BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference Blog posts reporting on the BYU Conference Nobody Told Me at The Ancestry Insider – Paul Milner’s Keynote Address on Thursday Turning the Model Upside Down at The Ancestry Insider – Steve Rockwood’s keynote address on Wednesday That is Where the Love Is at The Ancestry Insider – Paul Cardall’s keynote address on Tuesday Calling All Family History Consultants to the BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy ! by Lynn Broderick of The...
Family History Is For Everyone At the Brigham Young University Family History and Genealogy Conference today, FamilySearch CEO Steve Rockwood spoke about the FamilySearch mission to make family history exciting for everyone. He said we need to “bring more emotion” to the work and get all ages involved by adding more technologies, photos, and memories. Rockwood wants the family history center to be the most fun, exciting place for people to visit. Family history work...
When is the last time you looked at your family tree chart and thought about the dash? The dash as in: Edward Raymond Kelsey 1886-1972 or Rachel Cox 1827-1870. The dash represents everything between birth and death. You might know a lot about your ancestor’s life or you might know a little. Your family tree chart doesn’t know or care how much you know, all it provides is the dash. It’s up to us as family...
Pioneer Day The Real Reason the Pioneers Came West by Maurine Proctor at Meridian Magazine Mormonism in Pictures: Pioneers’ Trek West at LDS Newsroom Pioneer Day Concert Features the King’s Singers and Mormon Tabernacle Choir by LDS Newsroom Pioneer Day Talks– Some Helpful Dos and Don’ts for a July Tradition by Andrea R-M at Juvenile Instructor Winter Quarters in Omaha #PioneerDay by Sam Brunson at By Common Consent A Tour of Discovery – Panguitch (Day 15) by Grant Davis at the Pioneer/Honeymoon...
Utah’s Pioneer Day is tomorrow! If you’re wondering how to find the Mormon pioneers in your family tree, you’ve come to the right place. I recently made a list of all fifty-one of my ancestors who were early settlers of Utah – otherwise known as Mormon pioneers. Here are the steps I took to find them all: If you are using FamilySearch.org: 1. Build your family tree in FamilySearch.org. If you are just starting your...
Are you sure you’ve found all of the clues in the census records for your family? After you look at the names, ages, and birthplaces, do you pay attention to the rest of the questions and answers? Census records are one of the most valuable tools for a researcher, not only for the information reported, but for the clues to other records. I recently revisited the 1910 census looking for clues on my great, great...
Have you been wracking your brain trying to figure out a way to teach your teens how to do family history? Maybe you need a fun way to involve your youth consultants in teaching others how to do family history? After I had completed the Mission Possible activity with all of my ward youth, I wanted to help them take the next step and learn how to do some research. I came up with a...
Indexing Event through small means by Allison Kimball at Simple Inspiration – a Relief Society that Allison visited in Ireland announced that they had met their goal of indexing 10,000 names in one month. Indexing—A Great Way to Participate in Temple Work by Lara at Overstuffed Save the World’s Records – Host an Indexing Party! by Camille Gillham at Chicken Scratch n’ Sniff Three Reasons to Participate in the Worldwide Indexing Event by Taralyn at Keep Moving Forward With Me...
Are you curious about the process to become an Accredited Genealogist (AG)? Maybe you’d like to get started but aren’t sure what to do next. Follow my journey and see if Accreditation is for you! In the six months since I set a goal to become an AG, I’ve been working consistently towards that goal. I shared my experience from the Level I Study Group several weeks ago. Level 1 focused on the application for...
In celebration of Utah’s Pioneer Day on July 24, I’ve been studying my Mormon pioneer ancestors and sharing their stories on Instagram tagged with #MyPioneerAncestor. It has been a fascinating study. For some, their travels were extremely difficult and required many sacrifices. For others, it was a joyous journey and they became so skilled that they traveled the route again and again to help other emigrants. I began by checking out the FamilySearch Pioneer campaign, FamilySearch.org/Pioneers. It scans your family tree against the...
