Category: family history

Posted by dyejo | Jul 2, 2017 | family history | 0 |

VIDEO: Elder Uchtdorf discusses migration, the yearning for home, and our eternal destinies

by Guest Author | Feb 21, 2019 | #GeneralConference, blogging, communication, family & children, family history, guides | 0 |

What unseen force causes migrating species to return home? How do we know where to go in life? We have a guiding force, the light of Christ, that motivates us to seek our heavenly home.

Memorial Day: How we can use FamilySearch to honor those who have gone before

by Guest Author | May 28, 2018 | family & children, family history, holidays, hollidays, not uniquely lds, ordinances | 0 |

FamilySearch has made it easier to help descendants of military veterans find the records of their ancestors at no cost, including those who fought in the Civil War and the War of 1812.

Family Historians! Get access to 8 Billion Records on MyHeritage now (yes, BILLION with a “b”)!

by Guest Author | Aug 16, 2017 | education, family history, Uncategorized | 0 |

Access to 94 collections with over 1 billion census records at no charge. Yes please!

FamilySearch – Tree app by FamilySearch is what we have been waiting for in family history

by dyejo | Jul 2, 2017 | family history | 0 |

FamilySearch Family Tree makes it easy and convenient to discover and document your own branches of the world’s family tree while preserving family memories such as photos, written stories, and audio recordings.

Is this the best Mother’s Day video ever produced by the Church?

by dyejo | May 9, 2017 | family & children, family history, FHE | 0 |

Have you seen the #ItWasMom video the Church produced a few years ago? It is one of my favorites.

BYUtv’s Relative Race: Racing to Find Your Relatives While Tugging at Your Heartstrings

by Guest Author | Mar 2, 2017 | family & children, family history | 0 |

Want to watch a great show that reveals the importance of family and connection? Check out RELATIVE RACE!

Meridian Magazine at RootsTech: Family Search and Church Family History Department Exclusive Interview

by Guest Author | Feb 22, 2017 | family history, RootsTech | 0 |

Scot and Maurine Proctor of Meridian Magazine sit down with Steve Rockwood, the President of Family Search International and Elder Bradley D. Cook, the Executive Director of the LDS Church’s Family History Department.

Keepy: The best app to organize family photos, artwork, and school papers (and it is FREE!)

by dyejo | Feb 19, 2017 | books, family & children, family history | 0 |

Keepy is an intuitive app that lets you digitally store and organize special memories in one spot forever.

What is the easiest way to record your life story and family history? Check out LIFEY.org

by dyejo | Feb 17, 2017 | family history | 0 |

LeVar Burton: The Magical Power of Story Telling (By Meridian Magazine)

by Guest Author | Feb 17, 2017 | family history | 0 |

From Meridian Magazine: LeVar Burton delivered this message at RootsTech 2017. Can there be a more anguishing cruelty than stealing someone’s identity and erasing his history? Can there be a greater gift than teaching someone his identity and teaching the stories of his past and legacy?

RootsTech 2017: Family History is Anything but Boring (Crystal Farish, Rhonna Farrer)

by dyejo | Feb 10, 2017 | family history, RootTech | 0 |

Learn how you can use technology from FamilySearch to easily record stories and memories for your immediate family and future generations!

Temple Square hosts Family History Library “Discovery Experiences”

by Guest Author | Feb 8, 2017 | family history | 0 |

The 10,000+ square foot attraction, located on the main floor of the world’s largest genealogy library, uses technology to introduce visitors to their family tree. Admission is free to the public.