Why Should You Take This Descendancy Research Class this Friday? Because:
1.  You think all of your family genealogy is complete.
2.   You would like to find many more family names to take to the temple.
3.    You feel a strong yearning to look deeper for more of your family members.
4.   You feel that there are more names that you have missed, but you do not know how to find them.
5.    You would like a more complete and effective way to do Descendancy research than the ways you may have tried.

       The Descendancy Reserch Methods class is this Friday,                                       February 20 at  10:00 A.M.  


        It covers the best aspects of Descendancy Research

2-Day Family History Training 

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 This class fills up fast.

This two day class that will help you get started with your family history and/or get you up to date with the latest changes while showing you more effective ways of doing your research.

Our “Show then Do” method will help you to learn one step at a time and then  get your hands on the computer so you will know how to do it yourself.

          Class starts at 9 a.m. sharp and goes until 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday.

               What to Bring ?     -     What Will You Learn?

Why Attend? RootsTech, hosted by FamilySearch, is the largest family history event in the world! The fifth annual conference--Celebrating Families Across Generations—is the perfect place to discover and share your family's stories and connections through technology.
 
If you are not planning to be in Salt Lake for this exciting event, we invite you to the St. George FamilySearch Library (SGFSL) on Thursday, Friday, & Saturday, February 12-14 to view the live streaming of the Rootstech Keynote Speakers followed by live streaming of classes for each of the three days.  Watch for more details as it get closer.  For now, view the following video put out by RootsTecht.   Click "Read More" 

FamilySearch continues to partner with commercial companies to offer members greater access to records which will help them find and document their ancestors. Taking time to learn about these partner websites and their collections can greatly increase your ability to help your ward and stake members in their endeavors to take ancestor names to the temple. As they learn to use these tools and thay experiences with family names and temple work, they can then share these experiences with family and ward members. One of the partners which may be new to members is findmypast.

According to their website, findmy past offers . . .

By Alivia L. Whitaker of FamilySearch

Of the more than 1,800 online historical record collections found in FamilySearch.org, the most searched collection is the free United States census collection, which span from 1790 to 1940. Census records are a family history staple. These census records offer a snapshot of the entire population of the country that is retaken every 10 years. Census records are so popular because they are a great tool for reconstructing families, tracking family migration patterns throughout the country and fluctuations of family members in a given household.

Earlier census records, from 1790 to 1840, list basic household facts such as the name of the head of house, an estimated age range for each family member, place of residence, ethnic origin, and more. Depending on when the census was taken, different information was recorded. For example, the 1790 U.S. census included this type of information for each household:

The first of our monthly Special Events was developed around the theme, Genealogy On The Go totally filled the Multi-Purpose room last Saturday morning at the St. George Family History Library. Sister Julie Hammon welcomed everyone and explained the day's program. She then introduced the well known keynote speakers, the Kroff Brothers. Their entertaining presentation left everyone with a desire to discover, develop and share their family histories through a variety of doable methods the brothers showed and explained 

The Keynote was followed by seven different classes, each repeated two times and focused to the event theme, Genealogy on the Go. In addition to the classes, there were ongoing APP demonstrations in the Multi-Purpose room building based on the theme of Genealogy On the Go. They included: FamilySearch/Family Tree; FamilySearch/Memories; Ancestry.

Next months Special Event will be the live streaming of the RootsTech Genealogy Conference to the SGFSL. This is the largest Genealogy Conference in the world. More details in the weeks ahead.