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 […]
Read More »In October of 2011, I went to Salt Lake City from Pennsylvania to say "goodbye" to my parents before they left for the Missionary Training Center and then off to their mission in South Africa. I was blessed to be able to get to visit with them and go to General Conference that weekend. I […]
Read More »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 […]
Read More »Here is part 2 of the Granite Mountain Vault. After watching the video, index 10 Records.
Read More »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 […]
Read More »Are you stuck in your family history work? Need help finding your cousins? Today's family history challenge is to find a cousin using a new tool called Puzzilla. Go to Puzzilla and login with your FamilySearch account. It will show you a unique way to look at your cousins. You can also watch a a […]
Read More »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 […]
Read More »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 […]
Read More »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 […]
Read More »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 […]
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