Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box is a poignant, true story about a boy named Michael who went with his granddaddy to vote in the civil-rights era segregated south. It’s the kind of family story that gets told and retold because it is filled with joy, excitement, pain, and inspiration. This post contains affiliate links. If you click the link and make a purchase, we receive a small commission but it doesn’t change the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In the News How my family’s history kept me and a police officer safe by Daniel Simon at The Desert Sun Online ancestry searches spike following the EU referendum as people see if they qualify for an Irish passport by Alain Tolhurst at The Sun – “a deluge of new applications from eligible UK citizens concerned over freedom of movement after Brexit” Toronto woman learns her true roots and Jewish ancestry decades after birth in wartime Poland by Joe O’Connor...
For the last several years, I have been keeping my digital photos organized on my hard drive by year and month. Although it’s nice being able to find my photos when I need them, I would like even more to to have hard copies of them to show off. My goal is to put the photos in an album or book so my kids can easily look back on our family’s memories – which is what my mother...
In the News Scott Brown says Warren could ‘take a DNA test’ to prove she’s part Cherokee by David Weigel at the Washington Post Genetic Genealogy and Native American DNA by Blaine Bettinger at the Genetic Genealogist – Blaine gives an excellent analysis of the science behind the Elizabeth Warren Native American ancestry claim. WWII romance leads to family reunion decades later by Keleigh Gibbs at Lehigh Valley Regional News DPLA and FamilySearch Partner to Expand Access to Digitized...
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