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Ten Steps to Success: Visiting the Family History Library

Save The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah is the largest of its kind in the world. Chances are, if you love searching for your family, you’ll want to pay a visit to this amazing library. For information on location, parking, classes, hours, and tips, here is your one stop web page: Family History Library Save The missing piece of your family’s puzzle is probably somewhere in one of the books or microfilm available in this fabulous library. If only you knew where and how to find it! Novices in the genealogy world may hope that just by...

By Diana Elder September 23, 2015 Research Tips 8 Comments

Lehi’s Genealogy Discovery

Save I read 1 Nephi 5 this week and was struck by the story of Lehi searching the brass plates and what he found in them. Hugh Nibley, in his lectures on the Book of Mormon, said that Lehi didn’t have the genealogy of his fathers because the records on the brass plates were rare and secret. The law was read publicly once a year by the scribes and pharisees, and that was all the access the people had to what we now call the Old Testament. So, when Lehi and his family fled from Jerusalem, the Lord commanded Lehi to...

By Nicole Dyer September 18, 2015 LDS Family History No Comments

MISSION POSSIBLE Youth Activity

Save Do you need a fun activity to help the youth in your ward get interested in family history? How about a Family Home Evening or Sunday activity for the whole family? Try MISSION POSSIBLE and see that it is possible to do family history! I created the MISSION POSSIBLE youth activity in response to Elder Anderson’s Find, Take, Teach Challenge. Save Purpose We wanted to give the youth in our ward an opportunity to teach their families about family history. After discussing this in our family history committee, we decided to train the youth with FamilySearch.org and some of the great apps...

By Diana Elder September 13, 2015 Activities, Families and Children, FamilySearch Apps, LDS Family History, Youth and Primary 16 Comments

Make a Photo Pendant

Save For Christmas last year, I hosted a craft night for my friends. We made these easy, quick photo pendants! I first saw these at a family reunion, where some of the adult granddaughters had created them for the girl cousins. I thought they were so pretty and so symbolic of keeping memories of family close to our heart. These photo pendants make unique, affordable gifts. For the girls in my husband’s family, I made six of the same pendant with a photo of their grandmother. I made one for each of my grandmas with pictures of their mothers. Save Later, my ward asked...

By Nicole Dyer September 11, 2015 Activities, Crafts and Projects, Creating and Sharing Family History, Families and Children, Family Reunions, LDS Family History 1 Comment

Ward Family History Fair

Save Our ward family history committee, consisting of youth and adult consultants, planned this ward activity for all ages. Held on a Thursday evening it took the place of the combined activity for the young men and young women that week. Each organization had an assignment and each youth group ran one of the activities. Save One of our consultants did a fabulous job transforming the cultural hall into an old time country fair. Using the color theme of red, white, blue, and yellow, she displayed homemade quilts and added balloons and banners for a festive look. Table centerpieces consisted...

By Diana Elder September 11, 2015 Activities, LDS Family History, Youth and Primary 5 Comments

How to Transfer a Family Tree to FamilySearch

Have you created your whole family tree in Ancestry.com or another system and now you want to try using FamilySearch.org? How do you move your tree over to FamilySearch.org? There are two ways – one without a GEDCOM file and one with. First, you should know that FamilySearch Family Tree is a collaborative tree. We all share ancestors, so when you add an ancestor, chances are that someone else has already added that person. That’s why FamilySearch doesn’t allow you to upload a GEDCOM without first comparing each individual to the people already in the tree. There are many duplicates that still...

By Nicole Dyer September 9, 2015 FamilySearch FamilyTree, Research Tips 3 Comments

DIY Picture Pedigree Chart

Save Let’s make a simple picture pedigree chart! It’s perfect for printing at home, displaying on the wall, sharing with your kids, or impressing your cousins at the next family reunion. Read about how I printed this 36″ x 24″ chart for my family reunion here. Ready to get started? Here are the steps: 1. Create a folder on your computer with copies of the pictures you want to use. Crop your pictures to be tall rectangles, like the portraits in the picture pedigree. 2. Download one of these PowerPoint files: 24 by 36 Picture Pedigree Template – pptx file or...

By Nicole Dyer September 1, 2015 Crafts and Projects, Creating and Sharing Family History, Family Reunions, FamilySearch Memories 5 Comments

Creating a New Source on FamilySearch Family Tree

One of the best features on Family Tree is the capability to create a source for your ancestor. Although FamilySearch has billions of records in their database, you are still going to find records on other websites, in books, and in your paper files that you will want to add to the record of your ancestor. How do you create a source for the death certificate you just received in the mail? What about the military pension record you found on a state archive website? Luckily for us, FamilySearch has a simple process and with a few tricks you can...

By Diana Elder August 30, 2015 FamilySearch FamilyTree, Research Tips 4 Comments

Charts for Family Reunions

Picture Pedigree At our family reunion this summer, we had a “family tree gathering” on Monday night. Each family selected a story about one of our ancestors and created a skit about it. We all wore costumes, brought props, and performed the skits. In between each skit, I pointed out on the picture pedigree who the story was about. It was a memorable night! Save My picture pedigree chart made using PowerPoint This picture pedigree was inspired by the 5 generation family photo chart on TreeSeek.com. It’s FamilySearch.org certified, so I just logged in with my username and password and TreeSeek downloaded my...

By Nicole Dyer August 27, 2015 Crafts and Projects, Creating and Sharing Family History, Family Reunions, FamilySearch Memories, Sharing Stories 1 Comment

Family Stories and Mission Statements

Save This is my new goal: Make a family mission statement, then attach several anecdotes from our family’s past that exemplify the values and principles outlined in our mission (honesty, hard work, etc). This is a work in progress but I will update the blog as we go along. Why do I want to do this? Well, I learned a couple years ago that sharing family stories with our children can be more than just an interesting pastime, when I read the article “The Stories that Bind Us.” Bruce Feiler detailed some of the findings of psychologists Marshall Duke and Robyn Fivush of Emory University about...

By Nicole Dyer August 25, 2015 Families and Children, FamilySearch Memories, LDS Family History, Sharing Stories No Comments

Ten Steps to Success: Visiting the Family History Library

Lehi’s Genealogy Discovery

MISSION POSSIBLE Youth Activity

Make a Photo Pendant

Ward Family History Fair

How to Transfer a Family Tree to FamilySearch

DIY Picture Pedigree Chart

Creating a New Source on FamilySearch Family Tree

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