-----Weekly Newsletter-----                                          11 November, 2015 - Vol 16, Issue 45
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
Remember, the Logan FamilySearch Library will close for Thanksgiving starting Wednesday, November 25 through Saturday, November 29.  We will open at 9:30 am on Monday, November 30. 
 
The Directors of the Library are grateful for all of the victories this year and pray that yours will double next year.
Martin Peterson - Library Director
Burnis Skinner - Technical Services Director
Barbara DeBoer - Patron Services Director
Robert Curry - Financial Director
Linda Culbertson - Public relations Director
Billy Jones - Training Director

 Whats New in Family Search?
New Features Make it Easier to Find and View Family Records
FamilySearch collections are growing every day, adding genealogically relevant sources to one of the largest databases in the world. A key FamilySearch goal is to improve the tools that provide access to these records by users searching for the details of their family story. Some enhancements were recently made to the historical image viewer as well as the search interface that should make accessing the growing amount of information that much easier.  Read more-click here.

One Person's Work That Will Touch Generations
Like the ripples created by a pebble in a pond, it is difficult to know the impact that a single life may have on future generations. Clarice May Taylor Cubbins (1916-2014), whose occupation was often listed in census records as "home duties" or being a "hand," lived her life in New South Wales, Australia's largest state. During her lifetime, Cubbins amassed an extensive card file index that is now helping genealogists and family historians find their ancestors. Largely because of her private collection, consisting primarily of cemetery records, FamilySearch now offers access to over 160,000 searchable Australian records.  Learn more, click here.

New Indexing Projects Launched: 10/21 - 11/4
More indexing projects launched means more opportunities for people accross the world to find their ancestors. Over the past two weeks, projects have been launched in 6 languages and 9 countries.  Go to the indexing projects page to learn more about these projects and pick one to start indexing. Thank you in advance for your service!  See a partial list-click here.


Help Desk
Do search engines reveal memories from FamilySearch.org?
        Yes, search engines, like Google and others, can list memories uploaded to               FamilySearch.org in their search results. However, FamilySearch.org has put a         limitation on which memories are available to the search engines. Search                 engines should only show a memory with all of the following specifications:
        The memory has one or more tags.
        All tags must be attached to a person in Family Tree.
                              All individuals in Family Tree to which the memory is attached must be deceased.
If a memory does not have tags, one or more tags are not attached to Family Tree, or at least one tag is linked to a Family Tree private person (living or confidential), it should not appear on a search engine.

Favorite Websites
5 Photos You Should Take at the Cemetery
It's sad - and rather frustrating - to go to a cemetery, take some photos, and realize when you get home that those photos don't really help you. (It's especially frustrating when you're not able to get back to take more photos.) To help ease the frustration, here are 5 cemetery photos that you should get in the habit of taking every time. 

6 Sources that May Name Your Ancestors' Parents
Have you reached a dead end on one branch of your family tree-you can't find the parents' names? Check out these sources for finding ancestors' parents.

How to Color Code Your Genealogy Family Research
When people first start doing family research, most of them are smart enough to realize they must divide and conquer.  They start with two files: one for their mother's family and one for the their father's side.  So very organized, how wonderful!
Warning. This is not enough dividing!  At the minimum you need four files, one for each set of great grandparents.  In fact, this is what FamilySearch has also decided is the least you should do.
FamilySearch has a really nice fan chart that is automatically created for you, once you've fine-tuned your tree on their site.  This fan chart includes color coding for four families, and your best bet is to use it.   Learn more here.


Family History Research Help
Hunting for cousins in England's 1939 Register
The 1939 Register for England & Wales debuted on FindMyPast last evening (my time). For those that don't know, the 1939 Register was the UK government's work to take a census of everyone living in the country in September 1939, through which they issued national ID cards. And from what I understand, it was quite precisely everyone living in the country at the time - anyone who wasn't in the country wasn't enumerated. There was no 1941 census because of the war, so the Register is also a substitute for a would-be record set that wasn't created, and since the 1931 census was destroyed during the bombing of London, the 1939 Register is also akin to the 1900 US census - a document to try to  fill in gaps from 18 or 20 years of no censuses.  Read more, click here.

Passenger lists - a useful resource
When researching your own family history, passenger lists are a useful tool to help fill in more of your family's story. Passenger lists provide plenty of useful information including name, age, travel dates, ports of departure and arrival. Some included hometown and nationality. Family groups travelling together were typically recorded alongside one another, and occasionally 'missing children' can appear if they were born and died between censuses.  Learn more here.

Suggestion for Weekly Bulletin Thought
 "It's so easy in life for us to receive blessings, many of them almost  uncounted, and have things happen in our lives that can help change our lives,  improve our lives, and bring the Spirit into our lives. But we sometimes take them  for granted. How grateful we should be for the blessings that the gospel of Jesus  Christ brings into our hearts and souls. I would remind all of you that if we're ever  going to show gratitude properly to our Heavenly Father, we should do it with all of our heart, might, mind, and strength-because it was He who gave us life and breath" 
David B. Haigh
Remember...
The Hand
At first it sounded like a Thanksgiving story, but the more I reflected on it, the more appropriate it seemed for any time of the year. The way I heard it, the story went like this:
Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment -- to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful.
Most of the class might be considered economically disadvantaged, but still many would celebrate the holiday with turkey and other traditional goodies of the season. These, the teacher thought, would be the subjects of most of her student's art. And they were.
But Douglas made a different kind of picture. Douglas was a different kind of boy. He was the teacher's true child of misery, frail and unhappy. As other children played at recess, Douglas was likely to stand close by her side. One could only guess at the pain Douglas felt behind those sad eyes.
Yes, his picture was different. When asked to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a hand. Nothing else. Just an empty hand.
His abstract image captured the imagination of his peers. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers raise turkeys. Another suggested a police officer, because the police protect and care for people. Still others guessed it was the hand of God, for God feeds us. And so the discussion went -- until the teacher almost forgot the young artist himself.
When the children had gone on to other assignments, she paused at Douglas' desk, bent down, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy looked away and murmured, "It's yours, teacher."
She recalled the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there, as she had the other students. How often had she said, "Take my hand, Douglas, we'll go outside." Or, "Let me show you how to hold your pencil." Or, "Let's do this together." Douglas was most thankful for his teacher's hand.
Brushing aside a tear, she went on with her work.
The story speaks of more than thankfulness. It says something about teachers teaching and parents parenting and friends showing friendship, and how much it means to the Douglases of the world. They might not always say thanks. But they'll remember the hand that reaches out.


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 13 - 1:00 pm   Temple Ordinances   Dedee Dalebout

Monday, November 16 - 10:00 am  Family Tree Sources  Billy Jones

Monday, November 16 - 1:00 pm  Intermediate Indexing  Von Taylor

Monday, November 16 - 3:00 pm  Intermediate Family Tree  Bob Curry

Tuesday, November 17 - 10:00 am  Finding Your British Ancestors  Maureen Nield

Tuesday, November  17 - 1:00 pm  Library Services - Staff Only  Barbara DeBoer                      

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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