-----Weekly Newsletter-----                                          4 November, 2015 - Vol 16, Issue 44
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
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.

 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.  Because 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.

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. 
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.



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.

The Records Preservation and Access Committee (RPAC) shared that some new rules regarding access to Kansas marriage records unfortunately went into effect 1 October.  Click here.

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.


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

Remember...
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".

Upcoming Classes

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

Sincerely,

 

Billy K. Jones
Director of Training
Logan Utah FamilySearch Library

Phone: (435) 755-5594

 


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