-----Weekly Newsletter-----                                           12 March, 2015 - Vol 16, Issue 10
In This Issue
Announcements
Youth and Family History
Questions/Answers
Favorite Websites
Family History Consultants
Bulletin Thought
Remember...
Upcoming Classes
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Announcements
Please note that the Logan FamilySearch Library will be closed  Thursday, April 2 and Friday, April 3 for installation of new computers and server.  Classes and groups scheduled for those days have been reassigned.  We will also be closed on Saturday, April 4 to observe General Conference. 

Upcoming Stake Discovery Days

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
531 North 100 West
Brigham City, Utah
14 March, 2015  1:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Cache West Stake Family History Fair
825 North 200 West 
March 21 with a special Youth Pagent 
Night March 20

Smithfield South Stake Discovery Day
451 South 250 East
Smithfield, Utah
Saturday April 25 from 1:00 pm  - 4:30 pm



 Whats New in Family Search?

Where Do I Go From Here With My Hispanic Research? 

First, make sure you are keeping track of your searches by using a research log. This can be in the form of a notebook or diary with notes about where you've looked and who you were looking for. You could also use any number of pre-printed forms available online or create your own. Learn more, click this link.

 

How to Start Your findmypast Tree 

Findmypast.com specializes in British (U.S., Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand) family history research. If you have a family tree on the FamilySearch website and want to create a tree in findmypast.com with the data from your Family Tree, you can do so quite easily.  Review this excellent guide at this link.

 

Help Desk
Question:
 At times I am searching a particular family on a film.  I will find a name I am sure I have on my Family Tree but cannot immediately remember where.  Is there a way to find a name, especially when it is not a primary descendant without going though every family in the tree?

Answer: You may be able to quickly find a person within Family Tree.  Click the FIND menu in Family Tree.
  1. Enter the information you know about the individual in the search fields, starting with basic information. See Finding deceased people in Family Tree (71964) for tips on finding people in Family Tree.
  • First names.
  • Last name.
  • Gender.
  • Event with date range.
  • Click Find.
Tip: Entering too much search criteria can prevent the person you are searching for from being found.
Tip: Include information to distinguish the person from others with similar names or who lived at the same time or in the same place.
  1. Review the list of individuals in the search results to find the correct person.
Favorite Websites

Finding Your Desk - Another Take on Organization 

Many of us spent part of February either attending or viewing sessions at RootsTech/FGS 2015. We learned about new technology, new resources, and new ways of looking at or working with our family history research. One of the more interesting exercises at this conference was to engage in "I'll show you mine if you show me yours." (I'm talking about our genealogy management programs, spreadsheet programs, and filing systems - what were you thinking?!)  Make a plan and work your plan!  To see how open this link.

19 Strange Professions of Your Ancestors That Don't Exist Today
Everyone loves to complain about their jobs from time to time. And while it's true that horrible bosses and lazy coworkers can be the bane of our existence, we definitely have it a lot better than our ancestors did back in the day. And while organizing your family history research, we're sure you've come across some common jobs of yesteryear that were either fairly gross, tedious, dangerous and even downright scary.  These strange careers of your ancestors will make your cushy office job with that annoying cubicle mate seem like a beach vacation!   Take a look . . .

A New Genealogy Website went Online Today: Genealogy Gophers
Are you looking for a genealogy book? More Than 40,000 digital genealogy books now fully searchable and downloadable for free at 
GenGophers.com.  I had a chance to use the site for a while today and will say that I am impressed. I have been using Google Books, Archive.org, and numerous sources of digitized books for years. The new GenGophers web site searches genealogy books and only genealogy books, looking for the information you specify. Best of all, the site is available to all free of charge.  Learn more-click here.


Using the Swedish Household Clerical Exams
Ancestry just updated the collection of Sweden, Selected Indexed Household Clerical Surveys, 1880-1893, adding records from  Jönköping, Malmöhus, Östergötlands and Skaraborgs. (Records for Älvsborg, Kalmar, and Värmland and a few from Göteborg och Bohus, Kronoberg, and Östergötland have been available since December 2014.)   Household examination rolls make up the main church register in Sweden. In them, everyone in a parish, including children, is listed household by household. These records were created to document examinations held each year to determine people's knowledge of the catechism, but the result was a census-like record that can be a huge help in terms of tracking your Swedish ancestors. -  Learn more-click here.

Family History Consultants
TRAINING

In the High Point Stake, "certification" means: 1) you're registered on 

lds.org, and 2) you've completed the Family History Consultant training.

It's important to complete the certification process so that you can be effective in your calling and have the knowledge and tools necessary to properly help your fellow ward members.  Download and print this handy checklist-click here.

Suggestion for Weekly Bulletin Thought

 

"At times some may think that no one cares-but someone always cares! Your Heavenly Father will not leave you to struggle alone, but stands ever ready to help."

President Thomas S. Monson 

 

 

 

Remember...

A sense of a goose

Next Autumn, when you see geese heading south for the winter, flying in a "V" formation, you might consider what science has discovered as to why they fly that way. 
As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following. By flying in a "V" formation, the whole flock adds at least 71 percent greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own. 

People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going more quickly and easily, because they are travelling on the thrust of one another.

 

When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go it alone and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird in front. 

If we have the sense of a goose, we will stay in formation with those people who are heading the same way we are.

 

When the head goose gets tired, it rotates back in the wing and another goose flies point. 

It is sensible to take turns doing demanding jobs, whether with people or with geese flying south.

Geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed. 

What message do we give when we honk from behind?

 

Finally - and this is important - when a goose gets sick or is wounded by gunshot, and falls out of the formation, two other geese fall out with that goose and follow it down to lend help and protection. They stay with the fallen goose until it is able to fly or until it dies; and only then do they launch out on their own, or with another formation to catch up with their own group. 

If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand by each other like that.

 

 

Upcoming Classes

Logan FamilySearch Library Class Schedule

Winter Term

Register online at loganfsl.org or call (435) 755-5594 

 

DateTitleTeacher# wksTime
Sat, Mar 14Learn How to Merge Records in Family TreeWade Nicholas1 wk1 pm
Mon, Mar 16Indexing II - Beyond the BasicsVon Taylor1 wk1 pm
Tue, Mar 17Young Women Family History WorkshopLinda Clark1 wk7 pm
Wed, Mar 18Photo EnhancementBurnis Skinner2 wks10 am
Thu, Mar 19Computer BasicsStacie Gomm1 wk5 pm
Thu, Mar 19Family Tree (taught in Spanish)Joe / Martha Thurston1 wk7 pm
Fri, Mar 20Family History Consultant WorkshopDedee Dalebout1 wk1-4 pm
Sat, Mar 21BSA Genealogy WorkshopIrene Burton1 wk10 am
Sat, Mar 21Why You Need a Program in Addition to Family TreeGale Bartholomew1 wk1 pm
Mon, Mar 23Family History ResearchBob Curry1 wk10 am
Mon, Mar 23Are You Climbing the Wrong Tree?John Burton2 wk1 pm
Mon, Mar 23Indexing ArbitrationVon Taylor1 wk3 pm
Tue, Mar 24Introduction to Online Danish RecordsIrene Burton1 wk1 pm
Wed, Mar 25Descendancy ResearchDedee Dalebout1 wk5 pm
Wed, Mar 25Learn How to Merge Records in Family TreeWade Nicholas1 wk7 pm
Thu, Mar 26Family History Research MethodsMartin Peterson1 wk5 pm
Thu, Mar 26Family History Consultant WorkshopWade Nicholas1 wk6-9 pm
Mon, Mar 30Indexing ObituariesVon Taylor1 wk10 am
Mon, Mar 30My HeritageYvonne Curry1 wk3 pm

 

Sincerely,

 

Billy K. Jones
Director of Training
Logan Utah FamilySearch Library

Phone: (435) 755-5594

 


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