Family History Resources

While we are limited in our ability to do some things during this COVID pandemic, we still have much that can be done. There is still a great need for assistance in foreign language indexing. Please continue to send names of those who may be interested in helping with this work.

Along with the indexing, there are also groups that they can join. With groups you can adopt projects to work on, set goals, and work with others who want to index similar records. There are just a few steps to find/join a group. When the person signs in to FamilySearch to index, they will go to the indexing tab and select “web indexing.” Near the bottom of the page it will say “ Groups” with a tab to the right that says “find groups.” This will bring up a window allowing them to search, view and join groups. Attached is an example showing the “find Groups” tab and the window it opens. A few groups that you might encourage others to join are Italian Indexing, Spanish completion team, North American French Projects, Share Batch Indexing, etc.

Another option for indexers is to join a completion team. Completion teams focus on specific projects and languages as needed. A copy of an example letter sent to a completion team is also attached to show some of the reasons specific teams are needed to complete various projects.

Anyone interested in joining a completion team just follow these easy steps:

1. Send an email to Elder Cheney at Cheneyhw@churchofjesuschrist.org

2. In the Subject put “Completion Team” and the language

3. In the Body of the email:

I would like to join the completion team for (French, English, etc.)

My contact information is:

Name:

Phone Number:

Email:

Finally, there are also virtual classes that BYU offers on indexing via Zoom. The indexing classes are held the first Thursday evening of each month at 7:00 p.m. The next class will be on October 1st which will focus on Spanish indexing. Just go to https://fh.lib.byu.edu/indexing-classes/ and click on “Link to join via Zoom” at the bottom-center of the page to attend.

Thank you for your continued support in this endeavor.

Sister Linda Poulter

Language Support Missionary

Cell: (801) 540-5585

Dear ward members,

As the Temple and Family History leadership in the ward, we hope that all of you and your family members are doing well. It is a stressful time going on right now in the world. Since we are not able to attend the temple at this time, we’d like to suggest some inspiration and fun activities for anyone to participate in with the links below. These activities work well for individuals, or for family or group activities, it would make a good FHE lesson. I have had many wonderfully uplifting experiences using FamilySearch to discover more about my ancestors while researching or while participating in these types of activities. We want everyone in the ward to know that we love you and are thinking about you. These are just a taste of what is available on FamilySearch. With the time that we have available to us on Sunday, or other days, please go to FamilySearch and try these activities out. My favorite section of FamilySearch is the memories and stories area, where you can see pictures, stories, or listen to audio or video. You can also upload memories of your own. I know that if you will take time to participate in Family History, you will be blessed with comfort from the Lord during this stressful time. We are available by phone, email or video chat to help you with Family History work. Let us know what questions you have. Elder Cook gave this as part of his testimony in April 2019 conference “I promise that as we focus on our love for the Savior and His Atonement, make Him the centerpiece of our efforts to gather Israel on both sides of the veil, minister to others, and individually prepare to meet God, the influence of the adversary will be diminished and the joy, delight, and peace of the gospel will magnify our homes with Christlike love.”.

Brother John Crandall 801-368-0977

Sister Marlene Howard 801-404-2121

Sister Susan Gillespie 385-204-5991

This page has many in home activities for individuals and families. They are both fun and inspirational.

https://www.familysearch.org/discovery/

Including the following:

Where am I from, this page will tell you all about your homeland, maps, timelines, heritage, generations, etc.

All about me, my name, and birth year, you can choose other years, etc.

Compare a face, take a selfie and compare it to your ancestor photos to see who you look the most like.

Record my story

Picture my heritage

In-Home activities (many different in inspirational activities for the family)

This page will show your pioneer ancestors:

https://www.familysearch.org/campaign/pioneers/

This page will take you to photos, stories, documents or audio of your ancestors, where you can view them, or add new memories of your own.

https://www.familysearch.org/photos/people

The family tree part of FamilySearch has changed a lot recently too, if you haven’t visited it in a while, please give it a try. You can view the tree in portrait or landscape mode, as a descendancy tree, or a fan chart, in the fan chart you can see up to 7 generations, and you can view several different filters within the fan chart (family lines, birth country, sources, stories, photos, research helps or ordinances.

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/fanchart

The Church website also has a page dedicated to Family History Activities:

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/family-history/family-history-activities?lang=eng