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Favorite Reads of the Week: 24 July 2016 – Pioneer Day, second cousins, catalogs

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 […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer July 24, 2016 Favorite Reads of the Month

How to Find Out if You Have Mormon Pioneer Ancestors

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 […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer July 23, 2016 LDS Family History

Clueing In To Census Records

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 […]

By Diana Elder July 21, 2016 Records, Research Tips

Teaching Youth to Research with “Adopt-A-Family” Checklists

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 […]

By Diana Elder July 19, 2016 LDS Family History, Youth and Primary

Favorite Reads of the Week: 17 July 2016 – Indexing event, genealogical numbering, 1796 family bible

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 […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer July 17, 2016 Favorite Reads of the Month

Becoming an Accredited Genealogist: Levels 2 & 3 Study Group – Session 1, Test Preparation

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 […]

By Diana Elder July 14, 2016 Accreditation, Research Tips

Family History is for Everyone Spotlight: Autumn Zobrist

Tell us about yourself. My name is Autumn Zobrist and I’m a stay-at-home mom of two teenagers. My husband’s work and our own interests take us on various travels. I keep busy juggling everyone’s schedules and trying to be available to help my children and my extended family. How did you get started in family history? Do you remember an initial “spark” or incident that inspired you? Did you have any experiences as a […]

By Diana Elder July 11, 2016 Family History is for Everyone Spotlights

Favorite Reads of the Week: 9 July 2016 – Serendipity, Mormon Pioneer Polygamy Stories, Founding Fathers’ DNA

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 […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer July 9, 2016 Creating and Sharing Family History

Original or Derivative Sources: What’s the Big Deal?

Have you ever found a marriage listing of an ancestor in an online index or in a book of marriage abstracts and been so excited you didn’t question it? Just added the information to your database, researched the couple and their children and went merrily on your way? I did this a few years ago, but unfortunately I connected the wrong marriage record to my ancestor. Essentially I married her to the wrong man. How […]