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FamilySearch, a world leader in historic records preservation and access, announced the addition of over 200 million new searchable historic records representing 18 countries to its online database. The new records were added to the hundreds of millions FamilySearch published earlier this year at an event in Salt Lake City, Utah. The number of records [...]
Latter-day Saints are a temple-building people. Theirs is a history of temples projected and built, often under intense opposition. An early revelation declared that “my people are always commanded to build [temples] unto my holy name” (D&C 124:39-40). In the last weeks of his life, the Prophet Joseph Smith affirmed: “We need the temple more [...]
Genealogy, or Family History Research, is a fun hobby. It’s always fascinating to learn about your ancestors. You never know what great things they may have accomplished, or to what famous historical figure you may be related. The genealogy section of the National Archives is a great way to start your genealogical research. It has [...]
Heritage Genealogical College has a unique curriculum with genealogical-research learning built into each course. The knowledge in these courses builds upon other courses, allowing students to master the understanding of research, formulate research theories, and prove or disprove them as they progress through obtaining their certificate or degrees. Provides Career Training through Genealogy courses in: [...]
“In 30 minutes you can help people find their ancestors.” That’s the promise prominently displayed on the front page of the familysearchindexing.org website. Since the indexing program began, over 150,000 people have volunteered to help make genealogical research easier for others and thousands more are volunteering each month Family history indexing is the simple process [...]
The free collection allows users to search the entire population of the U.S. in 1900 — over 76 million people — and view high quality images of the original census at www.FamilySearch.org (this requires Adobe Flash Player 10). View high quality images of the original census records (Go to FamilySearch.org, then click Search Records, then [...]
A new website, LDSJournal.com, launched April 2008 is a revolutionary online journaling service designed to help individuals easily keep and maintain a personal journal for posterity and family history. Entries can easily be posted, kept private, and backed up on secure servers. LDSJournal.com users will also have the option of printing out hardbound books of [...]
It is the start of a new year. Great things will take place this year, both globally and personally. What better way to start a record of the year than through blogging or journal writing. Blogging has become more widely accepted during the past few years. Simply put it is journal writing on a website, [...]
This article tells you the “how,” but Why Write a Journal tells you the “why.” “The subject of keeping a journal, log, or diary goes in many different directions. There are so many psychological and therapeutic reasons and uses. But, the family history minded person has unique feelings about their personal journals and the writings [...]
