President Russell M. Nelson has recently said, “In coming days, we will see the greatest manifestations of the Savior’s power that the world has ever seen…He will bestow countless privileges, blessings, and miracles upon the faithful.” (link to talk) It is certainly an exciting time to be alive! There are so many ways to fill our days… Read More The Things of Most Value
Getting to understand family history work for me has been like going on a road trip. Each experience along the way leads you closer to where you are going. As you begin, it unfolds and opens up new vistas that you didn’t know existed before. I never really thought about family history work until my… Read More My Journey with Family History
My mother died in 1989 at 99 years of age and 3 weeks. I inherited a number of her keepsakes. Enclosed is a translation of a letter that was written to her in 1926 by a young man who had proposed marriage to her. Out of the many proposals that she had, this is one… Read More Is It Just a Coincidence?
From a messaging conversation on FamilySearch: -Mark Peterson, New Castle Ward Temple & Family History Leader
My grandfather, Fred Winters, was the youngest surviving child in a family of 16 children. They lived in New South Wales, Australia until after his father’s death, in 1904. A few years after George, Fred’s father, passed away, his mother, Reachel, and some of the younger children joined the Church and emigrated to Utah and… Read More People Are Waiting for You
Although I have been an active member of the church all my life, I have never felt the urge to do family history work. I was certain that searching out one’s ancestors required being old or being born with the genealogy gene. I was sure that neither prerequisite applied to me. Then, two years ago,… Read More Opening Our Eyes and Hearts to Family History Work
In the book, “The Holy Temple,” by Boyd K. Packer, as first published in 1980, Elder Packer addresses the skepticism he encountered by others regarding the need to provide temple ordinances for the entire human family. To the claim, “That is impossible,” Elder Packer responded, “Perhaps, but we shall do all that we can do.”… Read More THE POWER OF REVELATION IN FAMILY HISTORY
Over the past 2 years, we as a family have set a goal to increase our temple attendance. One part of this was taking our son to do baptisms for the dead once a month. The goal was to research names and take family names each month. This has been an incredible experience for us.… Read More “Let’s Keep Searching”
For the year 2022, our ward has the Temple and Family History Plan called, “Past, Present and Future.” Our Elders Quorum counselor asked a few of us in the ward, who serve as Temple and Family History consultants, to help. Each of us has been assigned one of the topics for four months during the year. With… Read More Stand as a Witness
In the Spring of 2002, I was sitting in the Draper Temple looking at the endowment card for the lady whose work I was doing. She was listed without her parents, so no Sealing to Parents could be done. I wondered about that because I knew from my Family History training that she was from… Read More Doing the Work for Mr. and Mrs. Wells