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Family History Music with Janice Kapp Perry at BYU Education Week

Janice Kapp Perry and her son and daughter, Steven Kapp Perry, and Lynne Perry Christofferson, shared their temple and family history music at BYU Education Week on Wednesday. It was a spirit-filled hour with experiences about temple work and uplifting lyrics sung by the talented Dallyn Vail Bayles and Tammy Simister Robinson. Many of the songs performed can be found on the Perry family’s album entitled “As Temples fill the Earth.” One of my favorite parts […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer August 24, 2018 LDS Family History, Youth and Primary

Find Names for the Temple Part 4: Research

Now that you have a research question, you are ready to do a research project to discover the answer. This is an exciting part of the process, but there are also several steps to follow to help you prepare and be more successful. Here are each of the steps: -Create an Objective -Make a Timeline -Learn About the Location -Make a Research Plan and Log -Search for Records -Analyze the Records To view previous steps […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer August 23, 2018 LDS Family History

Education Week Resources

We are loving Education Week at Brigham Young University this week. We’ve been attending classes, enjoying lunches with friends, and most of all, we are enjoying sharing and teaching about family history. Thank you to everyone who has been attending our classes. It has been great to meet you and hear your comments. We look forward to the next two days! For those of you who are attending our week-long series of classes entitled “The […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer August 22, 2018 Research Tips

Map Magic Using Google Earth and the Atlas of Historical Boundaries

Do you have 15 minutes to spare for making a little map magic? Would you like to explore the location where your ancestor lived? With county boundaries changing throughout the 18th and 19th centuries you need to do a little investigating to figure out the lay of the land. Would you like to also see a topographical view of the area? With two free databases, you can now do all of this from your home […]

By Diana Elder August 22, 2018 Research Tips

RLP 6: Research Planning

Today’s podcast episode is all about why you need to start creating research plans for every project, and how to do it. There are fives steps: Create a document with objective at top, compile a summary of known facts, write a hypothesis, make a list of sources to search, then finalize a prioritized strategy. We will talk about the need to be flexible as we follow our research plans, since plans change once you find […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer August 20, 2018 Podcast

Teaching at BYU Education Week

Diana and I are teaching several classes at Brigham Young University’s Education Week in Provo, Utah this week. If you are attending, we would love to see you! Below are the pages in the schedule booklet that show our class information. If you haven’t registered yet but still want to attend, you can do at-the-door registration for $73 for Tues-Fri: BYU Education Week Registration Information (click the At-the-Door Prices tab). We will be posting to […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer August 20, 2018 LDS Family History

Find Names for the Temple Part 3: Analyze Descendancy Trees

This is week 3 in the Find Names for the Temple Series! You can find the other posts here: Part 1: Review the Accuracy of Your Tree Part 2: Analyze Your Pedigree Part 3: Analyze Descendancy Trees Part 4: Research Part 5: Record Your Findings Part 6: Reserve Temple Ordinances To view all the articles detailing each step, click here: Find Names for the Temple Articles. After making a list of ancestors for starting points […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer August 16, 2018 LDS Family History

RLP 5: Locality Research Part 2

Today Diana and I are going to wrap up our discussion of locality research. In last week’s episode we talked about the first two question to ask: “What happened?” and “Where did it happen?” Today, we are talking about the last question: “Why did it happen?” This episode is all about the historical context that affected our ancestors lives. What is your favorite way to learn about historical context? We suggest several ideas, including county […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer August 13, 2018 Podcast

Find Names for the Temple Part 2: Analyze Your Pedigree

Welcome back to our series about Finding Names for the Temple! In the last step, we talked about how to start finding names for the temple by building a strong foundation of accurate links from child to parent. View all the steps in the series here: Part 1: Review the Accuracy of Your Tree Part 2: Analyze Your Pedigree Part 3: Analyze Descendancy Trees Part 4: Research Part 5: Record Your Findings Part 6: […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer August 9, 2018 LDS Family History

Do We Know What Don’t We Know? Learning at the BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy

When is the last time you went outside of your genealogical comfort zone and learned something unrelated to your usual research area? One of my favorite sayings is, “you don’t know what you don’t know.” That statement especially holds true for genealogy. Attending the BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy last week, I decided to try out some classes in areas where I’m not a specialist and find out what I didn’t know. I […]

By Diana Elder August 9, 2018 Research Tips