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Announcements
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Logan FamilySearch Library Monthly Staff Training will be held in the Tabernacle Chapel at 9:00 am December 9. Our topic this month will be "Fun With Family History at Christmas Time" presented by Luana Merrill. All staff members should be in attendance.
Ancestral Quest Users Group will meet Tuesday, December 1 at 1:00 pm. This workshop is conducted by Robert Gerber.
Sometimes, we forget to thank the people who make our lives so happy in so many ways. Sometimes, we forget to tell them how much we really do appreciate them for being an important part of our lives. So on behalf of the Directors of the Logan FamilySearch Library, thank you, all of you, just for being here with us.
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| Whats New in Family Search? |  Hinting Leads to Success
It hasn't been long since FamilySearch introduced the new hinting and descendancy view features fueled by indexed records. Already, many people have shared wonderful experiences about how these new capabilities have energized their family history research. Click here for just a few examples of the power indexed records have when combined with these great new tools.
FamilySearch - Digitized
Newest item added to help in research on FamilySearch.org is called "Thumbnail Gallery" and it is available free to the public. This feature has both the indexed data and the image together. This feature is available only with indexed records. It allows the searcher to navigate to other images within the collection by clicking on next or just going to a certain image. Learn ore-click here.
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| Help Desk |
 Choosing a suggested standard format for a field
When clicking the standard format for a field in the green background box, it shows a list with a white background, of possible standard formatted values, under the green box. When I click one of those standard formatted values, it goes away, but it doesn't change the field value like I was assuming it would do.
I found out that if I start typing to change the value, then it pops up the list of standard formatted values again... then if I click one of them at that point, it will change the value in the field. This is not the most intuitive flow of events...
Why not allow the field value to change when we simply click the green box, and then click one of the standard formatted values? Or at least pop up instructions when we click that green box, that tells us that we have to start typing to edit the field first, before we can click one of the standard formatted values.
Answer:
The place field is not necessarily for your own format. We pop up matching standards just as a convenience so you don't have to type it all. But every place on the planet is not in the database so the real purpose is to allow you to enter what is not in the database, like a cemetery. Type in what you want, select a pop up choice and overwrite the field if you want or just enter what you want, click somewhere else and it will keep what you entered and will select a standard. If the selected standard is wrong click on it and choose a different one.
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| Favorite Websites |
Five Family Photos To Take This Year
As holidays approach and there are many family gatherings it is an excellent time to take family photos. Click here for a list of five.
13 Grave Markers With Descriptions
I am a Tombstone Tourist: someone who loves to wander cemeteries. I find it akin to visiting a museum: an opportunity to enjoy rarely seen sculpture, intricate carvings, and amazing architecture, all in a tranquil outdoor setting. It is amazing, the different shapes and styles of cemetery stones you can find in the graveyard. Click here for a list of some of the most common, and some of the more unique.
Computer vs paper forms
I recently came across the post
While using paper forms may suit some people, I can't imagine, having used computers for the better part of 20 years for my family history, using paper forms. Learn more- click here.
Using Twitter for genealogy
Click here for a brief primer on joining Twitter and using it for genealogy.
4 Facebook Strategies for Your Genealogy
Facebook is not just for the "young" social media minded. In fact, my teenager loves to remind me that Facebook is "old people social media". Ahem.... well, moving right along. If you are looking to connect with family, find "long-lost" or distant relatives, or other researchers to collaborate with, Facebook is a great place to start. Click here to learn more.
Old New England Pie Crust: Tough Recipes for Tough People
My mother has always made the same Thanksgiving menu, consisting of turkey, squash, potatoes, turnip, stuffing and cranberry sauce. Appetizers might vary, but the main meal always remains the same. It's the same menu that her mother made as well. Dessert always consists of the same three pies: squash, mincemeat, and apple. Again, these are the pies that my grandmother always made. Why squash instead of pumpkin? I have no idea. Thank God that the One Pie company still makes canned squash. When they stop we might need to abandon the squash pie for pumpkin. Learn more-click here.
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| Family History Research Help | 
Troy Irish Genealogy Website adds Death Notices Appearing in Troy, NY Newspapers 1797 - 1860
An index to 6,198 death notices that were published in five different Troy, New York newspapers from 1797 to 1860 was created by staff at the Troy Public Library in 1938.
The Troy Irish Genealogy Society was allowed by the Troy Library to scan the Death Records book so these important records could be made available on-line for genealogy researchers.
- click on PROJECTS and then under DEATH RECORDS click on DEATH NOTICES APPEARING IN TROY NEWSPAPERS. Learn more - click here.
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| Suggestion for Weekly Bulletin Thought | 
As you decide, remember that the names
which will be so difficult to find are of real people to whom you owe your existence in this world and whom you will meet again in the spirit world. . . . Their hearts are bound to you. Their hope is in your hands. You will have more than your own strength as you choose to labor on to find them.
Henry B. Eyring
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Remember...
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The Missing Five Pound Note
Chippenham George worked for the Post Office and his job was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses. One day just before Christmas, a letter landed on his desk simply addressed in shaky handwriting: 'To God'. With no other clue on the envelope, George opened the letter and read:
Dear God,
I am an 93 year old widow living on the State pension. Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had £100 in it, which was all the money I had in the world and no pension due until after Christmas. Next week is Christmas and I had invited two of my friends over for Christmas lunch. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with. I have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope. God; can you please help me?
Chippenham George was really touched, and being kind hearted, he put a copy of the letter up on the staff notice board at the main Fareham sorting office where he worked. The letter touched the other postmen and they all dug into their pockets and had a whip round. Between them they raised £95. [$170 USD] Using an officially franked Post Office envelope, they sent the cash on to the old lady, and for the rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of the nice thing they had done.
Christmas came and went. A few days later, another letter simply addressed to 'God' landed in the Sorting Office. Many of the postmen gathered around while George opened the letter. It read,
Dear God,
How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your generosity, I was able to provide a lovely luncheon for my friends. We had a very nice day, and I told my friends of your wonderful gift - in fact we haven't gotten over it and even Father John, our parish priest, is beside himself with joy. By the way, there was £5 [$10 USD] missing. I think it must have been those thieving fellows at the Post Office.
George could not help musing on Oscar Wilde's quote: 'A good deed never goes unpunished'
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mUpcoming 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:
Tuesday, December 1, 10:00 am Move Forward and Clean-up your Records Maureen Nield
Tuesday, December 1, 5:00 pm Family Tree-Basic Sandra Merrill
To book a class visit our website
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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