Issue 42.13
1. Start Indexing.
Indexing makes records free and searchable. Virtually anyone with decent eyesight, average intelligence, and internet access can successfully accomplish indexing. To get started, go to familysearch.org and click on “Indexing”, or ask your ward’s Family History Consultant to help you. Index at least thirty minutes to one hour per week.
2. Research Your Family Tree Back to Your Great Grandparents.
Complete and verify that the information on Family Tree about yourselves and your ancestors from parents to great grandparents is accurate and complete. Include all their siblings and spouses as well. This may require you to research and add family members or the research may have been done by others. If the data was contributed to Family Tree by other relatives, you should review it to make sure it appears correct. Make sure needed temple ordinances are completed. Add photos and stories to your ancestors as well. This brings them to life. See what photos and stories were added by other relatives.
3. Go the Extra Mile – Descendancy Research.
Everyone automatically thinks of doing Ascendancy Research beyond their great-great grandparents. Descendancy Research often provides more opportunity to find those needing temple ordinances. Descendancy Research is researching the descendants of a particular ancestral couple including collateral lines. Concentrate in the late 1700’s to early 1900’s.
This information is part of a presentation that Glen Tolman has developed to train family history consultants and help church members. He adapted this summary from part of a presentation developed by George W. Scott titled “Using Family Tree Wisely”. These three statements summarize what any one can do regardless of if he/she is a first or second generation member or a member with four generations completed on Family Tree, or even a community member. The tools on FamilySearch.org facilitate these three items.
https://familysearch.org Click the Indexing icon for indexing; the Family Tree icon to get to the family tree; and Search to search the previously indexed historical records.
For more information, contact Shanna Jones at shannasjones@msn.com (435) 628-4900.