Experience the Spirit of Elijah

Tyler Graf

Web Developer at FamilySearch.org

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Promise

As you respond in faith to this invitation, (1) your hearts shall turn to the fathers. (2) The promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will be implanted in your hearts. Your patriarchal blessing, with its declaration of lineage, (3) will link you to these fathers and be more meaningful to you. (4) Your love and gratitude for your ancestors will increase. (5) Your testimony of and conversion to the Savior will become deep and abiding. And I promise (6) you will be protected against the intensifying influence of the adversary. As you participate in and love this holy work, you will be safeguarded in your youth and throughout your lives. 

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Family History is for you!

2 ways to Family History

  1. Genealogical

  2. Elijah-gical

Genealogical

  1. Names
  2. Birth/Death Dates
  3. Temple
  4. Repeat

Joseph Smith History

 38 And again, he quoted the fifth verse thus: Behold, I will reveal unto you the Priesthood, by the hand of Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.

 39 He also quoted the next verse differently: And he shall plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers, and the hearts of the children shall turn to their fathers. If it were not so, the whole earth would be utterly wasted at his coming.

Elijah-gical

  1. Each individual in the tree is our brother or sister.
  2. Story and legacy
  3. Connect

Add a Person

Where did I get the name?

  1. Grandma told me
  2. I found an old death certificate in my parent's closet
  3. I found it from FamilySearch's record database
  4. I found it on another website.

What is a record?

  • Any kind of documented information about an individual
  • Birth/Death Certificates
  • Marriage Certificates
  • Census Records
  • Immigration Records
  • Military Records
  • Journals
  • Religious Records

Where do records online come from?

  1. The church spends millions buying record collections from countries, counties, cities, .etc.
  2. A photo is taken of each page in the collection.
  3. The collection is indexed by people.
  4. It's now searchable by a computer.

Adding a Person

Walter Fenwick Smith

Birth: 1895 Snowflake, AZ

Death: 1935 SLC, UT

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My Grandma's History

How Walter met Eleanor

County Agriculture Agent

This is the Spirit of Elijah

I connected with my Grandma

I connected with my Great Grandpa

Connect with your ancestors!

  • Talk to your parents
  • Talk to your grandparents
  • Look for Histories
  • Look for Photographs

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