Recently I received a notification (via email) from Family Search that a grave marker for one of my ancestors had been discovered. When I clicked the link, I found photos of 20 Grave markers belonging to my ancestors. One of the names that came up was for Askey, but When I looked at the grave… Read More What’s In A Name
This September, will be the 5-year anniversary of my Mother’s death. She lived a long and full life. During her life, she was diligent in collecting and writing the stories of her family members, and herself. In addition to these written stories, about 5 weeks before her death, she went to the “Story Room” at… Read More Telling Your Story
In a recent blog article found at Family Search there are links to numerous records that have been made available during April. You can view and link to these records directly from the blog article: New Records on FamilySearch from April 2020. With almost 57.2 million new indexed family history records from all over the… Read More More Records Available on Family Search
You probably have some favorite family history and genealogy research sites that you use regularly, I know I do. While I love these resources and feel competent in using them, I decided it was time to try something new. I set a goal to learn about, and use resources available on social media to help… Read More Social Media and Family Research
After you have signed in to your FamilySearch account, go to your Memories Gallery. On the left-hand side of the page locate the option to sort your uploads to an “album.” Once you have sorted your items to an album, open the album and you will see this: Now you can play a slideshow of all the… Read More Have you seen this?
Recently I came across an old Book of Remembrance I obtained in my youth. It contained a handwritten pedigree chart that I filled out in 1978, when my wife and I participated in the ward genealogy class. At that time there were few in my ward that knew anything about family history and the blessings… Read More LINE UPON LINE
If you are like me, you may have had to change travel plans due to COVID19 travel restrictions. My husband and I were meant to be in Vienna, Austria this week, then on to Italy, France, and Spain during the next few weeks. To be honest, I have been a little sad not to be… Read More Changing Travel Plans
In a blog I subscribe to, posted to the The Family History Guide website, I received a link to an article written by Bob Tayler called: Checking Out the 100+ Top Blogs, written April 19, 2020. What a wonderful article! As I reviewed Bob’s favorites (without having to sift through the top 100 blogs myself),… Read More Now That I Have Time For Family History, What Should I do?
When I first found out that our lives would change because of the social distancing that is part of fighting the COVID 19 epidemic, I was kind of excited. I thought of all the things that I could accomplish that I had been procrastinating; cleaning closets and cupboards, doing household repairs, organizing files and so forth. The… Read More Lessons I Have Learned from “Stay Safe, Stay Home”
While listening to the never-ending stream of COVID-19 news the other day, a story caught my attention. The title of the piece was “3 Conversations for More Resilient Families.” Dr. Matt Townsend, a social psychologist in Draper, Utah gave three powerful suggestions to make more of your time together as a family. Perhaps unintentionally his… Read More Conversations During COVID-19
