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BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy 2016

I’m excited to announce that Nicole and I have been invited as official bloggers to Brigham Young University’s Conference on Family History & Genealogy held July 26th -29th. Whether you’re looking for a way to boost your family history knowledge, get inspired to tackle your next project, or just need to kick start your efforts, you’ll find what you need at this conference. Held on the beautiful BYU campus in Provo, Utah, this conference combines […]

By Diana Elder May 23, 2016 Accreditation, Research Tips

Favorite Reads of the Week: 21 May 2016 – Why Biden and a judge are interested in family history, family relative race road trip, Memorial Day

Here are my picks for genealogy and family history news and interesting articles this week. I’m trying to make my list shorter but there are so many good articles out there! News Ancestry Acquires Adpay, Inc. at Utah Business – Adpay, the owner of Memoriams.com (an obituary input network), was acquired by Ancestry to go along with Ancestry’s Newspapers.com in strengthening newspapers’ presence in their communities. MyHeritage is Adding Free DNA Matching at the MyHeritage Blog – People […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer May 21, 2016 Creating and Sharing Family History, Favorite Reads of the Month

Look at Your Family in a Whole New Way: With a Mind Map

Are you a visual learner? When you’re sorting out your family history research do you often resort to drawing little diagrams on paper to help you make sense of what have and don’t have? When faced with a difficult research problem, I have often done the drawing thing, only to have to erase, redraw, and waste a lot of time in the process. I recently decided to try mind mapping a research project just to […]

By Diana Elder May 19, 2016 Organizing, Records, Research Tips

Family History is For Everyone Spotlight: Dafney Murray

Today I’m interviewing my friend, Dafney Murray. She shares interesting insights into how her love for history has helped in her research, the benefits of sharing stories with her teenagers, and tips for researching enslaved ancestors. Tell us about yourself. Hi Nicole! I would describe myself as LDS for 25 years, an American of African descent, wife of 20 years, full time homemaker, mother of 2 teens and crazy about Family History! How did you get […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer May 16, 2016 Family History is for Everyone Spotlights

Favorite Reads of the Week: 14 May 2016

I read many helpful and inspirational articles this week. Thank you to all those who contribute such great reads to the blogosphere! Here are just a few of the articles I thought you might enjoy. To see more lists of geneabloggers’ favorite posts, check out Randy Seaver’s “pick posts” section here. Research Tips Jumpstarting Your Genealogy Brain by Ancestry Anne at Finding Forgotten Stories. “I focus on researching Civil War and the records, but what about […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer May 14, 2016 Favorite Reads of the Month

How to Improve the FamilySearch Family Tree by Applying the Genealogical Proof Standard

Have you ever wondered why you are asked to type a reason statement every time you change information or add a source to the FamilySearch (FS) Family Tree? Are you a genealogist frustrated with the collaborative aspect of FS Family Tree because others can change your information? If so, read on. I teach a beginner’s class during Sunday School in my LDS ward with people from all parts of the genealogy world: teens and adults […]

By Diana Elder May 12, 2016 FamilySearch FamilyTree, Research Tips

Family History Consultants: Inspiring Others in Family History

When I was 12, a generous family history consultant in my LDS ward in Seattle helped me copy the pictures of my ancestors to add to a little booklet I was making for a young women’s project. Her name is Nancy Kirkpatrick. Her passion and support was one of the keys to our family getting started in genealogy! Last week I got in touch with Nancy again, in a serendipitous way. I had started writing this post and asked […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer May 10, 2016 LDS Family History

The Family History Wall

Have you been trying to involve your teenagers and children in your family history efforts to no avail? Try devoting a wall in your home to family history and see if you can spark some interest. In 2000, our family had outgrown our small starter home and we moved into a house with twice the square footage. With all that space came a lot of empty walls. I hadn’t started actively researching my ancestors yet, but […]

By Diana Elder May 9, 2016 Creating and Sharing Family History

Favorite Reads of the Week: 7 May 2016 – Ancestor book for kids, new genetic genealogy workbook, FamilySearch tips

I wish I had more time to read all the wonderful blog posts and articles that are posted each week about genealogy and family history! Here are some of the posts I did get to read. I love the Eyre’s idea to make an ancestor book, and am excited about the new Genetic Genealogy Workbook by Blaine Bettinger and Debbie Wayne. There were lots of great tips for using FamilySearch.org, and in the Family History […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer May 7, 2016 Favorite Reads of the Month

BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy 2016

Favorite Reads of the Week: 21 May 2016 – Why Biden and a judge are interested in family history, family relative race road trip, Memorial Day

Look at Your Family in a Whole New Way: With a Mind Map

Family History is For Everyone Spotlight: Dafney Murray

Favorite Reads of the Week: 14 May 2016

How to Improve the FamilySearch Family Tree by Applying the Genealogical Proof Standard

Family History Consultants: Inspiring Others in Family History

The Family History Wall

Favorite Reads of the Week: 7 May 2016 – Ancestor book for kids, new genetic genealogy workbook, FamilySearch tips

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