- Set up an account on familysearch.org (need name, email address; if LDS, membership number to see
temple work); its free, collaborative tree of 1.5B names, 8B searchable records, living individuals privacy.
At least 13 years old (8-12 with parent’s permission) - Add your first 4 generations in familysearch.org. (living unique to your login, deceased will connect to
individual(s) in database (if they are there). Add children, aunts, uncles, etc - Hold a Family Home Evening with family history as the theme. (familysearch.org web page, activities
tab, In-Home activities) also FS web page, bottom “Solutions Gallery”, “Games” (7) - Create a history, autobiography, biography of someone else (phone them)
- Learn your own family stories and relate them to others
- Explore familysearch.org activities: (familysearch.org web page, activities tab, All activities)
- Reserve a name for the temple
- In your familysearch account, attach memories (photos, histories, documents, audio files)
- In familysearch, resolve hints (blue); add parents of those marrying into the family and do their temple
work - Expand lines (back/g-parents; forward/cousins)
- Reach out to extended family: reunions, newsletters, FaceBook, phone calls
- Highlight family members: birthdays (who’s b-day today), wars fought in (Memorial Day), marriage
dates (Valentines Day) - Build up in others a love for their deceased relatives
- Index – Getting into indexing. (FS web site, Indexing, Overview, Try a guided tour)
- Explore familysearch partners (FS web site, bottom “Solutions Gallery”)
- Attend the temple for your own ancestors; or for another persons’ ancestors; or drive by the temple
and visit the temple grounds - Expand a current history by adding maps, fun facts, photos, rewriting, etc
For Help: 24/7 call 1-800-406-1830; Ward FH consultants; Stake FH Center (by JHS)
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