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Issue 31.17 Twile launched a new version of the Twile timeline, designed to make your family history look even better! They introduced several changes to make everything clearer, brighter, and easier to use. Your milestones have more color, your photos are larger and you can see more about each event without having to click and […] Issue 30.17 The Higgs family crowds around the biggest window in the living room, the smell of barbeque wafting through the air. There are about 36 papers taped to the window in six different categories, and underneath each category are numbers: 100, 200, 300, and so on, much like a board from the classic game […] Issue 29.17 FamilySearch announced the release of a fun new feature that connects you with ancestors of Utah pioneers who served missions in the first hundred years of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Early Mormon Missionaries database, announced at RootsTech 2016 by Elder Steven E. Snow, is a collaborative effort between […] Issue 27 & 28 The genealogy projects of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are continually expanding, and one aspect of that expansion is going on here in St. George. Sitting inconspicuously, right across the street from the northwest corner of the St. George LDS Temple, is the St. George Records Operation Center […] Issue 26.17 Have you ever sat in a room full of people and wondered if or how you might be related to those around you? Relatives Around Me, a new feature in the FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/mobile/tree?icid=bl-fsb-6334, can tell you the answer. How It Works To try the new feature, you and your potential cousin both need […] Issue 25.17 If you’ve been thinking about beginning indexing—or starting again if you haven’t indexed in a while—this is a great time to start! FamilySearch recently released web indexing, so now you can index right in your browser. There’s nothing to download or install, and it’s easy to learn. Five Simple Tips for Getting Started […] Issue 23.17 “More than half the world is not wealthy enough to be connected to the internet. More than half the world is not wealthy enough to be remembered. They pass away, and there is nothing recorded about them, their families, and their ancestors. That’s the challenge—getting out and giving the opportunity to be remembered,” […] Issue 22.17 In the new Web Indexing, online at https://familysearch.org/indexing/my-indexing access to a new activity in indexing called Peer Review will be given to all volunteers once they have indexed 1,000 records. To review a batch, you will receive a batch that was indexed by another volunteer and then review it for accuracy and completeness. […] Issue 21.17 One of the challenges of researching women is that too often they are cloaked with their husband’s names, like Mrs. Carl Smith or Mrs. C. Smith. Even after the husband dies, you may see her listed as Widow Smith. There are some sources that could reveal that elusive maiden name. Vital records or […] Issue 20.17 Ancestry recently released tips for finding the stories of the women in your family Tree. In honor of Mother’s Day, I’ll share some of it with you. The mothers and other women in our family history research all have stories to tell, but sometimes these stories get overlooked with the men in our […] |
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