FamilySearch
Purpose and How Members Can Contribute
Purpose
- Redeem the dead (Temple work)
- Connect people with ancestors
- 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…JSH 1:39
Genealogical Method
My Tree
Who are his parents?
Ask someone
What's a Record?
- Birth Certificates
- Marriage Certificates
- Death Certificates
- Census Records
- Military Records
- Immigration Records
- etc.
Record Search
There he is
There's his mom and dad
Add Them To the Tree
Do their temple work!
Indexing
How it works
Type each row in these fields
Now they can be searched by a computer
Memories
Josephine Tobler
That's her when she was 23
Death Record
18
16
21
My Grandpa
Died at 2
My heart has been turned
"Reduce and Simplify"
Pres. Monson
- Make small accomplishable goals
- Look at the tree
- Get familiar with your ancestors
- See what's there
- Look at memories
- Add a memory
- Index one record