Tag: family history
An unexpected outcome
Tina and her husband visited the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah This story is very...
Read MoreHelp break a record!
All it takes is about 30 minutes of your time to help! FamilySearch is inviting anyone who is interested to help break a record of the number of indexers working in a oine-day period. From LDS.org: “Our stated goal...
Read MoreInside a Mormon Temple
A news station in Arizona (ABC 15) recently did a four-part special showing the inside of a Mormon temple (temples are the most sacred buildings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). The temple featured in this...
Read MoreMormon Doctrine of the Eternal Family
A key doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is that families can be together forever through priesthood covenants and ordinances. When we invite people to come to Christ through baptism, we are also...
Read MoreThe 1940 U.S. Census Community Genealogy Project – Launches Today!
An unprecedented genealogy/family history project is being launched today, in a joint effort between Archives.com, FamilySearch, findmypast.com, and other leading genealogy organizations. The 1940 U.S. Census Community Project...
Read MoreChildren’s Histories: Children and Teens
Today, Emily (from the “This is Me” Challenge family history blog) shares ideas about doing histories for children and teens. (If you didn’t see her post yesterday, take a look at her ideas for doing histories...
Read MoreChildren’s Histories: Babies and Toddlers
Today, Emily shares ideas for doing histories for your children. Today, she covers babies and toddlers. Tomorrow, we’ll share her ideas for doing histories for children and teens. Emily has a blog called “This is...
Read MoreTips for Doing Your Personal History
The last article I wrote on here talked about overcoming the roadblocks we find in completing our personal and family histories. But now what? How about we start out easy, and then go to the more difficult? This means that we...
Read MorePersonal and Family Histories: Getting Past Roadblocks
Emily shares her first list of tips for writing your personal and/or family history, and how to get past some of the common roadblocks to writing a personal history. Keeping track of your personal history is something that a lot...
Read MorePortraits of Mormon Women: Emily
Editor’s note: Emily will be sharing some posts on a regular basis here at Mormon Women: Who We Are on the topic of family history…with the intent to help all of us do a little to work on our own personal and family...
Read MoreMormon Genealogy: Family Search Adds 25 Million More Records
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is passionate about family history and genealogy work. And while some Mormon genealogy work does have its uniquely Mormon elements (such as the work done in Mormon temples), much...
Read MoreFree Family History/Genealogy Classes Online
Are you interested in family history or genealogy, but aren’t quite sure where or how to start? There are new — and free — family history training videos available online. The Church’s FamilySearch...
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