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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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Our scheduled classes will be ending for the summer at the end of June. Starting in September we will introduce a new format and cover a complete Family History / FamilySearch program. During the summer we will be offering a series of classes for youth on Thursdays of each week. This is open enrollment, pre-registration is not required. Here is the first one:
Youth Workshop "Learning to do Genealogical Research
Thu, June 11, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Class to teach youth to do research on their genealogy. Instructor: Wade Nicholas
Remember:
Starting Wednesday, June 17 through Saturday, June 20 the Familysearch Library will be closed. We will resume our normal schedule on Monday, June 22.
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| Whats New in Family Search? | 
Newly Updated RecordSeek Tree Connect is Back
Recordseek.com's Tree Connect utility is now back and better than ever. It can now be used to move source citations between FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com. This means that the program will add sources to FamilySearch.org and also add sources to Ancestry.com. RecordSee.com's Tree Connect acts as a browser app. It is installed on the menu bar of your browser and is available to copy source information from third party programs into both FamilySearch and Ancestry.com.
More Color and Icon Changes
FamilySearch will be making more color and icon changes in the next few weeks. "Record Hints" will be changed to a bright orange with an image that looks like a record. "Research Suggestions" will change to an image that looks like a sign post.
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| Help Desk |  Question: A FamilySearch mediator/arbitrator is needed when a person/family has posted an incorrect silhouette photo (which can only be corrected or deleted by the contributor) but failed to submit email or contact information. We need a way to contact the person.
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Joe martel-FamilySearch responds: "There are no arbitrators in Family Tree and it is the communities power to fix data. If there is an incorrect portrait in Family Tree on a Family Tree Person Page, you can change that by hovering the mouse over the portrait in the Person Detail page. A future enhencment will let you send messages to other users". You can detach a photo from a person in the tree no matter who attached it or uploaded it.
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| Favorite Websites | 
Finding Cousins With RootsMagic
I have used RootsMagic for a number of years and it just keeps getting better. The program is making finding cousins a bit easier for me as well.
Many programs are trying to help people who want to find more than their direct lines ancestors (i.e. Puzilla). These are great tools, but RootsMagic takes the cake in making things easy for me. Why? Because with a visually simple tool they provide hints within a program that I am already familiar with. Read the secret-click here.
Genealogy Timelines: Helpful Research Tools
Genealogy timelines provide a visual representation of your research that makes it easier for you to examine information you have collected on where your ancestor was, and what they were doing, at various points in their life. No matter how you put together your genealogy timeline (whether via a genealogy software program or simply using a chart in a word processing document), they are an important research tool for tracking your ancestor and for understanding their place in history. Call up this link to learn more.
Our Deadly Past: Epidemics in Your Family History
By Amie Bowser Tennant
There are many diseases of the past that we now know how to prevent. Some of the old diseases are so uncommon these days that it is unlikely you will ever hear about them. Yet, if you look at death records you will quickly become aware of a world of diseases you knew nothing about. What did your ancestors die of? Did they die during an epidemic? follow this link to learn more: http://rootsbid.com/blog/deadly-past-epidemics-family-history/
How'd She Do That?! Using Facebook to Break Though Brick Walls
I continue to be AMAZED how social media can QUICKLY give you the answers to break through your family history brick walls. FamilySearch.org has created new Facebook groups. I joined them all. In the U.S., the groups are entitled "U.S. Northeast Genealogy Research Community," "U.S. South Genealogy Research Community," "U.S. Midwest Genealogy Research Community," and "U.S. West Genealogy Research Community."
Other places in the world are not left out. "Europe Genealogy Research Community" and "Northern Europe Genealogy Research Community" are just the tip of the iceberg.
Genealogy 101: Genealogical Assumptions
I have spent a lot of time lately reading published genealogies. And I am amazed at the lack of common sense used by the compilers. So you won't fall for the "if it's in print, it must be true" theory, here are a few of the incorrect assumptions I have found. Knowing about the area in which you are researching can help prevent making false genealogical assumptions. Read some of the assumptions here.
Scottish Genealogy: Top Resources for Finding Your Scottish Ancestors
For those of us fortunate enough to have ancestors with Scottish heritage, researching is a fairly easy task. Knowing where to look is usually where we get tied up. Following these hints should help. Click here to read how to find your Scottish Ancestors.
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| Family History Consultants |  Start with a Heart Understanding the Family History Consultant's Core Responsibilities
This class focuses on the heart and integrates principles that apply to family history and the Spirit of Elijah as taught by Elders David A. Bednar and Richard G. Scott. Watch this video-click here.
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| Suggestion for Weekly Bulletin Thought | 
"Fathers, yours is an eternal calling from which you are never released.
Callings in the Church, as important as they are, by their very nature are only for a period of time, and then an appropriate release takes place. But a father's calling is eternal, and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity"
President Ezra Taft Benson
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Remember...
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A Father's Eyes
Jonathan's mother died when he was very young and his father brought him up. Both of them shared a very special relationship. Jonathan loved to play football and his father made sure that he was always there to cheer his son at every match, even if Jonathan wasn't a part of the playing team. Jonathan being small sized, wasn't allowed to play in the main team. Nevertheless, he continued with his practice with full determination. Everyone thought that Jonathan would never be able to make it into the team, though somehow, his determination carried him through. The coach seeing his diligence and dedication decided to keep him on the roster.
One day during practice, the coach met him with a telegram. Jonathan was shocked to read the message contained in it. Swallowing hard, he mumbled to the coach, "My father died this morning. Will it be all right if I miss practice today?" The coach gently put his arm around his shoulder and said, "Take the rest of the week off, son, and don't even plan to come to the game on Saturday." On the day of the game, Jonathan's college team was losing badly to the rival team. The coach and the players had all lost hope when they saw Jonathan coming towards them. Jonathan ran up to the coach and pleaded him to allow him to play this match. At first, the coach wouldn't allow him to play. However after a lot of persuasion, the coach gave in.No sooner Jonathan joined the team in the field, their scores started to improve before both the teams were on a tie.
However, the real cheer came during the crucial closing seconds when he intercepted a pass and ran all the way for the winning touchdown. His team members were ecstatic. The crowd came running towards him to celebrate the win. After the match, the coach went up to Jonathan, who was seated alone in the corner of the locker room and asked, "Kid, I can't believe it. You were fantastic! Tell me what got into you? How did you do it?" He looked at the coach, with tears in his eyes, and said, "Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad was blind?" The young man swallowed hard and forced a smile, "Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could see me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!"
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Upcoming Classes
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Logan FamilySearch Library Class Schedule
Register online at loganfsl.org or call (435) 755-5594
| | | | | | Thu, Jun 11 | Computer Basics | Stacie Gomm | 1 wk | 5 pm | | Thu, Jun 11 | Find My Past | Robert Curry | 1 wk | 7 pm | | Sat, Jun 13 | Family Tree Sources | Wade Nicholas | 1 wk | 1 pm | | Tue, Jun 16 | Roots Magic | Dave Winkler | 3 wks | 5 pm | | Tue, Jun 16 | Young Women Family History Workshop | Linda Clark | 1 wk | 7 pm | | Tue, Jun 23 | Learn How to Merge Records in Family Tree | Wade Nicholas | 1 wk | 7 pm | | Wed, Jun 24 | Making a Family History Page in Facebook | Dave Winkler | 1 wk | 10 am | | Wed, Jun 24 | You Can Find Cousins Using Puzzilla | Dedee Dalebout | 1 wk | 5 pm | | Thu, Jun 25 | Family History Consultants Workshop (No Reg Needed) | Wade Nicholas | 1 wk | 6-9 pm | | Sat, Jun 27 | How to Merge Records in Family Tree | Gail Bartholomew | 1 wk | 10 am |
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Billy K. Jones
Director of Training
Logan Utah FamilySearch Library
Phone: (435) 755-5594 |
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