We just had a great family reunion last Saturday. We shared some fun ways to get going with family history. I will post some details to help you plan your next family reunion soon. Here is a video highlighting some of our ancestors. What would they tell you if they were here to speak with you? Share your feelings…
Today is Black Friday. Thousands of people are running about looking for the best deals to give to their loved ones. What better gift would there be to give, then the gift of family history! I posted a gift idea I did for my mother on Day 11. You can create a similar gift as I did for a…
Today is Thanksgiving and what a better way to spend a few minutes after you have filled your belly with yummy food and filled your heart with great conversations with your loved ones than to find out more about your ancestors. Today, we are going to see what we can find out about how our ancestors celebrated the holidays…
Today's challenge is to find out how you connect to your ancestors. What are some things about the country your ancestors are from that you feel connected too? Once you find out more about where they came from, teach your children about how you feel connected to them. During our Youth Conference which was all about Family History, I…
Today, we are going to continue with Day 28: Organize It! Below is a simple Research Log that you can use while you find information about your ancestors. Feel free to leave a comment and let me know if you would like some more information included on this worksheet. Also, grab a fun family history binder cover for free…
Today is Election Day! Did you get out and vote yet? In many countries around the world, people are not allowed to vote or are bullied into voting a certain way. The freedom's that we cherish as citizens of the United States of America are to be held and preserved by it's people. As we work on our family…
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…
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,…
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…
Have fun on FamilySearch by finding a photo of an ancestor. The fastest way to do this is to go to "Memories" click on "People" then where it says "Added by Me" click the small arrow and then click "All." Have fun browsing the photos on your family tree and see if anyone looks like YOU! Print out this…
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The Sabbatical Year This year we will…
