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Come to this Fast and Informative Lunchtime Class In & Out - 12:00 Noon Monday-Friday This Week's Class >What's on the SGFSL's DeskTops Learn where and what Software Programs, Websites and Sources are available on every Computer Desk-Top in our FSL.
 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 Consultant & Priesthood Leader Training January 24-9AM Consultant & Priesthood Leaders Training Learning to be a Consultant or being a Priesthood Leader over the Consultants is much more than just being able to use FamilySearch or calling meetings. This training program is highly important and valuable for both Consultants and their Priesthood leader. Because this class usually fills up, it is good to book the class early. Click Read More below to learn more about this class. This class is full. Please sign up for the next class starting February 21, 2015. Our Popular 2 Day Family History Training Class |
 QR codes seem to be everywhere lately. They are an easy way to share needed information. quickly and easily. People with smart phones and/or tablets can add an APP which allowing them to take a picture of a QR code that then provides access to desired infor-mation. Last December, the St.George FamilySearch Library's new QR code was issued on our new, large bookmark sized handout (pictured on the right), and available at our Help Desk as well as other places around town. Our code opens to our website, GenealogyNow.org, which provides information about our hours, classes, location, resources, blog and more. We hope it will be helpful and easy to use. |  |
Come View RootsTech Live At the FSL
Theme of this Year's RootsTech
Discover Your Family History. Discover Your Story
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"
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 . . .
According to their website, findmy past offers . . .
FS's #1 Most Search Records - U.S. Census' Records
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:
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:
From AncestryInsider - January 14,2015
As DNA becomes an ever more important tool, some of us are wishing we had a DNA sample from a long gone ancestor. But using DNA of enough of their descendants, it is possible to partial reconstruct their DNA. Ancestry.con recently talked about an example.
“By using genetic material of living people, AncestryDNA has reassembled pieces of the human genome from a man named David Speegle and his successive spouses…who lived in the early 1800's Alabama,” said the . . .
As DNA becomes an ever more important tool, some of us are wishing we had a DNA sample from a long gone ancestor. But using DNA of enough of their descendants, it is possible to partial reconstruct their DNA. Ancestry.con recently talked about an example.
“By using genetic material of living people, AncestryDNA has reassembled pieces of the human genome from a man named David Speegle and his successive spouses…who lived in the early 1800's Alabama,” said the . . .
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