Good Lesson on Jun 9th

We had a good lesson on the 9th, taught by Bro. Engstrom. A patron said it was just what was needed and said that she learned the most from his going thru the census for a particular individual. If you missed the lesson or would like a repeat, just come on Bro Engstrom’s shift – either Monday afternoon or Thursday morning – and he can show or tell you how to access the lesson on our network of self-training lessons.

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Class Next Week on How to Research

Don Engstrom will teach our lesson next week:

How to Research a Family
Anyone is invited…
Family History Classes
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Sunset Heights Family History Center
1260 S 400 W, Orem
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“A Case Study of Beginning Genealogy Research”
3 pm and 7 pm

We will watch the process of building a family and a pedigree through online research, where the family members were previously unknown. We will look for online indexes and original records of census, birth, marriage, death, military, immigration, etc. We will examine compiled records (family pedigrees assembled by others), we will learn how to resolve discrepancies in records, and we will learn what to do after we search for someone and can’t find them. This lesson will give great examples of how each of us can search for our own family’s records.. Anyone interested in researching their genealogy is welcome to attend. The lesson will last about an hour. There will be a class at 3 p.m. and a repeat class at 7 p.m.
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Lessons Were Held at FHC Tonight

Today we experienced two great lessons by Marilyn Thomsen about, “How Do I Start My Family History?” Some attendees had quite a few questions, and I believe Marilyn’s lesson helped them to get started. Staff member Percy Smith even came twice – at 3 p.m. and at 7 p.m.! I also attended twice, and even though I’ve already begun my family history, I learned things in both sessions, the teaching was that good.

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FHC to Sponsor Lesson on How to Begin Your Family History

Sister Marilyn Thomsen will be teaching our lesson this coming month:

Beginning Family History
Anyone is invited...

Family History Classes

Wednesday, 12 May 2010

Sunset Heights Family History Center

1260 S 400 W, Orem

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“How Do I Start My Family History?”

3 pm and 7 pm

This class is designed for beginners who need to start their family history and also for the advanced who need a review of basic principles. We will learn about gathering and organizing info at home, reaching out to other family members, and finally, searching public records. At the end of the lesson we will have a short hands-on session about how to fill out a research log. Anyone interested in researching their genealogy is welcome to attend. The lesson will last about an hour, plus the hands-on session at the end. There will be a class at 3 p.m. and a repeat class at 7 p.m.

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Great FamilySearch Wiki Lesson

Last Wednesday we had a successful set of demonstrations about the FamilySearch Wiki. Elder Allan Hale lit a fire in us all to search out reference material in this vast and growing online resource.

The wiki can be found at https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Main_Page . Type in any category of research in the search bar – locations such as Massachusetts, or categories such as probate. (Save the surnames for New FamilySearch and FamilySearch Record Search!)

The wiki can be easily found at the Family History Center by opening a web broswer such as Internet Explorer and viewing the 3rd tab on the home pages.

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Free Genealogy Accreditation Lessons Online

For those who are interested in the continuing free instruction for genealogy accreditation, the first three lessons from BYU are all posted online.

Go to:
http://www.familysearch.org
Click on:
Library, then Education
Then click on:
Genealogical Presentations Online
Scroll down and find:
ICAPGen The International Commission for the Accreditation of Genealogists, 2010 Accreditation Mentoring Series
There are 3 lessons online at this point.

Or, you can copy and paste this address:
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/education/frameset_education.asp?PAGE=genealogical_presentations_online.asp%3FActiveTab=11

(Sorry, I still can’t get these to work as a link, yet.)

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Please Submit an Announcement to Your Ward Website for April Class

We’d like to get the word out for our April 14th lesson about FamilySearch Wiki. I’m hoping each staff member will submit an event to your ward’s webmaster and ask that the email go out to all ward groups.

If you understand what I just said, please go for it. If you have an lds.org account but have never submitted an event to your ward, this will be an opportunity to learn how to do it, if you’re willing. Please check your ward’s website for the “Submit Event” or “Submit News” buttons. You can copy the details from the previous post I made in this blog announcing the April 14th class.

If you don’t have an LDS account for your ward, or if you have no idea what I was just talking about, this might be an opportunity for you to learn how to log in to your own ward. Go to lds.org, and “About the Church,” and “Stake and Ward Websites” to log in. On that same page you can also select “Obtain an LDS Account.”

You can also check with your newsletter editors to see if they got my email with the announcement they were asked to print.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

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FamilySearch Wiki Lesson Planned for April 14th

Elder Allan Hale will be teaching our lesson this coming month:

FamilySearch Wiki
Anyone is invited…
Family History Classes
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
Sunset Heights Family History Center
1260 S 400 W, Orem
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“Genealogy Research for Beginners and Advanced”
3 pm and 7 pm
The FamilySearch Wiki, created by the Church and similar in concept to Wikipedia, is a vast collection of research guidance for genealogy. Family history goals can be simple, such as finding grandma’s tombstone, or complex, such as discovering her unknown parents. Whether your ancestors are from Columbia or Colombia, guidelines on how to research most any county and any country can be found here. This lesson, geared toward beginning and advanced researchers alike, can help lead you to the books, films and websites needed to expand your pedigree. Anyone interested in researching their genealogy is welcome to attend.
The lesson will last about an hour, plus a question and answer period.
There will be a session at 3 p.m. and a repeat session at 7 p.m.

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Great March Lesson; New Lesson on Wiki Planned for April

On Wednesday the 10th we had a great lesson about New FamilySearch. Allan Hale taught about how to prepare ancestors’ names for the temple and about some of the problems that arise. We had some very interesting discussions. Did you know that a person’s last name field cannot include only an initial? This sometimes happens when a person enters, for example, “Katherine M.,” for a first name and middle initial when a last name is not known. The program sometimes interprets the initial as the last name, and the temple process can’t be completed. All that needs to be done is to reidentify the names both as given names, and the individual would be “ready.”

Another thing we learned is that a person less than 110 years old who is deceased who has only a death date listed in the field can’t have his name processed for temple work without a death location. Just in case that didn’t make any sense, come ask us in the FHC, and we’ll show you how it works. I was able to use this knowledge just two days later when helping a lady with her family names. We made a point of adding a death location where there wasn’t one, and this probably saved us a lot of work in trying to figure out what was wrong. Thanks, Elder Hale!

We’ve decided on a topic for our April 2010 teaching. We will learn about the program, “FamilySearch Wiki.” The website for this is found at wiki.familysearch.org. The site’s description is, “Free family history research advice for the community, by the community.” Elder Hale will teach again, and we will learn the values of this research tool, how to use it and how to contribute to it.

You can put this date on your calendar now: Wednesday, 14 April 2010. Go ahead and mark this as “valuable family history training.”

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New FamilySearch Demos, 10 March 2010

Elder Allan Hale will be teaching our lesson this coming month:

Anyone is invited…
Family History Classes
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Sunset Heights Family History Center
1260 S 400 W, Orem

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“Preparing Temple Names with New FamilySearch”
3 pm and 7 pm

New FamilySearch, the Church’s new program for submitting
temple names, will be demonstrated with new insights and
techniques. The focus this month will be on determining readiness
of names for temple submission. We’ll learn what it means when
we see “Ready” listed for a person’s ordinance, and what to do
with that name. The lesson is geared for all levels of family history
enthusiasts, from beginning on up. Anyone interested in
researching genealogy and preparing names for the temple is
welcome to attend. The lesson will last about 75 minutes. There
will be a session at 3 p.m. and a repeat session at 7 p.m.

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