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Family History

Day 12: Attach a Record

November 6, 2014
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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!

November 3, 2014
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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!

November 2, 2014
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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

November 1, 2014
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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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Day 6: Find a Grave

October 31, 2014
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Since today is Halloween, I found this article about how it used to be a time to serve others and how some young men decided to do the same thing, it is called Olden-Days Halloween.  It talks about how in a certain town "people wore special costumes and went around town doing good deeds, such as taking food and…

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Day 5: Edit It!

October 30, 2014
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Today, go to FamilySearch and find an ancestor on your family tree that was born in the late 1800's.  Find any records about their life and attach it.  Next, verify that the information on family tree matches your records.  If you find any errors on your tree, edit it!  Not sure how to do that?  Here's a great resource….

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Day 4: Index 5 Records

October 29, 2014
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Today, take some time to index just 5 records.  If you haven't already installed the indexing program to your computer, go here to install it now.  What is indexing?  Well, it is the backbone of the Record Search and it helps us find almost all the information to find new ancestors and make sure that the ones already in…

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