followed by 144 zeros (or more).
man on it - you can move the little man up and
The number of times that we are related to
down the block if you need to. I just looked at everyone in the world is 10 followed by 135 zeros.
some of our past residences without much We are indeed all brothers and sisters.
success, but if a home is on a main street, it
should be photographed.
PRESERVING YOUR FAMILY
http://www.vpike.com/ PHOTOS
Do you have boxes of old photos just lying in
ROOTSMAGIC boxes, beginning to crack or fade? Make a
resolution to scan those photos or hire someone
TRANSLATOR to do it to preserve the images before they get
any lighter or destroyed. Then once they are on
One much-requested feature that RM has your computer, you can create a family photo
already been working on is making calendar or a family photo book. Work on it
RootsMagic available in other languages. this year and then make enough copies for each
Since RootsMagic 4 is a Unicode application of your family members for Christmas gifts.
(computer jargon for supporting all Another idea is to sell them at your family
international character sets), it is able to be reunion as a fundraiser.
translated into any language, including
Russian, Japanese, and Chinese in addition to How to Scan & Restore Old Family
western-alphabet languages such as Spanish, Photos
German, and Portuguese. If you‟re interested How to Convert Videotapes to DVD
in seeing RootsMagic translated into your Protect & Preserve Your Family Photos
native tongue or would like to help with the & Movies - Find links at
actual translations, please contact us. http://genealogy.about.com/od/holidays/t
p/family-history-month.htm
http://blog.rootsmagic.com/
Source: "10 Ways to Celebrate Family History
Month", by Kimberly Powell, About.com
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UPCOMING FAMILY 2-3: "Involving Children in Family History:
Passing on the Legacy"- Mary Jean Sokolowsky
HISTORY CONFERENCES 2-4: "The Immigrant Experience - How They
Came to America" - Tom Sadauskas
Conference on Computerized Family 2-5: "Gathering Your Materials: Doing It
History and Genealogy at BYU, March 12-13, Right"- Patricia O'Brien Shawker
2010. For more information, go to SESSION 3: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
http://ce.byu.edu/cw/cwcompu/ 3-1: "Using Wills in Genealogical Research" -
National Genealogical Society Conference Sue Mortensen
at the Salt Palace, in Salt Lake City, April 28- 3-2: "Getting Started with Your Genealogical
May 1. For more information, go to Research" - Lorraine Minor
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/conference_info/ 3-3: "Native American Genealogy" - Margo
Williams
WDC FHC Annual 3-4: "Preparing a Lineage Application" - Julia
Coldren-Walker
Conference - April 17WDC 3-5: "Race, Ethnicity and Ancestry: DNA
Testing" - Dr. Thomas Shawker
The Washington DC Family History Center's SESSION 4: 2:15 - 3:15 p.m.
4-1: "Preparing Detailed Chronologies for
4th annual Family History Conference will be
Personal & Family Histories" - Sue Mortensen
held on Saturday, April 17, from 9:00 am - 3:15
4-2: "Your Frequent Flier Immigrant Ancestors"
pm, at 10000 Stoneybrook Drive, Kensington,
- Tom Sadauskas
MD 20895. As always, this conference is free of
4-3: "Research in the Caribbean" - Kenisha
charge.
Laver
4-4: "Research at the D.A.R. Library in Person
The conference begins at 9:00 a.m. with a
and From Home"- Julia Coldren-Walker
keynote speech, "The Digitization Strategy of
4-5: "How to Start a Family History Website
the National Archives" by James J. Hastings,
Using MyFamily.com" - Ken Mortensen
Director, Special Media Archives Services
Division.
For registration, detailed class descriptions and
presenters' biographical information, go
This year, we are offering 20 classes:
to: www.wdcfhc.org.
For a description of classes and registration
SESSION 1: 10:00-11:00 a.m.
information, visit the website at
1-1: Discovering Historic Newspapers" - Angela
http://www.wdcfhc.org , call 301-587-0042, or
McGhie
email conf2010@wdcfhc.org.
1-2: "Identifying & Preserving Family
Photographs" - Rebecca Koford Carol Petranek, Director
1-3: "African-American Research in Maryland"
- Michael Hait
1-4: "You Better Watch Out! Omissions, Errors
& Fraud" - Julia Coldren-Walker PENNSYLVANIA
1-5: "DNA Testing: The Very, Very Basics" - HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Dr. Thomas Shawker
SESSION 2: 11:15-12:15 p.m. Check out what is available at the Historical
2-1: "What's New at FamilySearch" - Angela Society of Pennsylvania.
McGhie
2-2: "City Directories, Taxes & Voter http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=122
Registrations" - Rebecca Koford
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TIPS FOR USING NEW 7. Try viewing your family information with
the dynamic Family Tree tool. To do this
FAMILYSEARCH from the home page of new.familysearch.
org, click on See Me and My Ancestors;
then click on the arrow next to Change View
The following tips are suggested by the Family
in the upper left corner. Choose Family
History Department for using New FamilySearch:
Tree. This view will allow you to see more
generations at a time. You can also easily
1. New FamilySearch provides excellent online
see the descendants of a person to determine
helps. Members should view the short video
if they need temple work.
tutorial and the Help section before getting
8. Take advantage of products from certified
started. For additional help, members can
FamilySearch affiliates. These programs are
contact FamilySearch Support by email
compatible with the New FamilySearch and
support@familysearch.org or by toll-free
provide additional capacity, tools and
phone. In the US and Canada call 1-866-
services like you might find in a robust
406-1830. For an online list of toll-free
desktop software program. These products
numbers worldwide, see the FamilySearch
include FamilyInsight, RootsMagic,
Support contact list at:
Ancestral Quest, All My Cousins,
contact.familysearch.org.
MobileTree and Charting Companion.
2. Keep in mind that the New Family-Search
reflects a community view. The program
includes everyone's contributions, and Source: "Tips for using New FamilySearch", pg. 3,
contributors see each other's contributions. Church News, Week ending Dec 26, 2009.
For members with extensive pioneer
ancestry, there could be many contributions
and entries for popular, shared ancestors to OPENING PAGE OF NFS
sort through; some of the tips below will
help deal with that issue.
3. If you are surprised to find a common
ancestor is missing in your family tree, Click here to
search the entire database to ensure that view a list of
ancestor does not already exist in another recent updates
tree before creating a new individual. This
to the new
helps to avoid duplication.
FamilySearch.
4. Don't worry about inaccurate or incorrect
data that shows up in the Details section. If
you are confident that it is the correct
person, then don't worry and don't dispute.
5. The Dispute feature should be used only in Click here to go Click here for
rare instances where the information is so to FamilySearch free, trial,
false it would damage the summary view of Web site. and other
the person, and you cannot contact the products for
contributor of the wrong information to new
correct it. Disputing any information locks FamilySearch.
the record, and nobody, not even the original
contributor, can work with it until the
dispute is removed.
6. Before you clear any name for temple work, CARRY ALL OF YOUR FAMILY
be sure to do an extended search to ensure HISTORY PROGRAMS ON A
the work has not already been done. PORTABLE APP
Combine all records you think are about that
person. Think of this task as filing all notes
on a particular person in his or her file http://portableapps.com/about/what_is
folder. _a_portable_app
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RECORD FAMILY STORIES SCOTLAND – THE INTERNET
GUIDE TO SCOTLAND
Honor your family members by preserving
family traditions. Within every family, there are This is an excellent site if you need help in
events, personalities, and traditions that are tracing your Scottish roots and history. This
unique to that family. Collecting these stories page gives genealogy links to start looking
and memories is one of the most meaningful online and in Scotland. http://www.scotland-
things you can do to preserve family traditions inverness.co.uk/gene-faq.htm
and revere older relatives. Recording family
stories on audiotape, videotape, or in legacy THREE NEW TELEVISION
journals will bridge the gaps between the PROGRAMS COMING SOON
generations and preserve these stories for
posterity. Faces of America Wednesday, 10 February
2010 on PBS
Fifty Questions for Family Interviews
Legacy Journals for Collecting & Hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr." this is a 4-
Preserving Family Memories part miniseries featuring twelve celebrities.
Find links at "Faces" debuts . Celebrities include Yo-Yo Ma,
http://genealogy.about.com/od/holidays/t Eva Longoria Parker, Meryl Streep, Stephen
p/family-history-month.htm Colbert, and Kristi Yamaguchi. To view a
trailer, click here: Faces of America
Source: "10 Ways to Celebrate Family History
Month", by Kimberly Powell, About.com The Generations Project
QUESTION: On January 14 2010, FamilySearch's Jay
It is my understanding that unless we have a Verkler invited members of the genealogical
date of death, we cannot do temple work for an community to attend a special luncheon where
individual until they would be 110 years old. It he announced a new series from BYU TV, "The
is now 2010, so it seems that temple work could Generations Project." This series features the
be done for people born in 1900, but when I try ancestry of ordinary people rather than
to do temple ordinances for people born that celebrities. Several episodes have already aired,
year without a death date, the computer says and more are scheduled (see list below).
they are still living. Any ideas? Episodes can be watched on BYU TV Monday
nights on BYU TV or online at BYU
ANSWER: Broadcasting. To view a trailer, click here:
It is not 110, but over 110. According to the Generations Project
NFS Help Center, "The system considers that an
individual may be living if both of the following Who Do You Think You Are?
situations apply: Friday, 5 March 2010 from 8 to 9 pm ET on
NBC
He or she was born 110 or fewer years
This is the American version of the popular
ago, married 95 or fewer years ago, or
BBC television series where celebrities trace
had a child born 95 or fewer years ago.
The record contains no death their family trees.
Information about the upcoming NBC show is
information.”
at: Who Do You Think You Are
So you will not be able to submit individuals
Source: Ancestry Insider, January 15, 2010
born in 1900 until next year.
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WHAT THE SONNEBORNS WHICH HEADSTONE TO GET
ARE UP TO THESE DAYS?
I don't want to get off the topic too far here, but
my mother and I had to pick out my dad's
Since starting our Mission on 2 Nov, 2009, we
headstone last summer. The man at
have been so busy that I haven‟t had time to
the headstone place told us that those very
shave. We had seven weeks of very intense
polished ones, that are popular now, are the
training. There were so many new software
worst for looking bad when water hits them. He
programs to become proficient in. The FamHist
recommended a somewhat rougher surface (still
Dept. is just full of people extremely interested
flat, but not polished so much) as well as grey
and committed to the Lord‟s work. Such a large
stone, rather than pink or dark grey. The stone
gathering of talent. The Lord‟s hand is evident
looks really good right now, I think, but of
everywhere one looks. The trainers are very
course it hasn't had any time for the sprinklers to
patient and humble. Personally, I have learned
hit it. So, just saying, that if you have to pick out
to be very FRIENDLY. That is hard for a
a headstone for someone, ask the folks
curmudgeon such as I. Just after Jan 1st, I
who know about it what will be best.
started to answer emails. Some of the queries
Thanks to Paula Goodfellow for this advice.
were easier than others. The experience of being
a staff member in the York FHC has served me
well. I am amazed at the amount of MORE CEMETERIES INDEXED
genealogical research stuff that I remember.
Helping patrons over the years has been a great North Codorus Church of the Brethren has been
help to me. Prayer is a great way to start a index and posted at:
research project. Try it yourself and see what
happens. http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/york/yccemeter
Sunday, the 24th of Jan, I received a call from ies.htm
my mentor. He lives in Richmond, UT. I started
answering phone calls the following day. I was HARRY E SENFT, 3048 SOLAR DR
taking calls from 10-1. It surprised me that I DOVER, PA 17315
was able to handle six calls that day. After a 717) 792-9253
review of my day, it occurred to me that I did
indeed learn the software programs quite well. Subject: FamilyHart Database Update
Attending meetings for additional exposure to
other necessary areas for research takes up 5-6 Today, we updated the online family
hours or more each week database with about 5,000 new names since our
We have learned about wiki, forums. last update in November. Our online database
Progenealogists, civil registration in England, total is now over 618,000 linked
records search pilot, Amdocs, Skype, clarify, individuals. You can see what we have added
Incontact, and so much more. at:
It is really rewarding to be able to help others
search out their ancestors, whether they are a http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-
member of the Church or a member of the bin/igm.cgi?db=familyhart
public.
Needless to say, we are having an enjoyable http://familyhart.info
time helping others. I hope the Deacons are
ready to help us around the house. Don & Jeanine Hartman
FamilyHart
http://familyhart.info
Jack twitter-@familyhart
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UNIFIED LDS ACCOUNTS BUY A SMARTPEN TO SAVE
COMING or “One Username, One YOUR GENEALOGY NOTES
Password for All Accounts” http://www.livescribe.com/smartpen/videos.htm
In the near future, the Church intends to let us A Pulse SMARTPEN will record everything
establish one username and password for all of that you say, write, hear, or draw. It has an
infrared camera to track everything you write or
its sites, called a Common Identity System. draw. The built-in microphone records clear,
That would include Wiki, Forums, new crisp sounds. A built-in computer remembers
FamilySearch, the local church website for your everything you draw or write. You can use a
built-in speaker or head phones to play back.
Stake, familysearch.org and maybe others.
Just tap to record and tap to stop. You can
download the latest applications. Check it out.
Right now, wiki.familysearch.org and the Imagine what this can do for family history
church websites are the only ones that are research. SHS
coordinated. You can set up your LDS Account
at wiki.familysearch.org. Here is a letter from Genealogist: Obama,
Ilene Johnson, list owner of a consultant chat, Mass. Sen.-elect Brown
with more of an explanation: related
By GLEN JOHNSON
“The Church has a new system designed to use AP Political Writer
just one username and password to log onto
Church software systems. You are already using It was bad enough that President Barack
this single username and password if you Obama lost his filibuster-proof margin in the
currently use your stake or ward website. U.S. Senate to a Republican. Now it turns out
he also lost it to a relative. Click here to view
FamilySearch is using this single username and this content. Thanks to Mark Gagermeier.
password for the Research Wiki. New
FamilySearch and FamilySearch Indexing will VEST INVENTED FOR IPAD
begin using the single username and password
in the near future.
Watch for a new clothing item – an
It will be a good idea to obtain a single user- IPocket in a vest to house your IPAD
name and password.” coming out in March 2010.
Ileen Johnson http://www.apple.com/ipad/
FHCNET List Owner
FAMILY TREE MAGAZINE’S BEST
Watch for future instructions. Won‟t it be nice
to be able to have one password to access all the FAMILY HISTORY SITES
Church‟s sites? If you are like me, you lose
your passwords and spend 15 minutes waiting to Check out the best family history sites published
have the site mail it back to you, and then you by Family Tree Magazine.
have to change it. There are also security
questions…what a headache! Having one http://www.familytreemagazine.com/article/101
Username and one Password will make life best2009?r=adcFTMText
easier. SHS
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INDEXING UPDATE FamilySearch patrons. Find out more about
volunteering at FamilySearchIndexing.org.
5 January 2010 Thank you!
Both articles by
As the 1920 U.S. Census project wraps up Paul Nauta
and the final states are published,
FamilySearch has now opened up indexing FOR MAC USERS
for the 1910 U.S. Census! Patrons can
freely search the indexes for the 1850, We don‟t use Macs, but once in a while people
1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1920 on the chat post some information, so we will
censuses at the FamilySearch Record pass it along and hope some of you might find it
Search pilot. Additional international useful.
indexing projects were added in December MacGenealogy.org -
2009 for Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, http://www.macgenealogy.org/
France, Germany, and the U.K. MacGenealogy.Org's goal: - to keep Mac users
informed of the latest news and information
Note: The last of the states for the 1920 concerning genealogy on the Macintosh
U.S. Census will be posted to the Record platform. We hope to increase awareness of
Search pilot online as they go through the genealogy software for the Macintosh platform,
final stages of publishing preparations. as well as assist Mac users with their genealogy
questions. We hope to encourage development
of current and additional genealogy software
that runs on the Macintosh platform.
RECORD SEARCH UPDATE
13 January 2010 Macintosh Genealogy Software -
http://genealogy.about.com/od/software_mac/
25 million new free records added for Find family tree software programs written for
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Dominican the Macintosh operating system, with
Republic, England, Germany, descriptions, reviews, free trial versions,
Guatemala, South Africa, Switzerland, comparisons, and tips from Mac users.
and the U.S. Peter Groetjes
There were 22 collections added or If your ward member purchases Parallels
enhanced in the latest update. Many happy software, she won't have to give up PAF. I
followed Dick Eastman's suggestion 3 years ago
researchers will search eagerly through the
when I bought my Mac and purchased the
25 million new records in this update! The
Parallels software so that I could run Mac and
records can be found at FamilySearch’s
Windows based software simultaneously on one
Record Search pilot (FamilySearch.org, computer - my Mac. Parallels has worked
click Search Records, and then click flawlessly whenever I use my windows software
Record Search pilot). Be sure to share (i.e. PAF, Family Insight etc). For most of my
the good news with family and friends. computer needs, I much prefer Mac software. I
also use Skype a lot to communicate with fellow
None of this would be possible without the genealogists in Europe and find that the
great contributions of many online Mac version of Skype has much better sound
FamilySearch volunteers. These individuals and visual quality. The only time I use Windows
donate the time and talent needed to make is for PAF and to access New Family Search
these collections freely available to through Family Insights. Jeri
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To go directly to the Research Series
Classes Online page, simply click on the link
below, or copy and paste it into your
browser.
January 8, 2010
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/libr
Training ary/education/frameset_education.as
Ireland Beginning Research p?PAGE=education_research_series_
Series Available online.asp%3FActiveTab=2
For Family History Consultants:
As part of the Church’s ongoing initiative to
make training available to family history Sincerely,
consultants throughout the world, we are FamilySearch, support@familysearch.org
pleased to announce that the Ireland U.S. and Canada: 1-866-406-
Beginning Research Series has been added 1830
to the Research Series Classes Online page
of the FamilySearch.org Web site.
Hispanic Family History
The Ireland Beginning Research Series Resources
introduces key principles and processes for in English and Spanish
conducting research on Irish ancestors. It
includes helpful tips on how to find and use
records and sources for Irish research. The FamilySearch is pleased to announce that it
series includes the following 5 classes: has added two links to the Hispanic
Family History Resources page, which is
Church Records available in both English and Spanish, on its
FamilySearch home page at
Civil Registration www.familysearch.org. These two links are
titled:
Immigration Part 1: Strategies
Immigration Part 2: Famine/Post Hispanic Family History
Resources
Famine Sources
Recursos de Historia Familiar
Immigration Part 3: Ulster/Scots (Español)
Irish Sources
The information actually resides on the
We invite you to visit FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Research Wiki and may be
view these classes, and then give us your directly accessed at the following research
feedback by using the feedback links. We Wiki links:
also encourage you to use these classes
with the members of your wards or English: Hispanic Family History
branches and those you assist in family Resources
history centers as appropriate for their
research needs. Spanish: Recursos de Historia
Familiar (Español)
FamilySearch
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MORMON CHURCH ASSISTS GOOGLE DOCS TO PROVIDE
IN HAITI STORAGE
Church Sending Team of Doctors to Assist in
Haiti Upload and store your files in the cloud with
Google Docs (Click here)
14 January 2010 Two planes, each loaded with 80,000
pounds of supplies donated by the Church, are expected Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:56 AM
to leave for Haiti on Saturday and Sunday. Additionally,
hygiene kits and other supplies sent from the Dominican
Republic by truck arrived in Haiti on Thursday.
We're happy to announce that over the next few
FULL STORY weeks we will be rolling out the ability to
upload, store and organize any type of file in
Church Aid Continues to Arrive in Haiti Google Docs. With this change, you'll be able to
upload and access your files from any computer
18 January 2010 Seven Latter-day Saint chapels in Haiti -- all you need is an Internet connection.
are being used as shelters for over 4,000 people from the
community. All of the Church’s chapels in Haiti are left
largely undamaged by the quake, and many are being Instead of emailing files to yourself, which is
used in the relief effort. FULL STORY particularly difficult with large files, you can
upload to Google Docs any file up to 250 MB.
Church Sends Additional Aid to Haiti You'll have 1 GB of free storage for files you
Earthquake Victims don't convert into one of the Google Docs
formats (i.e. Google documents, spreadsheets,
13 January 2010 In the wake of the devastating
earthquake in Haiti, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
and presentations), and if you need more space,
day Saints is mobilizing resources to address the most you can buy additional storage for $0.25 per GB
pressing needs of the people in the Caribbean nation. per year. This makes it easy to backup more of
FULL STORY
your key files online, from large graphics and
Church Response to Haiti Earthquake
raw photos to unedited home videos taken on
your Smartphone. You might even be able to
13 January 2010 The Church released the following replace the USB drive you reserved for those
statement this morning regarding the earthquake in Haiti: files that are too big to send over email.
We express our sympathy and prayers on behalf of the
citizens of Haiti following the recent devastating
earthquake. SEE AN UPDATED NEWS RELEASE ON Combined with shared folders, you can store,
HAITI HERE.FULL STORY organize, and collaborate on files more easily
using Google Docs. For example, if you are in a
Church Assists Hurricane Victims in Haiti, club or PTA working on large graphic files for
Prepares to Render Aid in Texas posters or a newsletter, you can upload them to
a shared folder for collaborators to view,
12 September 2008 Two planes carrying over 47,000 download, and print.
pounds of supplies took to the air from Salt Lake City on
Wednesday bound for the Caribbean nation of Haiti.
Containing hand soap, rolls of plastic sheeting, hammers, You can also search for document files you've
nails and hygiene kits, the pallets of supplies are meant to uploaded or that have been shared with you just
provide relief as Haitians work to recover from the effects
of Hurricane Ike — the fourth major storm to lash into Haiti like you do with your Google documents,
in the last month.FULL STORY spreadsheets, presentations, and PDFs. And
you'll be able to view many common document
Relief boxes bound for Haiti at the bishop's
file types with the Google Docs viewer.
Posted by: Vijay Bangaru, Product Manager,
central storehouse in Tucker, Georgia. Google Docs
http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/search?&query
=Haiti&bucket=AllNewsroomContent&maxResults=10
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UNIQUE LIMERICK "A Government Genealogy
QUAKER RECORDS Service lets Family History
AVAILABLE ON-LINE Leap off the Page"
“Fascinating historical records of the Quakers in The USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Limerick will be available from today (Tuesday) Services) Genealogy Program is a fee-for-
for public viewing on Limerick City Council‟s service program providing family historians and
website, www.limerickcity.ie The Limerick other researchers with timely access to historical
Quaker Archive has been transferred to the immigration and naturalization records. Click
Limerick, Ireland, City “Archives. These the links at right and below to learn about our
th
records are from the early 18 century. services and records.
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem
.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnext
The Quaker Library in Dublin and the Society
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of Friends conceived the idea to microfilm the
0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=d21f3711ca5ca110V
records.
gnVCM1000004718190aRCRD
Read article at www.uscis.gov/genealogy
http://www.limerickcity.ie/Press/UNIQ
UELIMERICKQUAKERRECORDSN Another portal:
OWAVAILABLEON-LINE/ "A little-known program of the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services provides
information that bridges oceans."
Footnote.com Named Best http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-
Genealogy Organization of genealogy17-2010jan17,0,5618865.story
2009
January 14th, 2010 | Written by Tyler The records include naturalization files, visa
applications and citizenship tests, and may
“Footnote.com was named the Best Genealogy reveal secrets and mysteries of our ancestors.
Organization of 2009 by Tamura Jones. His site For $20, the government will run a search of the
reviewed many of the industries products and name as long as the person is deceased. If there
sites and Footnote.com was listed as the best
are records available, the government charges
organization.
The article states that “Footnote simply did additional fees for the files.
what it should be doing; continue to enlarge
and improve its collections. It introduced the VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR
interactive census of 1930, and later NATIONAL ARCHIVES
announced it will make the entire US census
available this way. The National Archives in Washington, DC, is
“Footnote also worked with the National
recruiting and training volunteers to help with a
Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to
make the Holocaust Collection available.” behind-the-scenes Civil War Widow's Pension
You can continue reading the review on Project. The project involves preparing
Tamura’s site.” historically valuable records of the federal
Footnote, which is a paid site, is available free government for digitization. Shifts are available
at LDS Family History Centers. It is an Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays between
outstanding site for military records and
immigration records.
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. For information, write
to nara@volunteer.gov or call 202-357-5272.
http://blog.footnote.com/
Generations Newsletter, Washington, DC
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SYLVIA’S GENEALOGY Mrs. Miller and her husband and also a second
son all died before my sister did. And so in
CORNER 1995 my sister sent the Miller Family Group
Sheet into Salt Lake City to perform temple
Many evenings my sister Eleanor would wander ordinances for the deceased of this family. She
over to her neighbor Mrs. Miller‟s porch for a marked under relationship, “Friend.” Sadly, she
cool glass of lemonade. Chances are, she would received a notice from SLC that she could not
find her son Billy loafing around with the Miller do the work because she did not have written
children, or shooting the breeze with Mrs. permission.
Miller. This older lady was not the type of
person running in high class social circles. She My sister Eleanor has passed away herself, and
was just a “Plain Jane,” a hard-working woman this letter from SLC became lost in the plastic
who had brought five children into the world. tub repositories of bills and genealogy and other
Her husband worked in the coal mines. She was bits of paper that my sister added to the tub to
just a decent lady who took off her apron at handle another day. I inherited all of that. So I
night and sat on the front porch swing in a clean started the task that lasted a summer to separate
cotton frock and welcomed conversation with and classify. I sent some tubs back to Eleanor‟s
passersby. sons with bills and receipts. I kept the
My sister loved to chat, so she would go over to genealogy; about 5 years ago, the Miller family
the neighbor‟s porch and sit with Mrs. Miller history envelope found its way into my
and speculate about the color of the sky and collection, and if I really ever knew what it was,
what the weather might bring. But before long, I totally forgot that I had it.
their conversations turned to more serious things
– a sick child, a recipe exchange, a few A few weeks ago, I began to think about Mrs.
comments about politics, a lamentation about Miller – a dear, sweet lady I had occasion to talk
another neighbor‟s problems or a death in their with only when I visited Western Pennsylvania
small town, and other local gossip. As time a few times each year, and only when it was
passed, Eleanor began to ask Mrs. Miller her warm enough to sit on the porch. I thought how
thoughts about more serious topics, like life sad it is that Eleanor and her son Billy are both
after death. And Mrs. Miller searched her soul gone, and I did not even know the first name of
for ideas because she had never thought about this little lady they loved so much.
the topic too much.
Just a few days ago, I decided to organize my
Gradually, Eleanor told her about life after death greeting card supplies, and I had a wooden
as she viewed it, and of spiritual plan for a secretary that would be perfect to store some of
husband and wife to be together forever. And my ink pads. But first I had to peruse about 15
Mrs. Miller liked the idea that families could be letters that I had managed to squirrel into the
together forever. Little by little, Eleanor holes. All were letters to me except one – a
revealed the beliefs of the Mormon Church. letter from SLC refusing to allow my sister to
She even told Mrs. Miller that her recently perform temple ordinances for her friend Mrs.
deceased son could be sealed to her forever. Miller attached to the family group sheet that
Finally, she told her neighbor about proxy Mrs. Miller had helped Eleanor fill out.
baptism and other temple ordinances. Then one
day she asked Mrs. Miller if Mrs. Miller died I was amazed that I did not even know that I had
before Eleanor, could she do her temple work. this important document. Somehow I don‟t
And Mrs. Miller agreed and said she would like believe it is just a coincidence that I thought
to have her deceased son as part of their family. about this woman and then found this valuable
She helped Eleanor fill out a family group sheet information. With the “Add a Family that Is
with all of the family‟s information. Not Connected to My Family Tree,” I was able
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to input all of this information for the deceased FAMILY HISTORY ACTIVITIES
members of the family into new FamilySearch
for posterity. I do not have written permission
We had ward adults and teens come to help
to do their temple work, but with new
clean up a historic cemetery and read the
FamilySearch, I have been able to record
markers so that they could be preserved for
information that one day will give the Miller
history (acid rain, vandals and such are
Family the opportunity to be an eternal family.
destroying a lot of the markers so that if it isn't
Our prophets tell us that if we are diligent in
recorded now, it may be completely lost--and
seeking our dead ancestors (and friends), they
thinking that the information is in the sexton's
will reach through the veil assist us to find
office isn't always true.)
information.
Things that we've found on grave stones that
SACRIFICES TO ATTEND aren't normally found in the cemetery office:
THE TEMPLE complete names (often in the original spelling--
Would you travel six hours to attend the temple? not the Americanized one), nicknames they
Here is a humbling report of people in Africa went by as well as their complete given name,
who do. complete birth dates as well as the death dates,
http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58452/ birth places, especially in the old country death
Latter-day-Saints-from-Ethiopia-attend-the- place (some are moved to a different community
temple-for-the-first-time.html to be buried with family), spouses' names,
children's names, marriage dates, art work that
HOW TO SET UP A may indicate religious preference, military
service, community organizations they were
MULTIMEDIA PAF FILE members of (look up the symbolism of the art
work, such as various flowers, hands clasped,
If you are using PAF, you probably know how pointing towards heaven, open gates, etc. - very
nice it is to put photographs of your ancestors interesting, and lots of places to look at on the
into your family history records. Yet you know Internet)
that when you share your records, the photos are
in a separate file and not accessible to the Also, teach people how to do time lines and not
receiver. only record important in their personal lives but
Type 107227 into the nFS Help Center Search important historical events that may have
Box: "How to set up PAF (Personal Ancestral occurred during their lives: Challenger
File) database files and multimedia files on your explosion, Kennedy assassination, Korean or
computer" will explain the solution to your Vietnam wars, 9-11, Hurricane Katrina, tearing
problem. By placing all media in a PAF sub- down of the Berlin wall, etc.
folder, it is not hard-coded to a specific location
on your computer. This is known as a relative It helps to put people's lives in historical
path location." The link is context and then history also becomes more
meaningful because "Grandma and Grandpa
https://help.familysearch.org/publishing/567/10 saw that happen..." (to say nothing of the fact
7227_f.SAL_Public.html . that more than likely even the kids will some-
Contributed by Terry Mason, Clermont, FL day be "Grandma or Grandpa".) This could just
be a ward activity, or it could be organized by a
young man as an Eagle Scout project. After it is
A UNITED STATES MAP GAME indexed, then the records can be contributed to
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posterity. Karen
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ANCESTRY’IMMIGRATION LISTS back. He said to me, „You and I are connected
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be baptized and confirmed, and save such and
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Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948,
deal, but be industrious all the day long; for
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to lose, for it is a pretty laborious work.”
(Journal of Discourses, 6:295 – President
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957,
Brigham Young)
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This newsletter is compiled by Jack and
Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945, Sylvia Sonneborn, family history consultants
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in family history. It is not an official
Read more. publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of
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That’s all, Folks!
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