Changes in Family History recently.... February 11, 2019

Some good questions were raised about the recent changes in callings.  To make it easier for FS to get specific messages out to the Consultants, they took off the --Lead and --Indexing off the existing titles making everyone an easy Temple and Family History Consultant

FROM FAMILY SEARCH:

A good question was asked about how existing callings were handled when the change was made to remove the assignment designators. Any consultant who was already in a standard calling with the hyphenated assignment designator was automatically moved to the new standard calling of either Ward Temple and Family History Consultant (if they were serving at the ward level) or Stake Temple and Family History Consultant (if they were serving at the stake level).

Clerks would only need to put consultants into the new standard calling if they were previously in a custom created calling.

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If you do hear of any stake temple and family history consultants who can no longer access the Indexing reports make sure they are in MLS/LCR as a “Stake Temple and Family History Consultant”. If they are listed with any hyphenated assignment it means the stake has created a custom calling. Only standard callings selected from the dropdown will have access.

If there are any questions about this have the consultant call FamilySearch Support at 866-406-1830.

REGARDING THE SCREENING OF THE LIVE FEED FOR ROOTS TECH LEADERSHIP MEETING ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019

There are been two links going around for Thursday’s Leadership Instruction, one containing a dash between “family” and “history”. Both links should work but we’ve been asked to use “familyhistory” without the dash, as shown below.

Here is some clarification regarding the meeting on February 28^th. In years past, this meeting was referred to as the Family History Leadership Session at RootsTech. Last year temple and family history consultants were invited to attend along with stake presidents and Area Seventies. This year bishops, elders quorum presidencies, relief society presidencies, temple & family history leaders, and temple & family history consultants have been invited. The meeting is now called Temple and Family History Leadership Instruction.

Selected leaders and consultants have been invited to attend the live meeting in the Little Theater of the conference center on Thursday, February 28 at 7:00 pm. Seating is limited to those with invitations. The meeting will be streamed live at www.lds.org/familyhistory. The stream will be available in English, Spanish, and French. Those attending RootsTech who would like to participate but were not invited may view a live stream of the instruction in Ballroom A of the Salt Palace Convention Center.

FREE!!!!!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Consultants, members, nonmembers - great chance to learn more!

UPCOMING STAKE FAMILY HISTORY FAIR

SCOTTSDALE NORTH STAKE - COMMUNITY EVENT

• 6840 E Gold Dust Ave  Scottsdale, AZ  85253-1404  United States
• https://www.google.com/maps/place/6840+E+Gold+Dust+Ave,+Paradise+Valley,+AZ+85253/@33.5799039,-111.9345818,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x872b749429ea19c5:0xb94a82ea12bd299

TIME:  8;00 Light breakfast

            9:00 KEYNOTE SPEAKER

          10-1PM CLASSES

See Website for complete syllabus and handouts for each class.

We will be teaching AT 10 AM - HOPE TO SEE YOU!

With Audio - Family Night Ideas

ROOTS TECH! IT'S COMING - What will be streamed for F R E E?

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2019

9:00 AM  What's New at Family Search?

Ron Tanner of Family Search International reviews the latest features and capabilities released on family Search, their value and why the changes were made.  See the future of Family Search.

11:00 am   Hear Them Sing!  Social History and Family Narrative

 Rebecca Whitman Koford discusses how the addition of social history enhances the family narrative and clarifies the songs of our ancestors.  She will discuss how to contextualize ancestors' lives and with social history research and use it to inspire others to want to know more about those who have passed.

1:30 PM    Uncovering Family Stories with British and Irish Historic Newspapers      (Sponsored by FindmyPast)

Myko Clelland discusses the numerous digitized collection of millions of pages of local and national historic newspapers, covering 300 years of history from every county in Britain and Ireland.  Get the full scoop with Findmypast vast collection, and discover how to make the most of the stories contained within this huge resource.

3:00 PM      Connecting your DNA Matches

Diahan Southard takes you through your DNA match list and explains the Shared Matches tool.  Learn how to create and employ a number of tools to boost your confidence in yourenetic genealogy skills.

4:30 PM    Wednesday General Session and Opening Event


THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019

8:00 AM    Making the Leap - Becoming a Professional Genealogist (Power Hour)

 In this power hour session, Luana Darby, Valerie Elkins and Anne Teerlink explore how to make a successful transition from hobbyist to a career as a professional.  Learn about the           importance of diversifying your talents, and discover ways to earn income as a genealogist.

9:30 AM    Finally!  German Church Records and How to Use them on FamilySearch

 Join Trish Melander and explore the German Church records that are now being published on Family Search.  These records are rich in centuries of history, contain baptisms, marriages, burials and even confirmations.

11:00 AM   Thursday General Session:  Patricia Heaton, Actress

 Nobody knows the family quite like Emmy award-winning actress Patricia Heaton.  Known    for her humorous roles as a typical American housewife in big hit television series' like Everybody loves Raymond and The Middle  Patricia has won many prestigious awards and the hearts of television viewers worldwide.  don't miss this opportunity to watch one of the most recognized actresses in the world tell her story in person.  A story that perfectly illustrates what it looks like to follow your heart, exercise faith and persist until you achieve great success.

 1:30 PM     WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANCESTRY....(Sponsored by Ancestry)

Join Crista Cowan and preview Ancestry's cool new tools that are geared to improve and            accelerate your family history research.

3:00 PM       "Jumping the Broom", Oil Inheritance, and African American Marriage in the South

Kenyatta Berry will cover the tradition of jumping the broom, the informal marriage ceremony for the enslaved.  Kenyatta will also share the story of her paternal ancestors of Arkansas and East Texas and she will detail how she used primary and secondary sources to discover her ancestor's connection to the oil industry in Arkansas and Texas.

4:30 PM       Perilous Assumptions:  Revisiting those First Finds

 Despite the best of intentions, many family history researchers make incorrect assumptions about records that don't quite fit.  Kris Rzepczynski will explore false assumptions, revisiting those mistakes and the family history discoveries that may await.

FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2019


1:30 PM       Getting the most out of billions of records on My Heritage Super Search                                          (Sponsored by My Heritage)

3:00 pm        Discover your Japanese Ancestors

 Join Valerie Elkins and learn how to find your Japanese Ancestors in Japan.  discover how to obtain your family's vital records from Japan and climb your family tree.   Japanese are wonderful record keepers, but accessing those records can be challenging without knowing how to proceed. 

4:30 pm       The Research Road Map - Your path to success

  Amy Johnson Crow explains why having a research plan is more than making a to-do list.  See how having a good plan is essential to making progress in your research and making it less frustrating.

SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2019

                   

8:00 AM       Trace the Story of Immigrant Ancestors in 3 Steps (POWER HOUR)

Susan Miller, D. Joshua Taylor and Frederick Wertz explore 3 key steps to unlocking the story of your immigrant ancestors with the New York Genealogical and biographical Society.

9:30 AM         Examining your DNA Matches with DNA Painter

 DNA Painter is a website that can help interpret and demystify your autosomal DNA results.  Using practical examples, Jonny Perl will demonstrate how DNA Painter can be used for a variety of activities including chromosome mapping and relationship prediction for unknown DNA matches

11:00 AM      Saturday General Session, Jake Simabukuro

 World renowned ukelele master, Jake Shimabukhuro will be the keynote speaker.  Get                  ready to hear Jake's inspiring story and listen to the one of a kind ukulele musician                     play the instrument like you've never heard it before.

1:30 pm           LEADING WITH SCIENCE AT 23 AND ME (Sponsored by 23 and Me)

3:00 pm          THE SILENT LANGUAGE OF STONES - READING GRAVESTONES THROUGH SYMBOLS AND CARVINGS.

Symbols and icons have been used on tombstones for centuries but it was not until the mid-1800s that this secret language on the stones became popular.  Joy Neighbors will explore these symbols and statues that tel stories of the deceased, including family relationships, religious affiliations, military service, occupations and  society memberships.

     While we are up in the Utah Area - our daughter asked if we could show her ward some tips and tricks for Genealogy!  

Ted and I will be at the Kingston Ward in North Ogden Stake on Sunday March 3 at noon after their block - We will be presenting some fun ideas for Family Night, using technology for FUN and helping to keep kids awake!  

Hope to see you there!  The Address is:  

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1425 Kingston Dr, Ogden, UT 84403

NASW Newsletter for Jan 15, 2019 - Jumping those Hurdles to Success in Genealogy!

Hurdles are placed there for us to grow....

Each one makes us smarter!

Try to look at your challenges more positively.  When you find the answer, you'll feel amazing.  Email us one of your hurdles and let us try to help you.

NASW NEWSLETTER FOR January 15, 2019 by TedKarenMeyer

See your Email for the PDF version - if you didn't get one in email - send us an email and let us know.  Canva is working on it, but right now, their embedded version of the newsletters does not let you click on the links inside.

VALUABLE LINKS IN THIS NEWSLETTER VERSION

DATABASE OF INDENTURED SERVANTS:

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INTERESTING SITE ABOUT INDENTURED SERVANTS

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FAMILY SEARCH INFORMATION ON INDENTURED SERVANTS

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OUR ONE DRIVE TO STAKE TRAINING FOR CONSULTANTS

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NEW APP FOR YOU - KINMAPPER

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Just for Fun - Take a Family History Quiz!

ProProfs Quiz- Fun Family History Quiz! How will you do?

Discussing the usage of certain words

On the same note as discussing Standards used in Genealogy, I ran across a list of words that really cause a lot of tumult and concern with trying to get the database to understand.

 So it's not just the words in the test above that cause problems but all of these as well IF THEY ARE LISTED IN THE FIRST OR LAST NAME FIELDS.

Good to know! 

 If you find a file with this information, Words to avoid.   Keep in mind that the list below is not exhaustive, but it includes the terms that most commonly cause users problems. If one of the words in the list happens to be the first or last name of one of your ancestors, please contact FamilySearch Support.  SUPPORT@FAMILYSEARCH.ORG

Put each part of the name in the correct field

• Title. Use this for words like “Count” or “Mister.” If a person does not have a title, simply leave this field blank. 
• First Names. Enter the person's first and middle names. Do not enter nicknames. They go in the “Other Information” section.
• Last Names. Enter the person’s family name or surname. If a woman changed her surname after marriage, enter her maiden name.
• Suffix. Enter words like “Jr.” or “Sr.,” or perhaps a Roman numeral, as in “John Smith III.”  If a person does not have a suffix, simply leave this field blank. 

Put nicknames and other variations in the Other Information section

Add other other names a person had in the “Other Information” section. These names include the following:

• Nicknames.
• Names used before or after moving to a new country.
• Names used to avoid identification, as in the case of an escaped slave or a person living in hiding.
• Name changes caused by adoption, divorce, or some other legal actions if they were not the last legal name used by the person.
• Name variants caused by naming customs, such as French "dit" names.

Avoid invalid words and characters

Avoid the following in name fields:

• Names with initials only.
• Special characters, extra spaces, and most punctuation marks. Hyphens and apostrophes are okay if they are a part of the actual name. Generation numbers, such as Steven Smith III, are acceptable in the suffix field.
• Avoid repeating a special characters, such as two apostrophes in a row.
• Words that are not really names, such as “not named,” “unnamed,” “Mister,” “Wife,” "twin," or "Son."  SEE ALL WORDS BELOW THAT SHOULD NOT BE USED.

PUNCTUATION PLACE HOLDERS OR WORDS IN PARENTHESES SHOULD NOT BE USED

 "" . .. ... / ( ) (baby) (boy) (child) (female) (infant) (male) (twin) (twins) (unknown) (unnamed) (wife)

ASIAN WORDS (KOREAN, JAPANESE, CHINESE) WHICH SHOULD NOT BE USED.

 무명 미상 사산한 아버지 어머니 익명의 자녀 없음 不明 不清楚 不知道 不詳 지명하지 않다 匿


名 名前がない 子供がいない 未具名 死産 死胎 母親 沒有名字 無名 無子女 父親

ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN, ITALIAN AND SPANISH- BUT ALPHABETIZED

ancestor,

her,

inconnu,

live,

mère,

muerto,

nom, i

sister,

anan,

ancestors

anon.

anónim

anônim.

anónimo

anonymous

baby

bastard,

bekannt

bennant,

body

born

brother

data

daughter

dead

deadborn

death

deceased

desc. Mort-né twin,

desconhecido,

desconocido

died,

dodfodt,

don't name

Duke

enfant,

entry

father

female

filhos,

flickebarn

geboren

girl

husband

infant

information not named

inft

inft,

kinderlos,

listed

live

living

ma

madre,

mãe

male

man

married

men

misc

miss

mort ne tot,

mother

mrs

muerto

mutter

nacido

natrimorto

nephew

never,

nichg

nicht

niece

no issue

no name

no woman

non anon

not known

other

padre

pai anónimo

père anonym,

record

records

sans

sem nome,

sem,

sin hijos

sin nomb

sin nombre

sister

son

still born

stillborn

twins

unbek

unbekannt,

unborn

unk,

unnamed

un-named

vater,

wife

women

yes

What is the Correct way to enter Names into Family Tree?
Related Articles Entering names in Family Tree (80359)

Ever gotten the error - Needs more information?
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Want the info on an unusual situation?
Sealing a child to parents when the name of the father or mother is unknown (52743)


If you have a file with these word (s) listed above and it has become a dead end,  or just needs someone at FS to review it, please contact :  support@familysearch.org through email with the PID number of the file and your email address listed with Family Search.

Setting your Family History Goals for your Stake or Ward

 
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Start January 2019 off with a bang!  

After reading this newsletter, you will be prepared to start working on your Ward Family History Plans for your Stake High Counselor to roll into a report for your Stake President.


Last April Area Presidencies were assigned to each of the six massive areas of the World. Our Area is called the North America South West Area. They do need to look at numbers as it happens to be a logical way to see what is working and what is not. Each quarter, your Stake Presidents need your plan for your Ward visions for planning and future budgets. 

      We hope this newsletter will help get your 2019 year off to a good start. Some Stake Presidents started requesting your plans for your wards back in September and October. We've never, to my knowledge had a forum for jotting down what was important in your vision for your Ward. By creating a plan, events to be held by each of our Auxiliaries will be documented, talked about, and put onto your Stake Calendar.

      You will each be able to coordinate activities for your events This newsletter will show you a template that you can input all the info from your Auxiliaries and when you submit it to your Stake High Counselor, he will love it! A lot of people are now using this and feel like their team is truly effective and cohesive. They FEEL more organized!  Let us know how we can improve upon it for you. 

The Link is below in the Newsletter - Interesting enough, I have Canva looking into their newsletter software for improvements.   This newsletter is great for browsing and deciding if you want to download the .pdf version.  You won't be able to click on any links here online, but if you download the .pdf version, you can click on links as you read.

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NASW NEWSLETTER FOR January 2019 by TedKarenMeyer


Discover Gather and Connect was the theme of last year's Roots Tech - wondering what the theme will be this year.  I know as a convert, I was particularly moved by the "I belong" commercials.  Everytime I find that one of my ancestors was a Pioneer who struggled in the journey across the United States, I feel like I do belong.  Of course, as a Child of God, we all belong, but there is something different about a convert realizing that the church that they chose to join is also one that their ancestors loved.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gives us many opportunities to get to know our ancestors.  I hope you enjoy this deck called Discover, Gather and Connect....

It's almost been a year since the Prophet asked us...

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Scottsdale Coordinating Council - You are amazing!
We have almost accomplished EVERYTHING that was asked of us!

There's just one more item...

It's almost been a year since the Prophet asked us to work with the 11-12 year olds...

 What have we done? Our Stakes have been doing an excellent job!  You are all running as fast as you can!

     We've had a year packed with changes in Family History and have trained the Elders Quorum Leaders, their Counselors over Temple and Family History, and then there is the new Temple and Family History Leader that we needed to train in the Stakes where the Wards opted to use that method.

STAKE LEADS, WARD LEADS, CONSULTANTS

     Our Stake Leads have been working hard to have each ward send a TFHC to work one night per month from each Ward to the Stake Library.  The Stake Leads have also been working to train the Ward Leads and Temple and Family History Consultants on the one-on-one, spirit led, personalized family history experience.  TFHCs are going out with the Full Time Missionaries and working with people who are being taught.  They are helping them gather names for a fan chart and visiting the Stake Center to enter names in their own FREE account!   They are partnering with ministering sisters and brothers to make sure converts get to the Temple within 60 days!  They have been using our training decks and cheat sheets to allay the anxieties of the new consultants using the non-manual preferred method of the First Presidency.

YOUNG ADULTS inviting Non Members to join in!   

 Our Young Adults are planning inclusive fun Activities, like Family History Escape Rooms and utilizing Family History Games to spark interest in the young adults' families.  They are infusing fun into Family History!

  OUR YOUTH ARE MINISTERING TO THE ELDERLY AND GETTING FAMILY HISTORY DONE!  

 Our Youth have been going out in pairs with invitations and cookies to invite our  Elite Singles and Older Sisters/Brothers to work together in partnership, thereby getting to appreciate the older generation for their gifts and hard work lessons that they impart to the youth while working  with them.  Working to include older sisters and brothers by calling them and offering to work with them one on one in their homes has been found to be helpful and invigorating to both.  The youth have also increased their numbers by learning how to log in with their own login and password and reserving and printing their own names from the accounts.  That makes your Stake numbers swell and tells the Prophet that you are getting it done!  Well Done!

RELIEF SOCIETY, ELDERS QUORUM AND MISSION LEADERS  

   Our Relief Society and Elders Quorum Presidencies are working more with the Mission President and  Ward Mission Leaders.  As new people being taught are welcomed into the fold, these great people are making sure that they are loved and friend-shipped.  The Consultant assigned by the Ward Lead to work with that person also works with someone the Relief Society Counselor or Elders Quorum Counselor assigns to minister to that person.  The three work in partnership  to make sure that the new convert goes to the Temple within 60 days with their own names!

PRIMARY LEADERS 

It's your turn to shine!

if you are over the 11-12 year olds, you have been encouraging them to do as the Prophet asked!

They are getting help from a Temple and Family History consultant learning the Consultant Planner and Partner Access.  They have their very own accounts and are able to reserve names shown to them in the Planner and they can hand them to their Parents to do until they become 12 and can go with the Youth to do the Baptisms.

We are so proud of the strides you have made this year!

Keep up the good work  

here is your Primary Train-the Trainer Video for not only

the Primary Leaders, but the YW and YM leaders who work with the Youth Consultants.

Check out Justserve.org
No matter where you are, you can pick any of the organizations near you to lend a hand.  The system knows your zip code and suggests several right in your neighborhood.

For More information, email Br. and Sister Kehoe at email the NASW Area Representative for Just Serve!

How the Industrial Revolution affected Society

You have just lost a person you've been tracking on Census Data...  Where did he go? What do you do now?
There are many reasons that people disappeared before and after 1849.  The first, obviously was death.  With 8 billion records at Family Search, 100,000  Geneanet records and well, I'm just not sure how many FindaGrave entries there are...point being, we have places to verify the names and date of demise.
The next reason was that in 1849 people dropped their shovels and rakes and hustled over to the train leaving for,,,,NOT California.  The Golden Spike at Promontory Point had not yet been connected, (until 1869), so the only way to get all the way through all of the mountain was with  to take a ship around the Great Horn and end up in San Francisco then off to Sacramento and the Sonororan mountains to find their weight in gold.. 
With the modernization of America came many pros and cons.  One was to change the face of the family forever.  It took Father away from the Farm, and encouraged mother to work outside the home.  

Our December Newsletter - Merry Christmas from NASWFamilyhistory!

Merry Christmas to you and your families

on both sides of the veil!

May the blessings of the Season be yours now

and forever!

Ted and Karen Meyer

NASW NEWSLETTER FOR DEC 4, 2018 by TedKarenMeyer

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Need to train a Consultant? Need to train a ward member? You are at the right place!

Before 2018, there has never been any real training for a Consultant.  You got called, dove in and swam.  Now we know what needs to be done and this is a plan to help you accomplish it.  

We also have a training deck that shows every part each organization in your Stake plays and how to work together to help new members and existing members. 

Please let us know what your challenges are - we can help you so that you can show something to your Consultants or Leads to give them the direction that they so richly deserve.

naswfamilyhistory@gmail.com

TRAINING FILES FOR BEGINNING FAMILY HISTORY

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TRAINING FILES FOR A NEW CONSULTANT

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TRAINING FILES FOR STAKE FAMILY HISTORY PROGRAMS INCLUDING
A PLANNING DOCUMENT FOR YOUR HC.

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NEW ORDINANCE READY TRAINING

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