Here's an interesting article that might help you in finding your family.
http://www.voicesofthepast.org/2010/09/04/social-networking-for-family-history/
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
A Celebration of Family History,
A Celebration of Family History
Sat. Nov. 6, 9 pm, on BYUtv
or online by clicking on the link below
Hear inspiring speeches from President Eyring and David McCullough on the power of family history. Then enjoy musical performances by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, as well as beautiful and moving movie clips telling the stories of individuals who have sought to draw strength from the past. Accelerate your curiosity for your ancestors with this special broadcast of this unique conference. It’s sure to inspire you and draw your heart toward the stories of the past.
Sat. Nov. 6, 9 pm, on BYUtv
or online by clicking on the link below
Hear inspiring speeches from President Eyring and David McCullough on the power of family history. Then enjoy musical performances by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, as well as beautiful and moving movie clips telling the stories of individuals who have sought to draw strength from the past. Accelerate your curiosity for your ancestors with this special broadcast of this unique conference. It’s sure to inspire you and draw your heart toward the stories of the past.
Monday, October 25, 2010
New additions to FamilySearch.org and searchable image collections from eight countries
Beta.familysearch.org has been updated, millions of images have been added to online records from eight countries including the first Chinese collection, 20 million indexed records have been published for Civil War and Revolutionary War collections and the 1851 Census for England and Wales and the 1930 census indexing continues, according to news releases from FamilySearch.
The folks at FamilySearch have been busy this week.
The updated beta.familysearch.org includes a redesigned home page, a new getting started section to see profiles of famous ancestors and pedigree charts to fill out, a redesigned learning resources section with 40,000 articles and 100 online courses, and a newly released center section.
The newly-released "image only" collections includes digital images of books and other resources while the indexing is still being completed. The images can be searched like a microfilm reader. Nearly 18.5 million records from first digital Chinese collection, and digital image collections from Belgium, Germany, Guatemala, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines and Puerto Rico have been posted.
About 20 million Civil War and Revolutionary War records and the 1851 census for England and Wales have been published. In the past two weeks, a half dozen projects have been started for volunteers who speak Spanish, Portuguese, German and English. Nine more projects have been finished and will got through a final completion check process. More than 70 indexing projects are ongoing and include projects in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Russian, Portuguese and Afrikaans.
And progress is being made on the 1930 U.S. census as volunteers are indexing records from Virginia.
See beta.familysearch.org for information.
The folks at FamilySearch have been busy this week.
The updated beta.familysearch.org includes a redesigned home page, a new getting started section to see profiles of famous ancestors and pedigree charts to fill out, a redesigned learning resources section with 40,000 articles and 100 online courses, and a newly released center section.
The newly-released "image only" collections includes digital images of books and other resources while the indexing is still being completed. The images can be searched like a microfilm reader. Nearly 18.5 million records from first digital Chinese collection, and digital image collections from Belgium, Germany, Guatemala, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines and Puerto Rico have been posted.
About 20 million Civil War and Revolutionary War records and the 1851 census for England and Wales have been published. In the past two weeks, a half dozen projects have been started for volunteers who speak Spanish, Portuguese, German and English. Nine more projects have been finished and will got through a final completion check process. More than 70 indexing projects are ongoing and include projects in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Russian, Portuguese and Afrikaans.
And progress is being made on the 1930 U.S. census as volunteers are indexing records from Virginia.
See beta.familysearch.org for information.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Links to download software
You asked for it:
If you need the Personal Ancestral File to keep track of your family history project, visit:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Home/Welcome/simplePAFRegistration.asp
If you would like to learn more about Indexing and to download the necessary software, visit:
http://indexing.familysearch.org/newuser/nuhome.jsf#
If you need the Personal Ancestral File to keep track of your family history project, visit:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Home/Welcome/simplePAFRegistration.asp
If you would like to learn more about Indexing and to download the necessary software, visit:
http://indexing.familysearch.org/newuser/nuhome.jsf#
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Thanks to Bro. Russell Hansen for leading us through the new family history course. In each of the seven lessons Bro. Hansen focused on the spirit of the work and not the technology. Although the technology of the digital age, such as Internet, e-mail, new.familysearch.org, digital images, etc, accelerates the work, there is no soul in the technology itself. It is the Spirit of the Elijah--which is a manifestation of the Holy Ghost--that gives family history and temple work meaning and value.
Inspired by Bro. Hansen's lessons, I resolved to do more. As a result, Lorraine and I have decided to attend the temple every week. Now that we don't have children at home we only had to make one minor adjustment to our schedules to accomplish this goal.
This blog has been created to inspire each other as we continue to pursue our family history and temple goals. This can be a means to share success stories, ask for help, and collaborate with each other. Who knows, we might find out we share more than the same zip code! So in this spirit, I offer a few links to some family history sites you might find helpful in your searches:
1. Utah Death Certificates: The State of Utah posted death certificates from 1904 to 1958. These public records are free and may be downloaded. Visit: http://www.archives.state.ut.us/research/indexes/20842.htm
2. Utah Digital Newspapers: The University of Utah has started this digital collection, which continues to grow. Visit: http://digitalnewspapers.org/
3. Mormon Missionary Diaries at BYU: This online digital collection is easy to search. I found the journal of the missionary who taught and baptised my ancestor with a detailed entry on his baptism date. Visit: http://www.lib.byu.edu/dlib/mmd/
You may share what is working for you by using this blog. Thank you for participating in the family history class, and please, contribute to the blog when you can. You may want to bookmark it for easy reference.
Ken Crossley kvc@byu.edu (801) 798-9746
High Priest Group Leader
For assistance with your famiy history, contact the family history consultant for the Mountain View Ward, Bro. Scott Terry, (801) 794-2765
Inspired by Bro. Hansen's lessons, I resolved to do more. As a result, Lorraine and I have decided to attend the temple every week. Now that we don't have children at home we only had to make one minor adjustment to our schedules to accomplish this goal.
This blog has been created to inspire each other as we continue to pursue our family history and temple goals. This can be a means to share success stories, ask for help, and collaborate with each other. Who knows, we might find out we share more than the same zip code! So in this spirit, I offer a few links to some family history sites you might find helpful in your searches:
1. Utah Death Certificates: The State of Utah posted death certificates from 1904 to 1958. These public records are free and may be downloaded. Visit: http://www.archives.state.ut.us/research/indexes/20842.htm
2. Utah Digital Newspapers: The University of Utah has started this digital collection, which continues to grow. Visit: http://digitalnewspapers.org/
3. Mormon Missionary Diaries at BYU: This online digital collection is easy to search. I found the journal of the missionary who taught and baptised my ancestor with a detailed entry on his baptism date. Visit: http://www.lib.byu.edu/dlib/mmd/
You may share what is working for you by using this blog. Thank you for participating in the family history class, and please, contribute to the blog when you can. You may want to bookmark it for easy reference.
Ken Crossley kvc@byu.edu (801) 798-9746
High Priest Group Leader
For assistance with your famiy history, contact the family history consultant for the Mountain View Ward, Bro. Scott Terry, (801) 794-2765
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