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November-December 2014

South Davis Family History Center3350 South 100 EastBountiful, Utah 84010

(801) 299-4239

Hours of OperationWeekdays: Mon. thru Fri. 9 AM to 4 PM

Evenings: Tues. thru Thurs. 7 PM to 9 PMSaturdays 10 AM -1 PM Closed Holidays

This last week at the Bountiful Temple, I had the privilege of participating in 38 sealings. Some were husband and wife and some were sealing of children to

parents. It always makes me wonder how these ordinances change the lives of those we are doing the work for. I know how incredibly important it is, but

how are those lives changed because of our willingness to make the effort to find their names and take them to the temple?

Several years ago, I had taken the names of Georg Wagner and his eight children to the temple to be sealed. As we finished the last sealing, I heard in my mind so very clearly the words, I did not have eight children I had nine. The impression was so strong, that upon arriving home, I pulled out my German parish register and looked up the Georg Wagner family. How surprised I was when true to the prompting I had received, the family had nine children not eight. The youngest child was listed as stillborn. I knew that in some countries you do not seal a child that is stillborn and I meant to check if this was the case in Germany. Time passed and I forgot to do this. I had printed the cards for the rest of the family, and so we did those sealings. I immediate-ly submitted the last childs name for the sealing ordinance and we completed the family a few weeks later. I am very sure the voice I heard and the prompting I received was from this loving father Georg Wagner, who was wanting so very much for his entire family to receive the blessings of an eternal family.

My dear friends, this work is so important. Our family members who have passed on are de-pending on us to do the ordinances they cannot do for themselves. So many new technological advances are making the joy of family history ever easier to do. We need to grasp and embrace these new opportunities that are coming every week!!

Just today, I read that GenealogyBank and Family Search have partnered to bring all of the news-papers that have been digitized available to all of the church members who have an lds account. That is amazing!! There are millions if not billions of records there. What a great addition this will be. Look upon this as a new adventure that will enrich and inspire your life. The South Davis Family History Center is becoming more and more busier, that is so exciting to see. More and more young people are feeling the desire to learn how to do research and find their ancestors!!

Let’s keep encouraging and helping them. Kathy Palmer

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Mark Your Calendars

FAMILY DISCOVERY DAY FOR LDS MEMBERSFamilies and members of The Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints are invited to attend Family Discovery Day at RootsTech on Saturday, February 14, 2015. This free one day event is a day of inspirational messages, instructional classes, interactive activities, and exciting entertainment to help LDS members to discover and connect with their families across generations. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced family historian, there's something at Family Discovery Day for everyone.

November 26-30 Thanksgiving

December 22-January 2 Winter Recess

January 19-M. L. King Day

February 16-Presidents Day

Staff MeetingSaturday November 8

8:45 AM

No Staff MeetingDecember

RootsTech 2015Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Palace Convention CenterFebruary 11-14, 2015https://rootstech.org

Rootstech 2015 Expects To Fill Up QuicklySo Please Make Sure To Register Early."

Pricing is currently $159 for a 3-day pass, asavings of $80 off the regular price of $239. Adiscount is available to registered family historyconsultants of FamilySearch sponsor, the Churchof Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In your regulartraining email, "My Family History Calling," is thediscount code for a pricing of $99. Actor, singer and entertainer Donny Osmond will be a key-note speaker at RootsTech 2015.

FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARYLIVE ONLINE WEBINARS

The Family History Library has begun offering online webinars that can be viewed from the comfort of your home. All that is required is a computer with speakers and an internet connection. All times are Mountain Time.

CLASS SCHEDULE NOVEMBER

Sat. 1 Nov 1:00pm Recursos en línea además de FamilySearch

Thu 6 Nov 7:00pm Using the Danish Demographical Database:

Finding CensusesThu. 13th 6:00pm: US Research Series

United States Naturalization RecordsSat 15 Nov 1:00pm:

¿Mis antepasados vinieron de . . . ? Sat 15 Nov 3:00pm:

Reading Spanish Handwriting

How To Join A Webinar Live To join one of our webinar classes, please use this link: http://ldschurch1.adobeconnect.com/fhlintl/

Once at the web page:1.make sure "Enter as a Guest" is selected

2.type your name in the Name box 3.then click on the "Enter Room" box

When Signing In: Please include your first name and the name of the country or state from where you are watching. If you are watching as a group, please include the number of people viewing the class to-gether in your sign-in name. Before attending one of our classes, please download the class handout.

Class Schedule

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November 2014

Family History Classes for anyone interested in learning more about about Family History. The instructor will be Leonard Plaizier,

Wednesdays 7:00 Pm

Wednesday November 5 At 7 PmGetting the most out of your LDS - Ancestry membership. You can take advantage of powerful tools for searching historical records, working with trees, integration with FamilySearch to share your research and connect to FamilySearch.org for ordinance work.

Wednesday November 12 At 7 PmGetting the most out of your LDS – MyHeritage membership. MyHeritage is known for it's excellent record searching and matching technologies with Record Match and Smart Match. They are working all day and night for you. Family Trees are managed by your family. The collaboration tools helps you find your cousins and share information.

Wednesday November 19 At 7 PmGetting the most out of your LDS - findmypast membership. Findmypast is an excellent source of British ancestry records. Many of the record collections are not online anywhere else. The Irish records collection is the largest online. They are the home of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) which contains thousands of local publications from across the world.

SOUTH DAVIS FAMILY HISTORY CENTER CLASSES3350 South 100 East (Enter on south side by the Family History Center Sign)

Phone: 801-299-4239

FAMILYSEARCH.ORG CLASSES

Discover your place in history with Family Tree, an easy way to preserve your genealogy online. See what others have contributed, and share your family story.

Tuesday November 4 at 7 pmFamilySearch Family History Research Wiki and Google

In the Wiki get genealogical research advice, or learn where to find record collections in our 80,185 articles. The Wiki is about finding records that may have been generated about your ancestors and the places in which the records might be found. The Wiki has records from the United States as well as from 244 countries.

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December 2014NO CLASSES SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER

If you need any assistance on your Family History, there are Consultants at the Family History Center who would be more than happy to assist you.

"CONGRATULATIONS"

Marie Christiansen and Chris Doherty completed their Certification!

REMEMBER...OUR CERTIFICATION BLITZ!

Get your P.H.C. (Phamily History Certification) done by our next staff meeting on November 8th.

We will be having a prize drawing for anyone that has completed their certification since June.

CONSULTANT NEWS

Do You Have Your PHC? (Phamily History Certification)

Join the BLITZ at the center and earn your credentials!

Complete by November 8 to be eli-gible for the drawing!

fill in the raffle ticket...cut it out & deposit in the jar on the desk in the Center for the drawing!

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Audio File Upload Feature Now Available on Family TreeOctober 3, 2014 By Brad Young

FamilySearch is pleased to announce the new audio files upload fea-ture as part of Memories and also the Memories tab options in Fam-ily Tree. Patrons can now add audio files to FamilySearch, and attach them to their ancestors for others to discover and enjoy.

This new audio feature is supported either via a browser in the Memories tab or Family Tree portions of the FamilySearch site, or via a browser on mobile devices. Title, Description, Upload, Tag, Attach, Details, Albums, Report Abuse, etc., all work the same for Audio files as it does for other Memory types (Photos, Documents, and Stories).

Mobile Devices:Mobile devices by design require two clicks to play an audio file to make sure the user in-tends to download and play audio the file, since a person roaming with a mobile device might be charged a fee if they unintentionally play an audio file. Therefore, you must click an audio file twice to play it. Apple iOS devices will NOT display a volume control or mute button on the browser interface, as Apple has specified that all volume control on their devices is to be done via hardware volume control and mute buttons on the side of iPad and iPhone devices. There has been no testing on Mobile Windows Surface devices, so support on these devices is not guaranteed

Audio File SupportFamily Tree supports two audio file types; m4a and mp3. The maximum audio file size is 15 megabytes. Users may upload audio files through Memories/Audio tab, just as they would upload a photograph or a story on Family Tree.

Audio File UploadsYou can add an audio file by using the Memories navigation menu. Click on the link and a drop down menu will appear. Click Audio to being the upload process.

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Familysearch And Genealogybank: Helping To Connect More Than A Billion Relatives

FamilySearch has announced a partnership with GenealogyBank to index GenealogyBank's obituary collection. GenealogyBank is not cur-rently available in Family History Centers. Through the partnership, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will have free access. GenealogyBank will make over a billion records from historical obituaries searchable online. Please Volunteer today to help make the

most comprehensive collection of U.S. newspaper obituaries searchable online. Click below to start indexing today. There’s no specific commitment required. Index as much as you like. https://familysearch.org/indexing/get-started-indexer The community effort of tens of thousands of volun-teers will make this monumental achievement possible.

YOUTH TEMPLE AND FAMILY HISTORY ACTIVITIES ON LDS.ORG

https://www.lds.org/youth/activities/category/temple-and-family-history?lang=eng

PHOTOGRAPH A CEMETERYClear tombstones at a local cemetery

and document their information.

MY FAVORITE FAMILY STORYShare favorite stories to learn about

our family legacies.

FAMILY TRADITIONSDiscover the joy of family history

through traditions.

PRESERVE LIVING MEMORYGather and record photos and stories

from older members of the ward.

LEARN ABOUT AN ANCESTORUse historical records to learn about ancestors.

BAPTISMS FOR THE DEADPrepare for temple work or attend the temple to

participate in baptisms and confirmations for the dead.

HELP OTHERS PREPARE FAMILY NAMESHelp ward members and others prepare their family names to take to the temple.

ACCEPT THE TEMPLE CHALLENGEAccept the worldwide challenge from

Elder Neil L. Andersen to receive temple ordinances for your own ancestors.

FIND YOUR ANCESTORSLearn how to research family history

and prepare names for temple ordinances.

INDEXINGSet a goal to index family history names

And work toward that goal.

If you have any Comments, Ideas, or Questions that you’d like to see addressed in the newslet-ter please let us know. If you would like to have

the newsletter sent to you, please contact Shonny Russell at:

johnrussell3308@msn.com

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Relative Finder is a place where you can see how you're related to the world. Discover connections between you, presidents, prophets, and your friends!

As always, we are making family history fun and accessible for the young and old.

https://roots-fb.cs.byu.edu/index.html

A great way to get your family interested in Family History! Let your kids find out what

"famous person" they're related to.

http://www.whatwasthere.com/

MAKE HISTORY Whether you have one or two snapshots from a family album or a library of archived images, together we can build a history of the world.

WHAT WAS THERE is a good example of using Google Maps to show the way places used to look. What Was There allows registered users to upload old images of buildings and landmarks and have them displayed in the place where they were taken. Anyone can explore the map and view the historical images on the map. Enter a city name in the search box or browse the map's placemarks to find images. Click on a placemark to open an image then choose "Google Street View" to see the image placed over current image of a place. http://www.whatwasthere.com/

This site is an easy way to involve your family in their Family History. Let your kids upload the pic-tures & help put together the places where your

family came from while at the same time you can be sharing it with others around the world.

Internet Sites Worth A LOOK!