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Please help make this newsletter a success by submitting your Family History questions, tips, favorite websites, surname queries, quotes and stories to share with others. Submit.
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Announcements
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Family History Consultant Workshop
Thu, February 26, 6pm - 9pm
Instructor: Wade Nicholas
RootsMagic Users Group
Mon, March 2, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Instructor Sister Curry
Upcoming Stake Discovery Days
Mount Logan Stake
565 East 100 South
Logan, Utah
21 Feb 2015 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Smithfield Stake
600 East 120 South
Smithfield, Utah
14 March, 2015 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Brigham City Family History Fair
Hosted by the Brigham City Family History Center
865 South 300 West
Brigham City, Utah
14 March, 2015 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Smithfield South Stake Discovery Day
451 South 250 East
Smithfield, Utah
Saturday April 25 from 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
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| Whats New in Family Search? | 
What's New on FamilySearch-February, 2015
Steve Anderson
During RootsTech 2015, I heard a comment made by a FamilySearch representative that they were making about three changes a "day" to the program. My subjective observations through using the program, say that the statement is likely true. Click here to link to February changes.
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| Help Desk | 
Question: In regards to my kids, as a live person, I'm more non-existent than my dead ancestors!
Are there any plans to make a change in the way that living individuals will be handled on the FamilySearch site? I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that you should be able to also connect living individuals with other living family members(using the same ID Number across the board/site). Currently, because I'm not dead, my children can't use me or my account to link to our genealogy. They have to make up a position holder for my name(not my actual ID Number) and then link through to the data for my dead father.
Answer: You will be able to share your private space records with other users. Our intention is to, after we break our synchronization with NFS, allow you to share your living with others.
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| Favorite Websites | 
The New England Historic Genealogical Society and FamilySearch Announce an Historic Collaboration
New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) and FamilySearch, the family history arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, today announced a multi-year collaboration between the two nonprofit organizations and a sharing of online genealogical resources, establishing a milestone in the growing international family history industry. In a database exchange program, the two leading non-profits in the global genealogy business will now make available millions of new records containing billions of new searchable names to their many constituents.
What Did It Take to Become a Census Enumerator?
I found a fairly lengthy article that describes the application process. These applications would be wonderful genealogy finds... if they still exist. Does anyone know?
Here's the article which is also from the newspaper, Williamsport Sun-Gazette. This one is dated 14 Jan 1910 on page 8 in column 3. It can also be found on newspapers.com. Interested - click here to see the census takers application.
Dana (Stewart) Leeds
Generasi.me Does Interactive Family Timelines
Generasi.me - a site that "replays the timeline of your ancestors' lives." It's in color too (you know, a "bright shiny object" attracts my attention). W atch the short submission video. The site works with the FamilySearch Family Tree, and shows which relatives of an ancestor are alive in a given year. The presentation depends on accurate data for persons in the FamilySearch Family Tree. A user can quickly determine which family members are alive in a specific year. Try it at http://generasi.me/
Fun and Challenging FamilySearch Family Tree Games
Interested in fun and challenging games and puzzels? The is a website connected to FamilySearch.org's Family Tree program. The games are really intriguing and engaging. How well do you know your ancestors? Try this site: https://ancestorguru.com/1/#/home
Capturing Family History with Email
This year's winner of the Innovator's Challenge at Rootstech 2015 is StoryWorth. StoryWorth primarily uses email to help you capture your family history stories. Each week, StoryWorth will email an interview question to your loved one. All your relative has to do is answer the question via email, or if writing is not their thing, they can respond to the question by telephone, recording their answer. Their reply to the question is uploaded to your personal page at StoryWorth. Very simple. Read more about interviewing family, write a memoir, keeping a digital journal, and more - click this link.
What you need to know about Google Earth Pro
On January 28, 2015 Google announced that Google Earth PRO is now available for FREE! Not just a free trial. Google is allowing everyone to get a free key to Google Earth Pro!
In the past the software fee was hundreds of dollars. But now you can get Google Earth Pro for free and gain the ability to do things like "measure 3D buildings, print high-resolution images for presentations or reports, and record HD movies" inside Google Earth. See this issue of Genealogy Gems by Lisa Louise Cooke to learn more.
My Top 10 Online Genealogy Research Resources
Randy Seaver (of Chula Vista CA) has a list of 10 to just Online Genealogy Research Resources. These are my top 10 Research sites (in approximate order of use):
1) Ancestry.com ($$)
2) FamilySearch (Free)
3) Find A Grave (Free)
4) AmericanAncestors ($$)
5) Google (Free)
6) GenealogyBsnk ($$)
7) FindMyPast ($$)
8) MyHeritage ($$)
9) Mocavo ($$)
10) Library and Archives Canada (Free)
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| Family History Consultants | 
This web site (blog) contains examples of how to create a greater interest in family history for wards in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon Church). This site is not an approved site from or for the LDS church, but is only one ward's attempt to bring Family History into the lives of those interested members of the church.
The ideas presented here can help you, your family and your ward leaders learn more about family history and what the LDS Church has developed to assist you in creating and managing your own "Family Tree." In the "Getting Started" section there is a letter / email that a member of the FH Committee will give you prior to our first visit in your home. Click this link to see the entire program. |
| Suggestion for Weekly Bulletin Thought | 
"As I would cast my mind over the day, I would see evidence of what God had done for one of us that I had not recognized in the busy moments of the day. As that happened, and it happened often, I realized that trying to remember had allowed God to show me what He had done.
"More than gratitude began to grow in my heart. Testimony grew. I became ever more certain that our Heavenly Father hears and answers prayers. I felt more gratitude for the softening and refining that come because of the Atonement of the Savior Jesus Christ. And I grew more confident that the Holy Ghost can bring all things to our remembrance-even things we did not notice or pay attention to when they happened"
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Remember...
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The Elephant Rope
As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.
He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. "Well," trainer said, "when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free."
The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?
Failure is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life.
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Upcoming Classes
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Logan FamilySearch Library Class Schedule
Winter Term
Register online at loganfsl.org or call (435) 755-5594
| Date | Title | Teacher | # wks | Time |
| | Thu, Feb 26 | Mobile Apps-FS Tree, FS Memories | Stacie Gomm | 1 wk | 5 pm |
| | Thu, Feb 26 | Family History Consultant Workshop | Wade Nicholas | 1 wk | 6-9 pm |
| | Mon, Mar 2 | Find My Past | Bob Curry | 1 wk | 10 am |
| | Tue, Mar 3 | Introduction to Online Swedish Records | Irene Burton | 1 wk | 10 am |
| | Tue, Mar 3 | Family Tree (taught in Spanish) | Joe / Martha Thurston | 1 wk | 7 pm |
| | Wed, Mar 4 | Fun Ways to Find, Write and Use Stories of Your Family | Mary Anderson | 1 wk | 1 pm |
| | Wed, Mar 4 | Family Tree Sources | Wade Nichiolas | 1 wk | 5 pm |
| | Wed, Mar 4 | Ancestry.com | Dedee Dalebout | 2 wks | 7 pm |
| | Thu, Mar 5 | FamilySearch | Bob Curry | 2 wks | 7 pm |
| | Fri, Mar 6 | Family History Consultant Workshop | Wade Nicholas | 1 wk | 1-4 pm |
| | Sat, Mar 7 | Descendancy Research | Dedee Dalebout | 1 wk | 1 pm |
| | Mon, Mar 9 | Indexing I - Beginning Indexing | Von Taylor | 1 wk | 1 pm |
| | Tue, Mar 10 | How to Write Your Personal History | John Clark | 1 wk | 5 pm |
| | Tue, Mar 10 | BSA Genealogy Workshop | Irene Burton | 1 wk | 7 pm |
| | Thu, Mar 12 | "My Family-Stories that Bring Us Together" Booklet | Billy/Sherrie Jones | 1 wk | 1 pm |
| | Sat, Mar 14 | Learn How to Merge Records in Family Tree | Wade Nicholas | 1 wk | 1 pm |
| | Mon, Mar 16 | Indexing II - Beyond the Basics | Von Taylor | 1 wk | 1 pm |
| | Tue, Mar 17 | Young Women Family History Workshop | Linda Clark | 1 wk | 7 pm |
| | Wed, Mar 18 | Photo Enhancement | Burnis Skinner | 2 wks | 10 am |
| | Thu, Mar 19 | Computer Basics | Stacie Gomm | 1 wk | 5 pm |
| | Thu, Mar 19 | Family Tree (taught in Spanish) | Joe / Martha Thurston | 1 wk | 7 pm |
| | Fri, Mar 20 | Family History Consultant Workshop | Dedee Dalebout | 1 wk | 1-4 pm |
| | Sat, Mar 21 | BSA Genealogy Workshop | Irene Burton | 1 wk | 10 am |
| | Sat, Mar 21 | Why You Need a Program in Addition to Family Tree | Gale Bartholomew | 1 wk | 1 pm |
| | Mon, Mar 23 | Family History Research | Bob Curry | 1 wk | 10 am |
| | Mon, Mar 23 | Are You Climbing the Wrong Tree? | John Burton | 2 wk | 1 pm |
| | Mon, Mar 23 | Indexing Arbitration | Von Taylor | 1 wk | 3 pm |
| | Tue, Mar 24 | Introduction to Online Danish Records | Irene Burton | 1 wk | 1 pm |
| | Wed, Mar 25 | Descendancy Research | Dedee Dalebout | 1 wk | 5 pm |
| | Wed, Mar 25 | Learn How to Merge Records in Family Tree | Wade Nicholas | 1 wk | 7 pm |
| | Thu, Mar 26 | Family History Research Methods | Martin Peterson | 1 wk | 5 pm |
| | Thu, Mar 26 | Family History Consultant Workshop | Wade Nicholas | 1 wk | 6-9 pm |
| | Mon, Mar 30 | Indexing Obituaries | Von Taylor | 1 wk | 10 am |
| | Mon, Mar 30 | My Heritage | Yvonne Curry | 1 wk | 3 pm |
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Billy K. Jones
Director of Training
Logan Utah FamilySearch Library
Phone: (435) 755-5594 |
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