 Family history and temple work are becoming more personal than ever due to an October 8, 2012, First Presidency letter that calls for members to use for temple work their own family names or the names of ancestors of their ward and stake members. The letter includs the following five points, which will help members find. . . Death Records10/26/2012  What can you discover in a death record? Death records can tell you a lot about how your ancestors lived and who they were. Ancestry.com currently has an excellent display of the types of death records available. How many sources of death records can you name? What information could they possibly offer?  During the Victorian era, particularly in the New World, head-stones took on an artistic and ornamental focus meant to memorialize and give tribute to the life of the deceased. These stones were decorated with symbolic carvings of items like angels, anchors, roses and animals. The grave symbol example on the left was used for descendants of the American Revolutionary War veterans who belonged to to a fraternal society called "Sons of the American Revolution." To see examples of other symbols that might be seen particularly on older grave stones, click on the "Read More" tab below. HUMOUR FROM THE GRAVEYARD10/25/2012  These are actual tombstone epitaphs. Words of wisdom with a sense of humor. A truly Happy Person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour. And, one who can enjoy browsing old cemeteries... Some fascinating things on old tombstones! Happy Family History Month From findmypast.com! We thank findmypast for sharing this with us.10/21/2012  "By searching for our roots, we come closer together as a human family." – Orin Hatch Findmypast.com offers 8 active links to obtain helpful information for both novice and more advanced researchers. Click "Read More" below  Q. I have a long Word document with parts that I want to cut and paste into a different file. Not all the paragraphs I want to use are near each other, and I think there will be a lot of back-and-forth between the two files, but is there a way to select random parts of the original document all at once? .  FindMyPast.com reports the following new records: Posted in New records |
Knowing this County that Stretched Over Four Large States -may help you in your research!10/14/2012  Taos County, New Mexico was settled very early by Europeans. For a nine year period it spanned 500 miles, and included what one day would become parts of the following four states . . . As you read on, all blue/purple words are live links that will take you to maps and/or historical information. Click on "Read More" below.  Recently I was working at the research desk in the Family History Library. A patron came into the library in hopes of finding information about her American Indian ancestors. She wanted to find the records for the school that her ancestor attended. She asked, “I want to find the Carlisle Indian school records.” My first reaction was a big, silent “gulp” because . . .  There has been lots of excitement lately over United States census records. Indexes and images are popping up all over the internet; not just for the 1940 Census, but all the way back to 1790. How can you keep up with it all? . . . Click the "Read More" tab to get access to the states. | 
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