Remembering 9/11 - Using Family History to help the descendants

Remembering 9/11/2001

How Family History can help the descendants of the victims

The Library of Congress now has an exhibit for Remembering 9/11

 - https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/110910/sept11.html

     I think that is wonderful, except as ANY memorabilia of that horrible event in our lives, it does tell a lot of horrific aspects.  What the descendants need now, is some solid stories and POSITIVE remembrances of their parents or Grandparents lost in the attack.  The best way to honor them is to write a book of their life story.  You can upload it to Kindle Direct Publishing and every member of the family can buy their own copy of the book - but the story will be in a central location.  

     

     Think about it.  I published 9 LDS Adventure/Spy/Romance novels on Create Space and Kindle which are combining forces in the publishing field and now my children will each have 9 novels that their mother wrote.  Can you imagine a better gift for a descendant of a victim than a book with an amazing cover - glossy - about the live of their Father, Mother, Grandmother or Grandfather?  The ones with pictures do cost more to buy, but maybe it is what we need.  Something positive that says, I was here, and I mattered.....think about it.  Let me know your thoughts.

When the news about Family History is flying out as fast as it is, sometimes I feel like I need to...

NASW NEWSLETTER FOR September 11, 2018 by TedKarenMeyer post a little more often than once a month. this is one of those times! Look at the thousands of new records just released!

Laurie Bradshaw from Family Search did a fabulous job of putting these all together for you!

New Records on FamilySearch: August 2018 by Laurie Bradshaw

FamilySearch expanded its free online archives in August 2018 with over 13 million new indexed family history records and over 13 million digital images from around the world. New historical records were added from Chile, Dominican Republic, France, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United States,which includes California, Delaware, Georiga, Illinois, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas, and Virigina. New digital images were added from BillionGraves, Italy, Peru, Russia, Louisiana, and Wales.

Find your ancestors using these free archives online, including marriage, death, church, military, and civil registration records. Millions of new genealogy records are added each month to make your search easier.

Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Records	Comments
Chile	Chile, Civil Registration, 1885–1932	573,607	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic Civil Registration, 1801–2010	44,317	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
France	France, Brittany, Public Records, 1793–1896	26,623	0	New indexed records collection
France	France, Finistère, Quimper et Léon Diocese, Catholic Parish Records, 1772–1894	10,968	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
France	France, Ille-et-Vilaine, Cancale, Census, 1836	4,951	0	New indexed records collection
France	France, Vienne, Military Draft Cards, 1867–1921	143,016	0	New indexed records collection
France	France, Yonne, Military Records, War of 1870	2,846	0	New indexed records collection
Honduras	Honduras, Civil Registration, 1841–1968	42,692	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Hungary	Hungary, Jewish Vital Records Index, 1800–1945	2,292	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Iceland	Iceland Church Census, 1744-–1965	8,236	0	New indexed records collection
Italy	Italy, Chieti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809–1930	0	3,209,343	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Italy	Italy, Palermo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820–1947	0	4,331,932	New browsable image collection.
New Zealand	New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843–1998	0	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Other	BillionGraves Index	325,185	3,251,185	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Peru	Peru, Amazonas, Civil Registration, 1939–1999	1,975	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Peru	Peru, Áncash, Civil Registration, 1888–2005	110,989	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Peru	Peru, La Libertad, Civil Registration, 1903–1998	33,913	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Peru	Peru, Puno, Civil Registration, 1890–2005	2,724	400,930	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Portugal	Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555–1911	9,141	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Russia	Russia, Samara Church Books 1748–1934	107,788	311,104	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Sweden	Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880–1930	20,720	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Ukraine	Ukraine, Kyiv Orthodox Consistory Church Book Duplicates, 1734–1930	0	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800–1994	4,617,174	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	Delaware Vital Records, 1650–1974	30,727	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	Georgia, Atlanta City Census, 1896	80,935	0	New indexed records collection
United States	Illinois, Macon County, Decatur Public Library Collections, 1879-2007	10,716	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	Louisiana, Orleans Parish Vital Records, 1900–1964	16,442	311,104	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	Missouri, Jackson County Voter Registration Records, 1928–1956	135,806	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	North Dakota, County Marriages, 1872–1958	28,276	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800–1977	29,913	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	Texas, Houston, Historic Hollywood Cemetery Records, 1895–2008	40,870	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912–1913	301,108	161,758	New indexed records and images collection
United States	Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912–1987	2,682,595	1,043,790	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918–1988	763,910	200,235	New indexed records and images collection
United States	Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936–1988	2,510,423	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Wales	Wales Court and Miscellaneous Records, 1542–1911	0	4,242	Added indexed records to an existing collection

Over 6 billion searchable historic records are available from around the world on FamilySearch.org. Records are published with the help of thousands of volunteer indexers who transcribe digital copies of handwritten records to make them easily searchable online. To help make more historical records from the world’s archives available online, volunteer with FamilySearch Indexing.

Learn how to search the records on FamilySearch to find exactly what you're looking for.

Laurie Bradshaw | September 6, 2018 at 10:46 am | URL: https://wp.me/p3q0yN-a8k

Thank you to Leslie for this great page for New Consultants or people just starting their familyhistory!

https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/simple-start-family-history/#comments

Thank you to Leslie

Native American Ancestry from my notes RT 2018

NASW NEWSLETTER FOR SEPTEMBER 2018

NASWFAMILYHISTORY SEP 2018 NEWSLETTER by TedKarenMeyer

Ward Lead Training and Consultant Training

We just returned from Salt Lake for a North American Area TFHC Conference - we have been training Leads and Consultants and watching the numbers rise!  We  would love to help you!  If you aren't close to us, just use these tools to show your people.

Let us know what else you feel you need for success.....but this is it!!!

https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=0FEEA7F46644B634&id=FEEA7F46644B634%21586&parId=FEEA7F46644B634%21535&o=OneUp

Here is the video above.  Just stop it and take notes if you need to.

We also have the powerpoint if you would like to personalize it


Do you want to include the 11-12 year olds?  Need help getting your EQ and Counselors trained to work with them?  This is guaranteed to get them excited about Family History!

Links that will help you when working with Consultants, or Teaching Youth, YM/YW

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 This is how the information flows from Salt Lake -

 In each ward...how does the flow take it's best effect under the direction of the Bishop?

 This slide deck will help train your EQ and Ward Leads to take their new found knowledge and help your ward - Have a meeting and show them this!

 This is to train any Stake, Ward Lead or TFHC
If everyone knows how to use the tools, they can't help but be a success - Watch the Spirit of Elijah ignite in your ward!
Here is the link:https://1drv.ms/p/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PhGMrgZx0SbTcP2Qz

You can show this video to your people - they will get a new understanding!


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Links that will help you when working with Consultants, or Teaching Youth, YM/YW

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 TMI?  Sometimes information overload get's anyone confused.  You can't expect to learn all this in one day - use this cheat sheet to go back and review

Whenever training a consultant - too much informaiton may leave them a little confused.  If you give them this cheat sheet, they will be able to refer to our youtube videos when they get home and have forgotten some of what you showed them.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE WHOLE PACKET

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How do you do this Family History thing?

Thinking in terms of a timeline will calm your brain and keep you from squirlling!

  Sometimes if you aren't focused, your mind can float on all this data and you get lost.

You may know exactly what to do but start with the basics - just the left column has, who you are looking for and her parents and who she married.

This is her mother's basic information - remember women keep their maiden name in genealogy to keep the lines straight, but they die with their married name.  So in the final search for an OBIT or headstone, take out the maiden name and input the married name for a pure search.  You will get faster results.

 I thought you might like to have a couple of blank forms to play with so here are a couple of jpgs that will print out as an 8.5x11 and a link to a pdf with the sample data and blank fields to enter your data.  Let me know if this is helpful.

naswfamilyhistory@gmail.com

 

 here is the link to this pdf above:  https://1drv.ms/b/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PhC63Cy8OAKeZyps8




How do you do this Family History thing?

It's morning and 7,000 are without power...where's your records?

There used to be a public service announcement....

It said, "It's 11 o'clock....do you know where your children are?"  It gave parents a scare.  It made them think about their responsibility to always know where their charges were at all times.....making sure they were safe. It made them accountable for that gift which was given to them to take care of and nurture. 

It made me wonder.  It's been raining for three hours solid.  The pool is close to overflowing....do you know where your Genealogy and Family pictures are stored?  Do you have them backed up somewhere in case of flash flooding?   How safe are your records?  Are you ok in the "preserving your family heritage" department?   I hope you are smirking right now instead of knee deep in water and cringing.

Well, last night we got over 1 inch of rain water and along with thunder, lightening and massive fear building non stop rain for over 3 hours.  Where does it all go when the ground can't absorb anymore so quickly?  Just one hour north of us, close to Prescott Valley, campers scurried to find high ground to avoid the flash flooding that took place last night.

 Luckily, most of us have stored our family history in SEVERAL PLACES, and made copies.  But what about that box of paper records? 

Paper and water don't mix well.

Photos don't work well with water.  They tend to ruin quickly at the mere mention of moisture and mildew.

Now that you survived and are just sitting there in the dark, contemplating your next move, open your emergency box of candles and take a few out and light them, if you happen to be one of the 7,000 without power this morning.

Now, since you are smarter than these campers in this picture, and not venturing close enough to rushing water to actually SEE it rise, rush past you (note, they are only about 2 feet higher and think they are perfectly safe).....well.....now would be a great time to make some changes in your life.  Take out a piece of paper and make some notes:

You can start immediately as soon as the power comes back on.  If you are reading this from your phone, just take a mental note that you and your family records survived the storm THIS TIME, but it's not too soon to start preparing just as you would with your Emergency preparation kit.  

1. If you are a church member, take advantage of the Partner Access, (900.00 in free software) and upload your GEDCOM file to more than a few places (Family Search, Ancestry, My Heritage).  

2.  Do you know how to export a copy of your tree?  (Living Scriptures has a tutorial about this in their 8/11/2018 edition).  It discusses the options for Ancestry and My Heritage.  Family Search does nOT have an option to export your gedcom.  You first must import it to a 3rd party software, then export it to your  personal computer.  While you are at it, export it also to a thumb drive then drop it off at the bank in your safe deposit bos!  

Now you can consider yourself prepared....as far as your Family History is concerned.  Now as far as food, toiletries, emergency preparedness items.....that's another issue.  If you are emergency preparedness challenged and need a tutorial on that, may I suggest dropping by these sites, when your power gets fully restored.  Right now, save your battery on your phone and wait it out.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS KITS CAN BE FOUND AT:

AMAZON.COM

COSTCO.COM

Stealthangelkits.com

Emergency kits.com

mypatriotsupply.com

but the best thing you can do for your posterity is a thumb drive - here's a great deal

https://www.ebay.com/itm/SANDISK-CRUZER-GLIDE-16GB-USB-3-0-FLASH-DRIVE-MEMORY-STICK-THUMB-STORAGE-16-GB/251337562625?epid=115359312&hash=item3a84e2da01%3Ag%3ABtAAAOSw2FxZvFTC&_sacat=0&_nkw=thumb+drives&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR8.TRC1.A0.H0.Xthumb+drives.TRS0

Your chance to Inspire others..... Great activities can be planned across all auxilliaries with family History.    Family Search is looking for inspirational stories where people received revelation that their searches were fruitful.  Any stories, especially of 11-12 year olds learning more about their heritage and their feelings about the journey are especially requested.  At our North American Conference, they stressed they would even come and film locally if the story was what they were seeking to inspire others.  Please send your stories to us at naswfamilyhistory@gmail.com SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER:  HTTP://eepurl.com/cZDKYn

A new directive... With so many apps to "Take a Name" or "Find a Name", people have been submitting up to 3,000 names without verifying if the work has already been done or not.  The brethern would like us to slow down a little and get to know those members on the other side of the veil.  Take time to find out more about their lives, read local town histories of when they were living there, read journals to find out how they solved their problems.  As you truly take the time to know them, your spiritual experience in the Temple or even working with your tree, will become more intense.  You will feel their gratitude as you honor them.

Training the 11 year olds

Many of you probably saw President Oaks and Sister Oaks tremendous presentation at Roots Tech this year.  If you haven't, here it is in it's entirety.  We use a snippet of the program in our 11 year old training.  There is a reason the Prophet has told us to use these young people in such a valiant job of preserving our heritage.  The most important ones are the protective blessings they will receive for doing so. Visit our Youtube Channel to view our Train the Trainer.  Let us come and present this to your Primary Presidency, Beehive Advisor, Deacon Advisor and Elder's Quorum President.  Call us or email us today and set up a time for any Tuesday or Wednesday night at your building.  480 262 3525  naswfamilyhistory@gmail.com

OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL IS:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4NpXxxHuznsKtaoH9Lw8WQ?view_as=subscriber

Relief Society and Family History Each Sunday, add a short sharing moment and encourage the sisters to pray to find out something about a relative.  They can search in any realm, software, google, journals, but bring a picture to Relief Society to share.  Do this in anticipation of taking a special day at the Temple with other Sisters.

Young Women and Young Men and Family History Organize a service project.  Divide the ward list up and have each YW/YM call them and either interview them over the phone or make an appointment to meet with them.  Let them tell some stories and have the youth type them up as they talk.  This will increase compassion for them.  They will learn so much!  Assign at least 3 YW/YM to be Family History consultants.  Training is on our Youtube channel.  Help them help others succeed in documenting their history for their posterity.

Just a Shout Out... Congratulations to Scottsdale North Stake last week for an amazing program.  We were there to be of service in Family HIstory if needed.  The Peruvian Celebration drew over 400 people.  There was music, dancing, free food and they DID run out eventually, but it appeared to be almost like the "fed 5,000" miracle.  Everyone had exactly what they needed!  Good Job - let's see more events like this.  What a good example to other Stakes!

How could that be? Well...it couldn't...

Things that make you go....hmmmm?

We run across situations all the time where someone, who shall be nameless for this example, has exuberantly tried to stretch the facts to fit the puzzle.  Really, this could be any of us!  We want so badly to do the work and just really want it to be right, but hoping just doesn't make it so.  So, we need to be patient with ourselves and step back and look at the data with discernment.

When you want something to match so badly...are you tempted to falsify the documents?  Be careful.  If you don't have the proper sourcing identifying your records, your work won't be taken seriously.

Case in point....

Patron told me that in her line.....there was a Mother and Father who married and had three of the six kids in Scotland in 1686.

Then they moved to Utah in 1710 and had her Great 3x Grandfather...then the rest of the six children (#5 and 6) were then born back in Scotland.  She found a family who arrived in Ellis Island in 1896 with all the same names.

I had a really hard time trying to convince her that she had the wrong data.  How did I know? 

 1) Yes, she did find a family in Findmypast with 6 children all coincidentally named Mary, James, Joseph, John, Michael and David after the Saints.

2) It is a fact that many families named their young after Uncles and Aunts and Great Uncles and Great Aunts.  Sometimes it's even trying to make sure you have all the right names slotted into the correct generations because the similarities are so ominous.

3) Many times, you will find family on passenger lists, but not this family - there was 200 years between 1686 and 1896 - The correct part was that Ellis Island opened in 1892...

4) She was certain that her G3 Grandfather Michael was born in Utah....but in 1710, there were very FEW organized census data.  Most of the data was from something called "compiled census", meaning, if there was a meeting at the town hall, and they took roll call, then those people were on the list.  Utah was not even a state until:  January 4, 1896, however...we DO have census data on the Territory of that area from 1850 forward.

5)  It is very very rare that a family would come all the way from Scotland, have one child and go back on that horrific ocean journey with 4 children (including a baby) to have two more in Scotland.

Conclusion!  Unless you have the documents, delete the data from your tree and work only with documentation that you really trust.  Then hold your head high.  It's better to have correct data and less of it than guess your best guess and be off.