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How to do Family History in 30 minutes per month

(Of course, you are welcome to do Family History more than 30 minutes per month!)

Each of these link to instructions on how to do a Family History activity that takes approximately 30 minutes or less.

1. Get a free account on familysearch.org

2. Add a person to the familysearch tree

3. Add a memory to a person in the FamilySearch tree

4. Use a hint in FamilySearch to add information to the tree

5. Submit a name for a temple ordinance and reserve it

6. Print a name to take to the temple from a computer or from a smart phone

7. Get a free accounts on other family history sites (including American Ancestors, Ancestry, FindMyPast, GenealogyBank, Geneanet, MyHeritage)

8. Copy 4 generations of your FamilySearch.com tree to Ancestry.com (If you want more than 4 generations, see below)

9. Copy many generations of your FamilySearch.com tree to Ancestry.com (2 steps, 30 minutes each):

   1.    Create a GEDCOM data transfer file from FamilySearch.com

a.       Make sure you have 300 megabytes of storage on your hard drive.

b.      Download free RootsMagic program and use it to create a GEDCOM file (note that importing data from FamilySearch to RootsMagic can take some time, but you don't have to sit and watch it as it imports; it is suggested to use 8 generations up and 8 generations down)

9. 2. Create an Ancestry.com tree from the GEDCOM file

10.  Use a hint in Ancestry.com to add information to your Ancestry.com tree

11. Copy information for an individual between FamilySearch.com and Ancestry.com

Note: The easiest way to find new people for whom to do temple work is to copy multiple generations from your FamilySearch tree to a new Ancestry tree.  Go to a person in the Ancestry tree born between 1830 and 1890.  Look at hints on that person in the Ancestry tree to find a spouse and children.  Look for hints on the spouse.  Look for hints on each child to find their spouse and children, and so forth.  When there are no more hints on a person in the Ancestry tree, copy information from the individual on Ancestry to FamilySearch.  In FamilySearch, reserve ordinances for that person and their family.  To reserve ordinances, a person must have been born 110 years ago or more.

More Resources

Each of these link to locations with more info.