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Family history center at Utah State Prison thrives
As part of his platform in running for president of the United States, Joseph Smith called for prisons to be "turned into seminaries of learning." He said, "Rigor and seclusion will never do as much to reform the propensities of man as reason and friendship." In that spirit, perhaps the Prophet...
Education Week: Practical suggestions for keeping a spiritual book of remembrance
It was appropriate that Roger C. Flick summarize his presentation about suggestions for preparing a spiritual book of remembrance with a quote from the LDS apostle who diligently kept a journal for most of his life. "Men should write down things which God has made known to them," wrote Wilford...
200 Million More Historic Records See the Light of Day
As the nation’s genealogical societies gather in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference this week to share tips and tricks for finding one’s elusive ancestors, there will certainly besome clamoring over an unexpected gift from FamilySearch, a world leader in...
Dedication of the Alex Haley Museum and Interpretive Center
Mormon Life says: Okay this is fantastic, a video put together by LDS Public Affairs celebrating the opening of a new family history center and showing the impact family history can have.
Finding Your "Roots" at Alex Haley Museum Opening
When 17-year-old violinist Joseph Matthews performed at the dedication of the Alex Haley Museum and Interpretive Center, he had no idea he would discover his family roots. Joseph, a high school senior from Memphis, Tennessee, was among hundreds who participated in two days of festivities at the...
Collapsing the sacred distance between man and man
A few months ago my family visited Picardy in northern France. From the cathedral city of Amiens we drove to Albert and entered a rolling countryside so beautiful now but so full of blood and horror almost a century ago. Despite our distance from the First World War, “Somme” still invokes a...
Unfolding the future of online family history research
Regarding FamilySearch, "something big is coming soon," proclaimed Daniel C. Lawyer on July 29, the third day of the Conference on Family History and Genealogy at BYU. In fact, that declaration was the parenthetical subtitle of his plenary session address, "The Future of FamilySearch." Brother...
Capturing living memory
Mormon Life says: Some good tips here to help you write your family history.
Capturing living history — also known as writing — was the subject of one of the sessions given July 29 by nationally known genealogist Curt B. Witcher at the Conference on Family History and...
Many are indexing, millions more are needed
The numbers are impressive. More than 300,000 Mormons are registered to do indexing work on images available online. Three hundred million names are being indexed each year. But the need is huge and growing dramatically larger and faster than the current crop of volunteer indexers can...
The coming genealogical dark ages
With all the genealogical information being made accessible on the Internet, some might think this is the golden age of family history. To Curt B. Witcher, however, we may be entering a new dark age, where vital records and the memories of people alive today, are lost forever. "At the same time...
Elder Dennis B. Neuenschwander: Family history 'a work of the heart'
Far more than merely identifying ancestors' names, "family history really is a work of the heart," an emeritus general authority of the LDS Church said Tuesday. In the keynote address at the annual Conference on Family History and Genealogy convening this week at BYU, Elder Dennis B....
Database for Jewish family history research includes worldwide records
A valuable resource for Jewish genealogical research has expanded to include records from all over the world. The popular Knowles Collection from FamilySearch is a free database connecting Jewish records of 115,000 people in 30 countries. The combining of those records into one collection makes it...
Fulfilling a promise to Chang Mama
Mormon Life says: This is a beautiful story.
I served as a full-time missionary in the Taiwan Taipei Mission in late 1976. At that time, it was common for missionaries to hire a local person to cook and clean for them. Chang Mama was our...
Orem library partners with FamilySearch
The Orem Public Library has been named a FamilySearch affiliate, giving patrons access to the world's largest collection of resources for genealogy research. By partnering with FamilySearch.org, a website provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the city library can provide...
Family history centers in Salt Lake area will be consolidated
Twenty-four Utah family history centers closed recently, but FamilySearch has big plans for the resources once housed in these smaller facilities. A new family history library, designed to create more space, extended hours and expanded resources for family history work, will open next month in...
