Children can help their families find names for the temple and learn how to navigate the FamilySearch Family Tree at the same time! Here is a worksheet for children to use as they search for icons in FamilySearch. I made this worksheet for a one-day family history camp for children at the Tucson Family History Center. My friend organized the event for the primary children in her stake. This was just one of the stations […]
In today’s podcast episode, Diana and I are talking about continuing education in genealogy. Benjamin Franklin said, “an investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” We discuss accreditation, the importance of keeping up with new methodologies and developments in the field such as DNA, and how to go about improving your genealogy education. Learning about records, localities, and methodologies are a good place to start. We also talk about setting goals, creating an education plan, […]
In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we believe that finding the names of our ancestors, providing proxy baptisms for them, and sealing families together in the temple is essential for God’s plan of happiness for his children. We love our ancestors and want to be connected to them in the afterlife. This doctrine motivates our genealogy research. Some Questions and Answers One of our readers has asked some wonderful questions on Facebook […]
“I’ve gone from being completely stumped as to how to find names for the temple, to not only being confident that it can be done, but more than a little amazed at how many research opportunities there are on my tree!” Today I’m excited to share a guest post by reader DoriAnn Haskins, who also blogs at Baby Steps. She has read our book, Find Names for the Temple: A Step-by-Step Method for Success, and shared […]
In our podcast episode today, Diana and I discuss productivity and how to make the best use of your research time. We discuss various ideas including the pomodoro technique, using Google Keep, a 30×30 challenge for daily research in small increments of time, and using a time journal to notice what you spend time on and eliminate time thieves. Links Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist’s Guide by Diana Elder with Nicole Dyer on Amazon.com […]
Are you feeling in a rut with your genealogy research? Not sure what to do next or feeling overwhelmed with the idea of getting started in family history? Perhaps you need the boost that a major conference like RootsTech can give. When I was just beginning my journey into family history, I had no idea how to organize the suitcase full of papers from my dad’s years of research. I had grown up with pedigree […]
In our podcast episode today, Diana and I discuss ideas for organizing genealogy papers, documents, electronic files, and more. We’ll talk about how to choose a personal family tree software program and how to create backups of your research so they don’t get lost or destroyed. Diana is going to talk about her story of receiving a suitcase full of unorganized genealogy papers from her father and how she dealt with that. We’ll talk about […]
Have you used church records in your genealogy yet? If not, you might be interested to know how helpful a church record can be in researching your family. Because birth and death certificates were not required by most states in the U.S. until after 1900, church records can be a substitute for vital records. They can also help establish an ancestor’s status in the community, reveal associates, and point to previous or subsequent residences. In […]
When you have completed the entire process of finding names for the temple, you will probably, at some point, want to find more names. The next time you do the process, it will be easier, because you have already made a list of ancestors to research! If you are working with a full tree and doing descendancy research, go back to your “List of Ancestors for Descendancy Research.” Select another one of the candidates for further […]
In our podcast episode today, Diana and I discuss a research project that Diana completed to determine if George W. Dillard was the father of our ancestor, Cynthia (Dillard) Royston. Here’s the objective of the project: The objective of this research project was to determine if George W. Dillard born 1781 in Virginia and died 1854 in Lee County, Alabama was the father of Cynthia (Dillard) Royston. Cynthia was born about 1815 in Georgia. She […]
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