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Day 16: Journal It!

Keeping a journal is an important way to never be forgotten.  It is hard to realize now that anything I have to say would be important to my kids or future children and grandchildren, but I know that it is true.  While visiting Hawaii a few years back, I went to the church that my father and his family attended….

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Day 14: Meet My Grandmother

My family is getting ready for a family reunion after Thanksgiving and we will be celebrating my grandparent's life and the legacy that they left behind.  In honor of this event, I thought it would be fun for today's daily task to be about joining the "Meet My Grandma" campaign that FamilySearch started in September of this year.  Here's…

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Day 12: Attach a Record

It is really important to find as many records as you can about each ancestor. Make sure you try different search options when looking for documents. For example, if you were looking for Paul Hansen and you include his wife's name in the search fields it would only show you Paul's life records as a married adult. You would…

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Day 9: Record it!

Today, we are going to look at the great resources that FamilySearch has for your mobile devices.  There are two free apps that you can download from the App Store called Family Tree and Memories.  In order to download the apps to your iphone or ipad, go to the App Store.  In the search bar type in "FamilySearch."  These…

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Day 8: Be Inspired!

Today is the Sabbath and what a better way to spend Sunday then in finding your ancestors.  Today, we had Stake Conference which was a broadcast from Salt Lake City.  If you are not a member of the LDS church, a stake conference happens twice a year where we hear from the leaders of the church to help strengthen…

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Day 7: Find Your Cousins

When I first started getting into family history, I found most of my success finding cousins.  I had a grandmother from my mom's side and a grandfather from my dad's side that had done a lot of family history work on my direct grandparents.  When I moved to Pennsylvania and discovered that Pottstown, the very town we moved too,…

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