South Davis Family History Center South 100 East Bountiful, Utah (801)

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1 South Davis Family History Center 3350 South 100 East Bountiful, Utah (801) Hours of Operation Weekdays: Mon. thru Fri. 9 AM to 4 PM Evenings: Tues. thru Thurs. 7 PM to 9 PM Saturdays 10 AM -1 PM Closed Holidays November - December 2012 The First Presidency has given very clear direction to all members of the Church in their letter of October 8, When members of the Church find the names of their ancestors and take those names to the temple for ordinance work, the temple experience can be greatly enriched Priesthood leaders should assure that young people and their families learn the doctrine of turning their hearts to their fathers and the blessings of temple attendance... We appreciate your efforts to seek out the names of your ancestors and provide essential temple ordinances. We pray that the spirit of this sacred work will increase in the hearts of all members of the Church. The general membership as well as the priesthood leadership of the Church has all received the word of the Prophet and his counselors. It is most significant to note in the sentences above, the Brethren use the possessive pronouns their and your in connection with ancestors and fathers. The Brethren made the principle very clear that it is OUR responsibility to seek out our ancestors and perform their saving ordinances. Those of us who are directly involved in supporting the work of Family History Research share a great responsibility to prepare ourselves in order to help prepare all others to carry out this great challenge. May the Lord continue to bless each of us in this most important work. John Dietrich -1-

2 Mark Your Calendars MARCH 21-23, 2013 Salt Lake City Family History & Technology Conference Register Today for Early Bird prices. The 3rd annual RootsTech conference offers new and Conference being held February 1-2, 2013 in Salt Lake City, Utah The conference is all about story; we will entertain, celebrate and explore ways that the power of story can help you create connections with those you cherish. We are honored to have the conference hosted by FamilySearch. Like Cherish Bound, FamilySearch knows that learning the stories of our families helps us better understand who we are creating a family bond, linking the present to the past, and building a bridge to the future. We hope you will join us our story isn t the same without you! Visit the Story@Home website: exciting resources for individuals of all skill levels, including a New! Getting Started track and Developer Day, more exciting Classes & Workshops, and a 40% bigger Expo Hall. See what's new at RootsTech RootsTech is offering Family History Consultants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints a $99 discount to attend all three days of RootsTech To get the $99 price, consultants must use a discount code at checkout. Consultants received the code in an on or about October 1. If you are a consultant and are not receiving consultant s,we encourage you to register: Go to org/serve register Yesterday's stories. Today's Treasures. -2- November 6 Th Election Day November Th Thanksgiving December 21-January 2 Th Christmas-New Years

3 SOUTH DAVIS FAMILY HISTORY CENTER CLASSES 3350 South 100 East (Enter on south side by the Family History Center Sign) Phone: Class Schedule FamilySearch Family Tree Classes Topics to be covered in Family Tree hands on/ practice classes: Attend which one fits into your schedule. Saturday, 10:00-11:00am (First & Third weeks) Nov 3 Separating, Deleting, & Editing Nov 17 Attaching Sources & Using 'My Source Box Dec 1 "Preparing Names for Temple Ordinances" Wednesdays 6-8:00 PM Legacy Family Tree Instructor Leonard Plaizier November 7 Find Duplicate People, Merge them together, View two databases with split screen. Relationship calculator and Chart, Set Relationship, Add another set of Parents. November 14 New FamilySearch Made Easy with Legacy Family Tree. Thursdays 7-8 PM Family Tree Instructor Kathy Palmer November 1 Introduction to Family Tree November 8 Adding, Editing and Correcting in Family Tree November 15 Family Search and Family Search Wiki There will be no classes for December because of the Holidays. Classes will be starting again in January 2013 beginning Thursday January 10: BEGINNING FAMILY HISTORY This class will help you to organize your family history document, photos, biographies etc. so you can easily find anything you need in two minutes or less!! This really does work!! And it is very easy to do. The consultants at the Family History Center are here to assist you in all your genealogy questions and training. The FHC is open until 9:00pm following the classes so that you can have "Hands On Time". There will be no classes for December because of the Holidays. -3- The Prophet Joseph Smith said, The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead. The Brethren support this as an important next step in a lineupon-line and precept-upon-precept pattern of accomplishing the work of salvation for the living and the dead.

4 On October 5, Family Search held their semi-annual open house. The theme of the open house was: FAMILY HISTORY: NOT A PROGRAM OF THE CHURCH, BUT A PRINCIPLE OF THE GOSPEL. Many of our Directors for the center were able to attend. We learned many great new things and were introduced to some of the new features of Family Tree. The merging and temple ordinance functions are now in place. This is a wonderful new database with many of the features that were missing in New Family Search. There are many training videos and handouts available under the "HELP" tab to instruct those just beginning. We encourage all to become familiar with this database as it will be the only way to submit names for temple work. The Church is changing the focus of family history from being called a program of the church to what it really is, a principle of the gospel. Temple work and Family History work are two halves of the same principle. If you go to the temple using names provided you are receiving only half of those blessings. When you make the effort to find your own family members and take their names to the temple you receive all of the blessings of the temple. In fulling its purpose to help individuals and families qualify for exaltation, the Church focuses on divinely appointed responsiblities. These include helping members live the gospel of Jesus Christ, gathering Israel through missionary work, caring for the poor and needy, and enabling the salvation of the dead by building temples and performing vicarious ordinances. We also want to learn about our ancestors and enrich our lives through their stories. Successful Stakes in family history have these goals: 1. Build a love for our ancestors 2. View temple experiences as family history experiences and vice versa. 3. Engage the youth, provide from family, ward and stake sources the names taken by the youth for baptisms 4. Learn about the people for whom they attend the temple 5. Gather stories, not just names. We encourage all to make the effort to find their ancestors and take their names to the temple and receive all the blessings the temple and family history work have to offer. Kathy Palmer -4-

5 CONSULTANT NEWS WELCOME We would like to welcome Betty Spencer from the Mueller Park Stake as assistant director for Certification/Mentoring. Keith Porter and Carol McGough from Legacy NSL Stake have been called as consultants. A BIG thank you to LeAnne & Ben West, who worked the Tuesday Evening shift for all their service at the center. Cindy Kingsford had surgery this month and our prayers are with her for a fast recovery. Clair Upton & his wife are also in our prayers & thoughts. A BIG THANKS to all of you for your service. Internet Sites Worth A LOOK! Below are some links to websites that may be of help in putting together your Family History! WRITING YOUR HISTORY FAMILY HISTORY QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR FAMILY

6 HOW TO DIGITIZE YOUR FAMILY HISTORY HOW TO SCAN GENEALOGY PHOTOS FOR ARCHIVING EveryFaded Photograph is whispering, "Let me tell you a Story." Help Wanted We need you to serve at the South Davis Family History Center. We will teach you what is required so that you can do your Family History and help others with theirs. If you have a love of Family History & enjoy being around people, we need your HELP! We will train you You keep the Blessings! Please contact ???Q & A??? If you have any Comments, Ideas, or Questions that you d like to see addressed in the newsletter please let us know. If you would like to have the newsletter sent to you, please contact Shonny Russell at: johnrussell3308@msn.com -6-