For the first time ever, the world’s largest family celebration event will be entirely virtual and completely free. Get ready to celebrate shared connections with people from around the world. Connect with friends, your family, your past, and your heritage and homelands—all from the comfort of your home and in your browser. The virtual conference… Read More Attend 2021 RootsTech Virtually
President Spencer W. Kimball said, “Our success, individually and as a Church, will largely be determined by how faithfully we focus on living the gospel in the home.” (Ensign, May 1978, 101) In the October 2014 General Conference, Elder Allan F. Packer stated that “Temple and family history work is part of living the gospel… Read More INCREASING JOY AND HAPPINESS
The abruptness with which the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we worship with our fellow saints, work, and recreate has been swift and breathtaking. All have experienced some loss from this terrible plague—whether it be a lost loved one, a lost job, financial status or whether it has been a lost High School Graduation, Wedding… Read More Treading Water: Serving in the Church During a Pandemic
I never had a chance to meet my maternal Grandfather, he died at the age of 33, when my mother was just six years old. He left a wife and 5 small children, (a sixth on the way). These were trying times for my grandmother as she tells of the deaths of two family members… Read More My Grandfather, The Great War, and a Pandemic
Temple and Family History work can be a powerful tool as we look for ways to serve and minister to one another, and move the work of gathering Israel forward. In a recent article; Minister through Temple and Family History we read; “There are so many ways to minister. You don’t have to do something… Read More Using Temple and Family History Experiences to Minister to Others
When the Granite Family History Center was closed along with churches and temples in March, I was pretty certain that things would be opened again by now, and life would return to normal. While we are gradually moving in that direction, we will need to be patient for awhile longer. Many church members have seen… Read More Thanks So Much
I have found that one of the biggest challenges of the pandemic, for me, has been not being able to attend the temple. As I look at my stack of ordinance cards and consider the many ordinances that are still incomplete, I have wondered when I will be able to enter the temple and do… Read More Waiting for the Temples to Open
Post WWII prisoners, Czechoslovakia… Read More Lost and Found
A couple of weeks ago while chatting with our Director, Dave Castleton, he asked me a question that has caused me to reflect on my Family History journey. The question he asked was, “How did you gain your testimony of family history work?” I thought back to the time when the full-time missionaries were allowed to… Read More One By One
About 4 years ago I started uploading old family photos to Family Search. My then 26 year old daughter Aubrey helped me as we spent many hours together editing and uploading numerous old family photos to Family Search. As Aubrey helped me learn how to edit and upload photos, I taught her about her ancestors. … Read More Helping People of All Ages, Faiths, and Cultures to Connect With Their Ancestors