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     January 2021 - Zoom Meeting is coming up!  We talk a little about it in our newsletter.  Won't you read it and if you want to learn more how to do family history, just email us!  naswfamilyhistory@gmail.com

In this issue, we focus on the new updates to the handbook which will be the subject of our Zoom this Saturday, setting goals, and beginning the new year solving research challenges!

I0 ways to grow closer to the Lord through Family History The following are excerpts from an article on Family Search called 10 Ways to help your Family be closer to God Read God's word together. Serve Others together. Express love for each other often. Go to Church together. Start traditions together. Pray together as a family. Teach good values. Learn about your Ancestors. Hold Weekly Family night. Spend mealtime together. If you have any other questions, please email us at naswfamilyhistory@gmail.com How can I possibly grow closer to God by doing boring, monotonous research?

Boring? Monotonous? Ah! Methinks you need a change of attitude. Let me help you set the scene in your mind. I'm an expert at attitude adjustments! Close your eyes for a moment.

Imagine yourself in a beam of light stepping onto your family cloud in a celestial place. It seems far away and yet close and personal at the same time. You see gates made of gold, open and the light emanating from within shines on beings walking towards you. The light shines on their backs in a way that makes them glow as if they have wings. The rays keep you from seeing their faces but you are sure that they know you... One reaches out and as she touches you, you feel instant love. It is so powerful that you start to tremble, not in fear, but in awe. She smiles and says, "Thank you! There was a mistake in the file and you stayed with it. You got what you needed to do my work. I've been waiting almost 300 years and you were the one that made it happen. I can never repay the debt."

Her words touch your heart so much that tears literally fall from your eyes and without a sound, you are transformed. The feeling of overwhelming love and satisfaction fills your body and you realize that maybe it wasn't so boring and monotonous as you once thought. As a matter of fact, you are a little surprised that you ever had those thoughts go through your mind. We can't know exactly what is going to happen when we cross the veil. We can only hope that our work is acceptable to a loving God and grateful ancestors who have the opportunity to move forward because of our labors.

Researching Family History is so much more than just looking at records. It's thinking with your "whole heart" and opening the valve to celestial communication from beyond the veil. As you search, those spirits will attend to your soul. They will buoy your spirit when you become discouraged and they will cheer when you reap the benefits of your work. Remember that perseverance is a virtue. One meeting a few years ago in Salt Lake, a Family Search Manager said, ~"Anyone can print out thousands of cards and flood the system, but when you slow down a little, in a way that will help you really get to know your ancestor, the whole process will become more personal." ~

In your mind, you may visualize a relative as he signed the paper which would allow him to dedicate his life to his country during the war. Now you have his signature. As you read on the World War I document, the color of his eyes, his hair, his body type, and any frailties, which would obviously exclude him from the opportunity, you can't help but feel empathetic. There, on that one document, you can put the whole picture together. Not only do you see his physical attributes, but you see how he made a living (his occupation). You will see who his boss was and what he did for that company. You will also see if he was a son living with his parents, or if he was a husband and father at that special time in his life.

Finding these when you are doing research will give you courage to go on. Use tools that will help you go forward. So often, if you aren't using research tools to keep track of where you have been, you constantly circle around and click on the same file over and over again. Do you need some research files to help you? You can click below - something just might be the key to your moving forward with a new positive attitude of love for your ancestors. Basic Research Document https://1drv.ms/x/s!AjS2RGb0p-4Ppx4B_f6lL-aeHoEE?e=wt3zh9 Test document to determine which children belong to multiple mothers in a family tree. https://1drv.ms/x/s!AjS2RGb0p-4Ppxwi6n_vJWDdhIuQ?e=RsgJ0o This excel sheet will allow you to enter the family names and years of birth - it will then calculate each age of each family member for each census - making it easier to match the family to the census. https://1drv.ms/x/s!AjS2RGb0p-4Ppxoa_EpDRTLOcVBp?e=abrcSA

Growing closer to God... when adversity strikes. Our message to you this month

No one has to tell you that 2020 has been probably the most challenging year of our lives. It's no secret that the adversary lies in wait for our faith to wane before he sidles up to our side to suggest another way...a way away from our beliefs. If ever you needed to grow closer to your Heavenly Father it is now. It is easy for me to pray for others, but I was raised in a different faith, and engrained in that psyche of mine is a voice that says it is selfish to pray for yourself. This is wrong. You need to pray to Heavenly Father for yourself as well as for others. He will work miracles in your life. You may not see the miracle as it is unfolding, but it will become self-evident. In September of this year, I had hip replacement surgery that went septic, leaving me without the ability to walk. When I finally started praying for answers, and for the Doctors to come up with a solution to cure the pain that kept me from healing, I heard the words from this scripture: In Proverbs 3:5–6, we read this counsel: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.“In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Focusing on this, I came to hear the spirit whisper that these moments would pass but that I would grow closer to my Heavenly Father if I trusted him. This past Sunday, after starting yet another round of antibiotics, was my first time to return to the church building for services. It was an emotional experience and it felt like I was home. The counselor in the Bishopric gave me a blessing. In that blessing, he paused and then said, "...that through this experience, I would grow closer to my Father." So this affliction has improved vastly and I can see a positive path to returning to normal. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but I have faith that if I lean not unto my own understanding and lean on the Lord, He will direct my path in all things. So our message is to listen to the spirit, especially when you are doing family history. Those spirits are actively trying to get your attention. They want to help you with your research. When you pray first before doing your work, you will be buoyed by angels who do not want to be forgotten and they will help direct you to the path to uncovering more opportunities for temple ordinances. . President Bonnie Cordon in 2017 gave a great talk about this subject, Lean not unto thine own understanding...I hope you will read it, think about it and start your New Year right! https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2017/04/trust-in-the-lord-and-lean-not?lang=eng#:~:text=%E2%80%9CTrust%20in%20the%20Lord%20with,warning%2C%20and%20a%20glorious%20promise.

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Rubies from RootsTech Love to share these jewels with you.  The more knowledge you have the easier Family History research and documentation will be for you.   Memories for Ruby This year, I lost a special friend.  I had only known her for 12 years.  She had been on this earth for 98 years.  Before her wonderful, caring husband Ken passed on,  they would come over to our home, sit on the couch and we would put their tree up on the big screen and hunt for names.  It was a lot of fun.  Her favorite color was red.  I got her a red had with rhinestones and she wore it everywhere, even in bed.  I remember when someone asked me to create a birthday card for her  95th birthday.  I can't tell you what a joy it was to do that.  Now you know, someone who has lived from before radio to the most iPhones will have lots of memories to share with her four daughters, 16 grandchildren, and 35 great-grandchildren.   That means her name is in the Family Search System 55 times.  She asked me every time I visited her why she had to wait to be dead to upload  her stories.  "...and what I have in there, my grandchildren cannot see!"  I agreed with her.  I prayed that they would fix it before she passed away but that just didn't happen.  So now, with great care, all 55 names must be merged into one.   they must be very careful not to merge the wrong way as to preserve the ordinances.     This is a common problem that I heard recently from Ron Tanner will be fixed. It's in the pipeline, Ruby!   Soon, you will be able to not only see your living relatives  but you will be able to create Family Projects together and let the whole family enjoy them.  You will be able to upload your stories, your pictures and your grandchildren will not have to wait until you pass away to appreciate your legacy.  Now people will really be able to collaborate not only on their dead but on their living .   Now, this video is from 2016 but Ron said that it is getting closer and we will let  you know when that is going to happen - just know Family  Search is ON it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adx0pET1IMQ&fbclid=IwAR0PpxHm4RqJXDa_3u-tgSL_9AxXqEM3BDFoCWXx8zX5zpIMNg6CUycVkUk NEWS FLASH - SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE - RUBY'S DREAM IS HAPPENING!  YOU CAN NOW SHARE LIVE ALBUMS ON SOCIAL MEDIA -  Read More about Duplicate Files   ROOTSTECH UPDATE - Ruby's Dream has become a reality!  It's here!  You can  now share your albums on Social Media. February 20, 2020 Update—Sharing and Liking Albums,  Album Slideshows on Memories Albums on Memories can now be shared easily to Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest via  the Share menu in an album. FamilySearch users can also now “Like” an album. Liking an album is a way to bookmark an album that belongs to another user. To like an album, click the blue  heart Like icon located below the album title. All liked albums to display in the user’s My Likes list in the gallery. Additionally, you can view your album’s photos in a slideshow. To play a slideshow  click on the Slideshow icon below the album title. A window will pop up and give  you the options to loop the slideshow or include audio (if the images have audio). It's simple to get started ON FAMILY SEARCH - HELP A neighbor or friend! Create your free account. Start your family tree. Connect your tree to the Family Tree. Get started   We always knew that FIND MY PAST had the largest   Irish/Scottish/UK records online, but did you know this?  We just found out that they now have the largest amount of files for UK Parishes in existence!  Find out How Findmypast's parish records can transform your family history.  You have a free account with them!  Click the Find my Past logo to find out more! Keep Reading Leadership Meeting attendance larger than ever! Thank you so much to those in our Stakes to get the word out to their  leaders in their Wards to watch the Broadcast.  The Leadership Meeting streamed annually is the single most important meeting you should be attending.  I want you to know that being in that room was awe-inspiring  and I only hope you get the same feeling from watching it, too. It gives  you the basis for a Ward Plan and how to exercise it.  Of course, your  personal revelation for the needs of your Wards is the magic ingredient. OUR MESSAGE TO YOU Family History keeps teens out of trouble, it keeps us from doing things  we shouldn't, it is a cure for depression and anxiety, it draws you closer  to your Father in Heaven, it creates an unbreakable emotional bond with  your family beyond the veil.  Our personal message to you this month is  to go back and watch the 2019 and 2020 Leadership meetings and see  what magic you can create in your ward.   PLEASE iNVITE US TO SHOW YOU A PRESENTATION OF  HOW YOU CAN DO ONE WORK - MISSIONARY AND FAMILY HISTORY AND WORK MIRACLES IN YOUR WARD.  LEADERSHIP BROADCASTS 2020 2019 2018 Our best wishes to you and your families! Ted and Karen Meyer, Multi-Stake Temple and Family History Consultants, Arizona Scottsdale Coordinating Council.

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Every day IS a miracle...      Writing to you and working with you all has been one of the greatest joys in our lives.  We can feel the effects of your miracles interwoven into the fabric of our lives. We are so excited to hear about how you found someone...who, spoiler alert...wanted to be found!  They knew they could depend on you to help them and you did!  Though we hear from so many, this newsletter is about just some of the stories you have indelibly inked in our minds.  With much gratitude, we share now....your stories.  Please send us more stories so we can feature you in our newsletters and your story will inspire others to use creative ideas to help others find their families.      Starting with Karla from North Scottsdale.  She was very instrumental in getting the program together at her ward.  She had us train the Primary Leaders on fun things to get 10-year-olds excited about Family History.   Then, one evening along with the EQ Pres., other consultants and the Ward Missionaries on Troubleshooting Your Tree with the Consultant Planner.  It is especially inspirational that their Bishop Sims came and took part in the training.  Karla and Marianne McKay Cox work well together and she decided to make Marianne, an experienced indexer, a Consultant!  Since Mesa is closed for two years, we opened the opportunity to all the nearby Stakes to come to visit the Camelback Family History library and see what they can accomplish.  Read further to see what we have been doing. Karla Houston, Desert Mountain Ward      What a great opportunity for me to work with this non--member with whom I went to high school.  After we traced her family on Ancestry she saw the Beta Thru Lines and investigated which cousin had so many shared Centimorgans.  She got in touch with a cousin who had the same grandfather.  They had never met and instantly felt a connection. (names withheld).  They knew they were related because Ancestry now shows the number of shared Centimorgans.  Here's my tree as an example.  I had the Ancestry DNA test done as well.  You can see the little blue icons on the tree if your research is properly aligned with your DNA.  This is my tree and when I click on the blue links called Beta Thru Lines, it will tell me with whom I am connected.  I can choose to contact them or not.      Quick disclaimer ;) The ideas expressed in last our Newsletter mention Sharing Time.  I understand that there no longer is Sharing time and as a former Chorister for 10 years in California that makes me sad because those were some great years in my life.  However, that being said, please take these ideas and apply them however they fit into your Primary.  All of the handouts are in the Word Format and can be changed to read however you would like.  Use your imagination and just help the kids with whatever time you have to learn Family History. That is what President Nelson wants.  That is what we should figure out how to do.   We just try our best to come up with ideas that will be easy for you - if we failed this time, we will try again.  We are supposed to give you ideas.  If those ideas cause you to think of even better ideas for your success, then that is beautiful!       Now, in that vein – we are so excited to tell you that our friends Brother and Sister Jewell, the Area TFHCs from the Mesa Family History Center spring boarded some ideas from Primarily Primary and launched something even more spectacular.  It is so beautifully organized.  We are all blessed by their endeavors. You will find this in the file called PRIMARYACTIVITYDAYS.  It is located within the file called Primarily Primary   https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PinXr7kF7kQjJTOiX?e=JrAgXd  Eric and Natascha Jewell  Sat, Jun 15, 3:30 PM (7 days ago)      to Naswfamilyhistory@gmail.com       You inspired me to try and put together some different activities for primary aged children.  I compiled 4 activities, plus a few thoughts about Temple and Priesthood Preview.  I used your "Primarily" idea that I talked with you about using a few months ago.  I thought I would share what I created with you. Feel free to pass them along or not.  The first document contains all the ideas together. The other attachments are individual ideas.       Most of the activities were done by my sister when she was both a cub scout leader and then an activity days leader.  She loved family history and figured out a way to combine both family history and primary activities together. Thanks for the inspiration!  Eric and Natascha Jewell, Area Temple and Family History Consultants  Mesa Family History Center, Mesa Coordinating Council  Look out world, here they come!  What a dynamic duo, Karla Houston and Marianne McKay-Cox are from Scottsdale North Stake.  They are the Temple and Family History Leaders for Desert Mountain Ward and are setting a real example for other consultants.  These girls mean business!  They have been coming to the library every week to learn more ways to serve their Ward.  We helped them find a lot of great things by doing a One on One and then having the Consultants and Leaders watch the process as a group.  They followed along with their own Fan in the Consultant Planner.    We saw the miracle of inspiration wash across the faces as each had their laptops and found something using the techniques from our Troubleshooting Power Point.  You can do this too by watching the video and stopping and trying the techniques as you go, then start it again.  Here is the link!  Please write to us and let us know what you found!  We thought we would give you this link so you can see exactly how to analyze any tree in just a few minutes for good. TROUBLESHOOTING YOUR TREE THROUGH THE PLANNER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuYEHNppYbQ&t=4s

American Ancestor, a Family Search Partner recently hit the desert here in Phoenix with a dynamite seminar on DNA! Pamela Read, a consultant from the Salt River Stake in Arizona recently did us all an amazing favor!  She went to the conference of one of our Partners and took notes so we could partake of that knowledge and learn more about our partner, American Ancestors.  Thank you for a marvelous review, Pam!  See you online! by Pamela Read I went to the conference with high hopes of learning specifically how to decipher all those hundreds of names of people who are related to me through my DNA. I learned at Pam Holland presentation "DNA Basics and the Big Four"  that the four big companies with Autosomal participants are AncestryDNA- with 10 million +;  23andMe-6 million +; FamilyTreeDNA- about 1 million; MyHeritage- 1,750,000.  The reports have ethnicity estimates of regions 500 years or more ago plus individuals with a possible relationship to a match.  There are other tests you can do: Y-DNA testing- follows the male to male ancestral lines,  and mtDNA testing from females to both sons and daughters but sons do not pass down their mother's mtDNA to their children.      Try to test your oldest living relative that way you w ill get six generations of DNA.  Provide a well-researched and documented tree at the testing company.  Test at multiple companies to find the most matches. Complete a tree of living descendants-children, grandchildren, second cousins children...      Christopher C. Child presented "Interpreting Your Results: Best Practices" He talked about the number of centiMorgans each relative has to determine the relationship child, parents, cousins... It was eye-opening to see what each of the big four companies data looks like and what it means.      Christopher's next class was "Understanding Unexpected Results" he told some riveting surprising stories of family situations of extramarital affairs, adoption, sperm or egg donation, incorrect genealogical conclusions and switched at birth or later in life and how they solved the puzzle.      Pam Holland presented, "Getting the Most from Online DNA Tools."  This class was very informative!  There are three online tools she discussed and showed samples of the reports.   *DNA Painter which is a free program for one profile. It is not cloud-based program. It is on your loaded onto your computer. It maps your DNA test results to find out which ancestors gave you specific segments of your DNA. You can trace and connect new DNA matches.      *GedMatch a free tool comparing one test to all test or comparing one testing company results to another testing company results. This is interesting, AncestryDNA raw data can be download to My Heritage and FamilyTree DNA; 23andMe talks to MyHeritage and FamilyTreeDNA; MyHeritage and FamilyTreeDNA talk to each other; and all four talk to GedMatch.  (I have attached my chart with these companies and who talks to who.)       *American AncesTrees- free online tool from americanancestors.org It has a list view- Color-coded family tree; Segments-shows comparison by chromosomes; Triangulation- shows clusters of triangulated groups where everyone matches each other; and Matches Circle- visualize triangulated matches with colored squares refer to paternal or maternal grandparents lines.      Christopher C. Child ended the day with his presentation titled, "Testing Your Knowledge: DNA Case Studies."  I so enjoyed hearing his fascinating stories step-by-step of how he solved five different DNA puzzles.  There is hope for me yet in learning how to match and find the correct family members with my DNA matches.       Brother and Sisters,       We have been working on Kathy's genealogy for 35 years and on occasion have run into roadblocks where we did not know what to do, This recently was the case when we were looking for a Great grandfather born around the year 1760.       We had looked for weeks in Church of England record and found nothing', then we went to the Salt Lake Genealogical office and worked with a specialist for 2 hours searching records and again came up empty handed.  We discussed our dilemma with our ward Specialist.  She suggested we meet with Ted and Karen. We took her up on the offer and met with Karen who, with her extraordinary skills, was able to find  the grandfather we were looking for in just a few minutes. She also found his wife and three children, one of which we knew about.  The following week I met with Ted and Karen again and for 30 minutes we looked through the services and did not find  Birth dates, Place of Birth, or Marriage date. Then Karen said to me,"We need divine intervention.  Would you ask the Lord for help us?". After our prayer asking for assistance from the Lord to find the information we desired, Karen said, "We need to look in Family Search as one of the children had a baptismal and confirmation date."  The very next screen had all the information we were looking for ON Thomas and Pegey  - they came up as the parents. Their ordinances work had been done for them    We were then able to bridge this information to my family tree in Ancestry using Partner Access and the bridge technique they taught us.  Brother Meyer then found  200 YEARS of my ancestors,  Seven generations of ancestors were added.  Most of the temple ordinance work had been completed. This line is now completed back to the Mid 1500's Thank you Ted and Karen for your Talents and skills you shared with me. Lewis and Kathy Kunzler  * * * * * * * * *       We were so grateful to meet Lewis and help with his family.  We taught him how to use Partner Access and create a bridge from the open FS Profile to the "open and minimized" Partners.  We wish more people would take advantage of this marvelous gift of Partner Access.  If you are not aware what this is, please watch this video from our youtube.com account   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URnpYz97Opw

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