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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 monthly Staff Training Meeting will be held Wednesday,
November 11 at 9:00 am in the Tabernacle. We will have a presentation on Ancestral Quest. All Family History Consultants are invited to attend as well as the staff of the Logan FamilySearch Library.
Legacy Users Group will meet Thursday, November 5 at 1:00 pm in the main classroom. Irene Burton will instruct.
A Family History Consultants Workshop will be conducted Friday, November 6 from 1:00 pm -4:00 pm in the library main classroom. Instructor is Wade Nicholas-open to all staff and patrons.
Our Boy Scout Merit Badge Workshop will meet on Tuesday, November 10 at 7:00 pm in the upper classroom. Call ahead and you can meet the requirements for the genealogy merit badge that evening. Irene Burton will conduct this workshop.
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Whats New in Family Search? | 52 Questions in 52 Weeks: Writing about Your Life Has Never Been Easier
Many people believe that it takes a huge amount of time to write their history and feel that the task is just too big. Because of that, they never start. But sharing memories of your life does not have to be a big, involved effort. Imagine for a moment, how much easier the task of writing about your life might be if you were to focus on writing about just one topic each week. It doesn't matter if you write a few paragraphs, a single page, or several pages. The important thing is that you write something. Anything is better than nothing at all. Read more- click here.
Blessed with 'Eyes to See'
In August 2012, my husband and I were invited to learn how to index Italian records. The invitation came as part of a test initiative that would make many more records of Italian ancestors available for research. B ecause of trained volunteers who have a sincere desire to contribute to this great cause, many people around the world will finally find their family members. Read this inspirational story-click here.
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Help Desk |
Can I search for old family bibles online?
Many families used to keep a bible with notes about marriages and births
inside. Now these bibles are useful tools for genealogists. If your family bible was lost at some point, you may be able to find it again. Charitable genealogists buy family bibles at auctions and antique stores and then use the Internet to unite the book with the family. Bible Records Online is one such site.HeirloomsLost.com has about 100 bibles listed as well as other items. The Bible Archives offers researchers the chance to download transcribed information from family bibles.
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Favorite Websites |
Genealogy in Your Pocket - The Mobile Scanner
What do you do with a 300-page family history that was "written" on a typewriter and "published" in a copy center? You pull out your trusty iPhone with Evernote's Scannable app [iOS - free] and get to work scanning it into Evernote. Learn more-click here.
Try These Two Powerful Tools for Finding Genealogy Records Online
The FamilySearch wiki can be an excellent signpost to finding genealogy records online all over the world (and offline records!). Also start a search for ANY record type with Google. Learn more about using these tools-click here.
The Care and Preservation of Family Bibles
Family Bibles, genealogists either have them in their collections or they are desperately seeking them. The care and preservation of these precious family heirlooms should be taken very seriously so that they will survive for future generations to enjoy. Family Bibles are a unique and precious piece of our family history. There are many organizations online that have collected and digitized family Bibles. Click here to learn more about finding and preserving Family Bibles.
What to Do When You Find a Genealogy Record on FamilySearch.org
After you've determined a record truly is for your ancestor, you've got several options for what to do with that record in FamilySearch.org and in your personal family history record files. Click here for seven things you can do with the record.
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Family History Research Help |
Five ways the Eighty Years' War affected our ancestors
The Dutch war of Independence, commonly known as the Eighty Years' War or the Revolt, took place from 1568 to 1648. By the mid 1500s, the provinces that would form the Netherlands were part of the Habsburg empire, ruled by king Philip II of Spain. Here are five ways that the Eighty-Year-War may have affected our ancestors. Click to see them.
DNA Testing Strategy for Adoptees and People with Uncertain Parentage
Adoptees aren't the only people who don't know who their parents are. There are many people who don't know the identity of one of their two parents...and it's not always the father. Just this week, I had someone who needed to determine which of two sisters was her mother. Still, the "who's your Daddy" crowd, aside from adoptees, is by far the largest. Learn more- follow this link.
Midwest Genealogy Center Launches New Research Resource Public Index of 1.5 Million National Railroad Pension Records Now Available
Who Really Was Working on the Railroad? Now you can find out! For the first time ever, you can search the index to over 1.5 million pension records from the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board for free online all through your friendly neighborhood genealogy library. Read more- click here.
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Suggestion for Weekly Bulletin Thought |
"Every thought or word or act we direct at this sacred work is pleasing to the Lord. Every hour spent on genealogical research, however unproductive it appears, is worthwhile. It is pleasing to the Lord. It is our testimony to Him that we accept the doctrine of the resurrection and the plan of salvation. It draws us close to those who have gone before. It welds eternal links in family associations and draws us closer to Him who is our Lord."
Elder Boyd K. Packer
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Remember...
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Chopsticks
A woman who had worked all her life to bring about good was granted one wish: "Before I die let me visit both hell and heaven." Her wish was granted.
She was whisked off to a great banqueting hall. The tables were piled high with delicious food and drink. Around the tables sat miserable, starving people as wretched as could be. "Why are they like this?" she asked the angel who accompanied her. "Look at their arms," the angel replied. She looked and saw that attached to the people's arms were long chopsticks secured above the elbow. Unable to bend their elbows, the people aimed the chopsticks at the food, missed every time and sat hungry, frustrated and miserable. "Indeed this is hell! Take me away from here!"
She was then whisked off to heaven. Again she found herself in a great banqueting hall with tables piled high. Around the tables sat people laughing, contented, joyful. "No chopsticks I suppose," she said. "Oh yes there are. Look - just as in hell they are long and attached above the elbow but look... here people have learnt to feed one another".
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Upcoming Classes
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Free classes are offered almost daily at the Logan FamilySearch Library. This week you may be interested in one or more of the following:
Friday, November 6 - 1:00 pm Descendancy Research Dedee Dalebout
Monday, November 9 -10:00 am Sources in Family Tree (2 week class) Billy Jones
Monday, November 9 - 1:00 pm Indexing-Beyond the Basics Von Taylor
Monday, November 9 - 3:00 pm Family Tree Basic Bob Curry
Tuesday, November 10 - 10:00 am Ancestral Quest questions and Answers Robert Gerber
Tuesday, November 10 - 5:00 pm Computer Basics Daniel Roberts
Wednesday, November 11 - 5:00 pm Intermediate Family Search Lynn Miller
To book a class visit our website
www.loganfsl.org
You may call the library (435) 755-5594 for assistance
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Billy K. Jones
Director of Training Logan Utah FamilySearch Library
Phone: (435) 755-5594 |
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