You Are Going To Want To Tell Everyone You Know About This One! "All The Stories"
May 3, 2016
By Glen N. Greener
Caution: Do not open the All the Stories app if you have anything else to do. I opened it just to get an idea of what it is so I could write a review of it later. After two hours of sitting in a chair I didn’t like, my back hurt so much I finally stopped.
"All the Stories" is an amazing app. You sign in, allow access to your family, and a list of all the stories anyone has posted on your family tree comes up. It’s as user friendly as anything I’ve seen: easy to access, no setup, instant results, and the results are important. . .
By Glen N. Greener
Caution: Do not open the All the Stories app if you have anything else to do. I opened it just to get an idea of what it is so I could write a review of it later. After two hours of sitting in a chair I didn’t like, my back hurt so much I finally stopped.
"All the Stories" is an amazing app. You sign in, allow access to your family, and a list of all the stories anyone has posted on your family tree comes up. It’s as user friendly as anything I’ve seen: easy to access, no setup, instant results, and the results are important. . .
I couldn’t possibly spend the time necessary to find all the stories from my family history that were instantly listed by using this app. Genealogy and family history have always been available to me.
Every side of my family has pioneer history, so it’s easy to take for granted.
If curiosity strikes, I just log on to FamilySearch.org and check something out. But that’s a fairly focused view.
My grandson and I recently traced a couple of my grandmother’s lines back over 2,000 years. It was fun for both of us. We saw some names we thought were amusing, such as Odin Wodin. It’s been fun to talk about how we had relatives in Troy, but there wasn’t much to personally identify with.
Every side of my family has pioneer history, so it’s easy to take for granted.
If curiosity strikes, I just log on to FamilySearch.org and check something out. But that’s a fairly focused view.
My grandson and I recently traced a couple of my grandmother’s lines back over 2,000 years. It was fun for both of us. We saw some names we thought were amusing, such as Odin Wodin. It’s been fun to talk about how we had relatives in Troy, but there wasn’t much to personally identify with.
Boot Maker When I started reading to my family from All the Stories, I found relatives, names, times, and places I had never heard of.
I’m a direct descendent of a man who made Joseph Smith’s boots.
I’m descended from another man who gave Joseph Smith water when the Prophet was on his way to jail.
I found ancestors who fought the Indians and the French before the revolutionary war.
Some accounts documented travel aboard ships from England to America. Others gave first-hand memories of life in Nauvoo and of the persecution those folks suffered. Others chronicled the trials of the pioneer treks to the Salt Lake valley.
I found confirmation of my dad’s grandfather working for Brigham Young as a baker and then being assigned to guard against Indian attacks at Guard Knoll in Ephraim. And I thought all my Ephraim roots were from my mother’s side.
I’m a direct descendent of a man who made Joseph Smith’s boots.
I’m descended from another man who gave Joseph Smith water when the Prophet was on his way to jail.
I found ancestors who fought the Indians and the French before the revolutionary war.
Some accounts documented travel aboard ships from England to America. Others gave first-hand memories of life in Nauvoo and of the persecution those folks suffered. Others chronicled the trials of the pioneer treks to the Salt Lake valley.
I found confirmation of my dad’s grandfather working for Brigham Young as a baker and then being assigned to guard against Indian attacks at Guard Knoll in Ephraim. And I thought all my Ephraim roots were from my mother’s side.
Try this app out.
Here's how its' done:
1. Open FamilySearch.org.
2. Scroll to bottom of page & Click on 'App Gallery
Here's how its' done:
1. Open FamilySearch.org.
2. Scroll to bottom of page & Click on 'App Gallery
3. Scroll down to Photos & Stories & Click on More
4. Click on the All Stories App
5. Click Get Started
6. Click on 'Log In' & enter your LDS user name & password.
7. Click on Accept
8. Click on 'Let's Go'
As the stories are being up-loaded, the titles appear on the left of the screen.
After all the stories are up-loaded & you click on one to read, your relationship information will appear on the right.
After showing this to many of our friends, we realize that this is more successful for some than others. For several, they found that others were also adding stories to their line and it became amazing to them. We hope you will also see stories other than the ones you have added. It is fun to see how you are related to people you may never have heard of as well as the fun of reading their stories. We hope you will share the app it with others. When there are stories to share, can be exciting! Keep adding your stories so you can make is wonderfully special for others too. Check out the app occasionally to see what has been added.
After all the stories are up-loaded & you click on one to read, your relationship information will appear on the right.
After showing this to many of our friends, we realize that this is more successful for some than others. For several, they found that others were also adding stories to their line and it became amazing to them. We hope you will also see stories other than the ones you have added. It is fun to see how you are related to people you may never have heard of as well as the fun of reading their stories. We hope you will share the app it with others. When there are stories to share, can be exciting! Keep adding your stories so you can make is wonderfully special for others too. Check out the app occasionally to see what has been added.
Go Have Fun!!
