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Laura’s Album: A Remembrance Scrapbook of Laura Ingalls Wilder – Kids’ Book Club July

If your kids have read the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, they will love Laura's Album, compiled by William Anderson. This "remembrance scrapbook" includes photos of her family, records, letters, and other memorabilia that Laura kept. Laura Ingalls Wilder was an incredible family historian. She preserved countless records and special items from her past. (This post contains affiliate links. If you click the link and purchase the item, we receive a small commission but it doesn't change the price of the item.) In the prologue to Laura's Album, William Anderson shares that his belief that "seeing these bits and pieces from [Laura's] life...

By Nicole Dyer June 30, 2016 Creating and Sharing Family History No Comments

Family History Consultant Training at BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy

Today I am sharing about the Brigham Young University Conference on Family History & Genealogy and some of the exciting things the conference has to offer. My mom wrote about the ICAP Gen track of classes here. Another track of classes to be excited about is the free consultant training that's being offered on Friday, July 29! Friday Family History Consultant Track: Devin Ashby - Taking Names to the Temple as a Family, Ward or Stake Lisa K. Ratzlaff - How to Assist (Virtually) Every Patron Kathy Behling, AG - Yes They Will: Getting Youth Involved in Family History Lila Sowards - Working...

By Nicole Dyer June 28, 2016 LDS Family History No Comments

Commemorate Your Family Reunion – With a Photo Book

Are you planning an epic family reunion this summer? Do you have photos in boxes or on your phone from a past reunion? In just a few hours, you can create a beautiful book worthy of any coffee table. Two years ago, my mother broached the subject of a family reunion being planned at Martin's Cove in Wyoming. The reunion would be for the descendants of Charles Cannon Creer, her grandfather. His mother, Sarah Jane and grandmother, Ann, had been in the first Mormon handcart company to come through Martin's Cove in 1856. My mother really wanted to go, but...

By Diana Elder June 27, 2016 Creating and Sharing Family History 4 Comments

Favorite Reads of the Week: 25 June 2016

In the News Joe Biden has links to Louth and Mayo, says US genealogist by Barry Roche at the Irish Times PBS to air Providence-based 'Genealogy Roadshow' by Andy Smith at Providence Journal - "The reason why it's important to me is that most of my generation doesn't care at all about their history," said the 26-year-old Monti. "If we don't find out our history now, then future generations won't know anything about their heritage." Meet the Woman Helping People Discover Secrets About Their Ancestry by Kandia Johnson at Black Enterprise - Part 2 in an interview with Kenyatta D. Berry. She tells how...

By Nicole Dyer June 25, 2016 Favorite Reads of the Month No Comments

Family History Serendipity: Revisiting the House That William H. Kelsey Built

Family history and serendipity go together. Talk to any genealogist or family historian and you'll hear stories of amazing finds - cousins who email with just the information needed, family bibles that turn up in unusual places, the headstone you find in the cemetery when you've almost given up searching. I've had my fair share of serendipitous moments, but today I'll share just one: revisiting the house that William H. Kelsey built. As a young girl I visited the house my great grandfather, William Henry Kelsey built. Located next to the railroad tracks in Springville, Utah, I remember feeling awestruck...

By Diana Elder June 23, 2016 Creating and Sharing Family History 2 Comments

Descendancy Research On the Go with the FamilySearch Tree Mobile App

Have you ever spent an hour at the doctor's office waiting for your turn, wishing you had something more interesting to do than scanning Facebook? Try the FamilySearch Tree Mobile App! I just discovered the "Descendants with Tasks" feature and it's pretty smooth. You can go to an ancestor, view their profile, and click the menu button to see the "Descendants With Tasks" option. There you'll see a list of all that ancestor's descendants who have "tasks" - either record hints to attach (blue icons) or temple work to reserve (green temple icons). When you click on the blue record hint icon,...

By Nicole Dyer June 21, 2016 FamilySearch Apps, FamilySearch FamilyTree, LDS Family History 2 Comments

Favorite Reads of the Week: 18 June 2016 – Father’s Day, genealogy podcasts, family history miracle

Father's Day Father's Day for the Fatherless by Jacqueline White at Ruby Girl - "I purposefully keep the complexities that created his chaotic life alive in my mind and memory so they can be instructive to me." Father’s Day Gifts: Past and…Presents! at the Ancestry Blog - "Check out this slideshow to see how these favorite Father’s Day gifts have shifted to suit the modern dad." LDS What the apostles’ children have said about their dads at Utah Valley 360 - Memories of LDS apostles shared by their children FHE - Fathers by Shauan Gibby at LDS Living - "Ask your family members to list...

By Nicole Dyer June 18, 2016 Favorite Reads of the Month No Comments

Create Your Own Research Guide

Do you research in the same state over and over? Do you ever find great information on the web that you'd like to save but don't know what to do with it? Do you have stacks of papers you've printed out for future reference, but you can't find them now? If you answered yes to any of those questions, maybe it's time you created your own research guide. A research guide is a collection of information that you can draw on as you research. It can include maps, history, and geography of your locality. It might be a list of...

By Diana Elder June 16, 2016 Accreditation, Organizing, Records, Research Tips 4 Comments

Helping Others Get Started in Family History

by Nancy Kirkpatrick I've been thinking about a few things that I believe have helped people get started in family history. I have done these things at different times through the many years I have served as a consultant (or friend) to try and help people feel inspired to do family history work. First is bearing testimony. When I last served as a consultant a couple of years ago for our ward family history class, the member of the bishopric who was over our Sunday School family history class, advised that we should spend time in the first lesson...

By Nicole Dyer June 14, 2016 LDS Family History No Comments

Family History is for Everyone Spotlight: Retired English Teacher and Storyteller

by Ana Maria Cannon Stories That Bind Us One of my fondest childhood memories is sitting outside at night on the front porch, listening to my father tell jungle stories. Dad worked as a geologist, drilling for oil and water in countries around the world. As a young geologist right out of college, he landed his first job in the Amazon jungle. It was there that his daily experiences evolved into some of the most thrilling jungle stories. He told of the dangers of jungle life, such as wrestling a giant boa constrictor. He even owned a 20-foot...

By Nicole Dyer June 13, 2016 Creating and Sharing Family History, Family History is for Everyone Spotlights No Comments

Laura’s Album: A Remembrance Scrapbook of Laura Ingalls Wilder – Kids’ Book Club July

Family History Consultant Training at BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy

Commemorate Your Family Reunion – With a Photo Book

Favorite Reads of the Week: 25 June 2016

Family History Serendipity: Revisiting the House That William H. Kelsey Built

Descendancy Research On the Go with the FamilySearch Tree Mobile App

Favorite Reads of the Week: 18 June 2016 – Father’s Day, genealogy podcasts, family history miracle

Create Your Own Research Guide

Helping Others Get Started in Family History

Family History is for Everyone Spotlight: Retired English Teacher and Storyteller

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