Area Temple and Family History Consultants - Scottsdale, Gilbert, Phoenix, Mesa, Tempe

I may have missed a city!  Please let me know what your area covers so that I can label your picture from our meeting correctly.   I feel like we are missing some from our meeting.  If others have pictures, please send them.    This is from our April 27, 2017 meeting with Our Family Search Area Manager, Brent Summerhays.

Brother and Sister Melville

Brother and Sister Meyer

Brother and Sister Mortensen

Brother and Sister Peterson

Brother and Sister Schults

Sister Haws and Brent Summerhays

We need pictures of the Karchners, Kemptons and Calls

As we follow the Six Steps that the First Presidency laid out,  with Heavenly Father's help, we will bring so much joy into  others' lives.

1.  Prepare Spiritually
2.  Discover their Goals
3.  Access their tree
4.  Deliver a personalized lesson plan with the Consultant Planner
5.  Point them to the Temple
6.  Find others to teach.

We always enjoy their excitement at learning something new and always ask, "Who will you share what you've learned here with?".  If they say it, they will do it.

The 110 Rule - it's importance and explanation

James Tanner pretty much explains this rule to a tee!  His explanation comes from a 2015 Roots Tech update, but it is still prevalent today.

#RootsTech Update -- Discussion about the LDS 110 Year Rule

In doing Temple ordinances members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been asked to observe what is called "the 110 Year Rule." The rule is currently stated as follows:

110 Year Rule:

To do ordinances for a deceased person who was born in the last 110 years, the following requirements must be met.

• The person must have been deceased for at least one year.
• You must either be one of the closest living relatives, or you must obtain permission from one of the closest living relatives. If you are not a spouse, child, parent, or sibling of the deceased, please obtain permission from one of the closest living relatives before doing the ordinances. The closest living relatives are an undivorced spouse (the spouse to whom the individual was married when he or she died), an adult child, a parent, or a brother or sister.

Verbal approval is acceptable. Family members should work together to determine when the ordinances will be done and who will do them.

 If you work with patrons at a major Family History Library or Center as I do, you will quickly understand the need for such a rule. Many times, people who are unrelated to the deceased person will find the availability of the ordinance work and perform the ordinances. This often causes extreme emotional distress to the close relatives who cannot understand why someone who was unrelated or even only distantly related would do the Temple work for someone else's father or mother, brother or sister, etc. Unfortunately, in the scramble to find "Green Arrows," the Rule is frequently ignored.

At the recent RootsTech conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, there was an undercurrent of discussion about this subject. I find this the topic of discussion constant among Church members as they focus on doing their family history. In fact, I was asked a question about the Rule just last night at a presentation my wife and I did in a ward here in Provo.

I have heard that the standards for complying with this 110 Year Rule may be tightened considerably by adding the requirement that the permission required be in writing and submitted for review before the work can be done. In addition, the identity of any person violating the rule will be available to FamilySearch and follow-up discipline may be imposed for any violation, including cutting off access to FamilySearch.org.

From my standpoint I certainly agree that more stringent measures should be taken. I have personally had to deal with grief-stricken members whose own parents' ordinances were done without permission and only shortly after death. I laud any efforts to tighten the requirements and impose penalties for violations.

Above Explanation from James Tanner's website

http://rejoiceandbeexceedingglad.blogspot.com/2014/11/explaining-110-year-rule.html

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THE PERMISSION REQUIRED BANNER  

So, you have waited until the birthday of the 110th year from the date of their birth!  We were told that if your birthday was in September of 2016 and it is 110 years, you need to wait until after December 31st of that year.

Here are some facts that I gathered by asking some other Family History Professionals.  

1)  The Banner probably won't come up unless something needs to be edited, like a date needs to be standardized or place.

2)  People have be able to reserve ordinances the day a person turns 110.

3)  Someone born on August 2016 and the ordinances were done before Dec 31 2016 - no banner appeared.

4)  Here was an interesting situation:  A person was born in Feb of 1907 - no banner showed in 2017.  They clicked on the request and had no problem reserving, however, the SS was not available because the wife was born in 1912 - that ordinance needed permission.

Various Ways of Transferring Data from Ancestry to Family Search

We always start a new tree in Ancestry.  The records are just more user friendly.  Once we are ready to move forward and connect the account and sources to FS, we always check to make sure there are not duplicates.   Click on the little green tree under HIRE AN EXPERT>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

YOUR information in your Ancestry Tree is on the RIGHT - when you choose whom you wish to connect, click the radio button next to the name which has the most information.

Now compare - if this is not your person, go back one step and look for another.  If you need to see if your research is going well, and your information does not connect with any  of these options, you need to go back and start where you are positive of the documents you have and delete any documents that may lead down another path.  Then when your documentation aligns with the match in Family Search you can connect.

THIS INFO BELOW IS FROM FAMILY SEARCH

How to Exchange Details between Ancestry and Family Tree

March 19, 2015 By Debra Woods

You’ve created family trees in FamilySearch and you have one in Ancestry.com.  Now you want coordinate both trees so that you can exchange details between the two trees. How do you keep them both synchronized?

An Example from my Own Trees

I import my four generations into Ancestry. My paternal great grandfather, Harry Woods, has 14 Hints. I review these possible matches, and one of them is New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947. I can see that it’s a match for my great grandparents. There is a bit of information in this record that I don’t already have – which is the city in New Hampshire where the marriage took place. I attach the source record to Harry’s profile, check the box next to the city name, and accept it to modify his profile. This adds the source record and modifies the records of both Harry Woods and his wife Alice.

Now, the Ancestry records for Harry and Alice are different from the FamilySearch records for these two individuals.

Now I want to synchronize the information between the two programs. I click on the little FamilySearch tree icon and a drop-down menu appears with several options:

First, I try Compare person on FamilySearch. This screen appears:

Wow! This makes it easy to move information between the two programs! Uh-oh! Before I see the bit of information I want to transfer, this is the message I find:

Maybe by the time you read this article this function will be in place. But today, for me, the alternative is just a few extra keystrokes.

I go back one screen and this time I click on the FamilySearch tree icon and select View this person on FamilySearch:

This opens a new tab in my browser in my FamilySearch profile page for Harry Woods. I scroll down to Family Members and select Edit Couple.

 

The couple information is displayed, and I click on the event in question,

and select Edit from the options in the upper right corner of the event box:

This opens an editable event box where I go to the Place field and add the city name.

I start typing in Lisbon, and some options pop-up and I select the correct city, county, state, nation option from the list. Then I type in the source in the Reason This Information is Correct box. Then I click on Save.

It does take a few extra keystrokes, but it’s nice that I’m able to go directly to the needed person record in FamilySearch from his Ancestry record. And eventually relationship records will be available for comparison and synchronization on the Compare Person on FamilySearch screen where we will be able to just check a box and click Save!

 You Can also use RECORDSEEK.COM to transfer sources and link the trees - here is a video that may be helpful to you.

Next Article - the 110 rule - and its explanation.

Why ARE Irish records so hard to find?

Why ARE Irish records so hard to find?

     In 1922, during the Irish Civil War, there was a huge fire in the court system there.  Many thought that the records were all lost, but similarly to our Civil War, records were kept locally then sent to the County Courts in the form of copies.  In our records, the way you can tell a copy from an original is that the copy is neatly handwritten and in alphabetical order instead of random by street.

     Following that logic, the local copies of records were most often records kept in Catholic Parishes.   

Recently, technology has transformed hope of what was once thought of as lost to possibility.

.  People are taking portable scanning machines directly to Parishes country wide and preserving these precious artifacts for their posterity.  By scanning and then indexing (somewhat like tagging a picture in facebook), remarkable finds are happening.  

     You can read more about that here at findmypast.com  Another Partner Access we have free access to is called    AMERICAN ANCESTORS       

https://familysearch.org/partner/americanancestors  

     This now holds the worlds largest Catholic database of Boston Archdiocese parish records from 1789-1900.  Usually, to belong to this organization created by the New England Historical Genealogical Society it costs upwards of 90.00/year.

Historic Catholic Reords Online

Here is an excerpt from Findmypast.com

Read on!  This is fascinating how they make it so much easier for us than our ancestors had to endure in the past when researching their ancestors.

Irish Family History: Ashes to Archives

On June 30 1922, during the Irish Civil War, the Public Records Office of Ireland, located at the historic Four Courts in Dublin, was severely damaged by fire resulting in the loss of a huge number of records.

But all is not lost! Irish family history is not only one of the most perplexing to research it also one of the most rewarding. There are so many fascinating stories to be told from the records that survive and that’s why millions continue to search for their Irish ancestors.

Click on each of the links opposite to read up on how Irish genealogy differs from other countries, the best ways of getting started on your Irish family tree and the millions of records at your fingertips for piecing together your ancestor’s story.

Get started on your Irish family history today by searching our Birth, Marriage and Death records.

Resources

• What’s different about Irish genealogyLosing so many records makes Irish family history more challenging but all is not lost.
• What was lost?Exactly what was lost in 1922? And, more importantly, what survived?
• I want to know more!Get detailed information on all of the Irish records available on findmypast
• Irish Births, Marriages & DeathsLearn about birth, marriage and death records in Ireland
• Our Irish recordsA quick guide to the Irish records on findmypast
• First steps in family historyFollow our tips and get started on your family history on findmypast.

                             New Records Added by the Galway East Family History Society

ROOTS IRELAND.IE is the place to go!  This is not a partneraccess for LDS members but at this time you can become a member for 12.00 one day deal or 255.00 per year.  

Are you looking for Irish Records?  Usually, Findmypast.com is the way to go, but here is another great source.

Where findmypast.com is a free partner access, To get partner access sites for free, go to:  www.familysearch.org/partneraccess  

Here is an excerpt from ROOTSIRELAND.IE

have added transcripts of over 32,000 records to the database of the Galway East Family History Society on our website. These include:

Non Catholic Marriages 1845-1955 - Parishes of Ardrahan, Athenry, Eyrecourt, Gort, Kilcolgan, Killinane, Kilconickney, Kinvara, Loughrea, Portumna, Tynagh, Woodford

Census Records -1889 Woodford Parish Census

Graveyard Inscriptions - Ahascragh, Aughrim, Beagh, Clontuskert, Craughwell, Kilbeacanty, Kilclooney, Killascobe, Killimordaly, Kilmacduagh, Mountbellew, Moylough, Mullagh and Woodford.

The following Census Substitutes have been added:

Christmas Donations - Beagh and Gort parishes, 1856

Registry of Freeholds 1829, County of Galway.

Slater's and Pigot's Directories, County of Galway, 1824, 1846, 1856, 1870, 1881 and 1894.

Tithe Applotment Books 1823-1850 - Parishes of Abbeygormican, Ahascragh, Augheart, Aughrim, Ballinakill, Ballymacward, Beagh, Boyounagh, Bullaun, Clonbern, Clonfert, Clonrush, Clontuskert, Donamon, Donanaghta, Duniry, Fahy, Fohanagh, Grange, Inishcaltra, Isertkelly, Kilbeacanty, Kilbegnet, Kilchreest, Kilcloony, Kilconnell, Kilconickny, Kilcroan, Kileeneen, Kilgerrill,Kilkerrin, Killaan, Killallaghtan, Killeenadeema, Killeroran, Killian, Killimorbologue, Killimordaly, Killinan, , Killogilleen, Killoscobe, Killosolan, Killora, Kilmacduagh, Kilmalinogue, Kilquain, Kilreekill, Kiltartan, Kilteskil, Kilthomas, Kiltormer, Kiltullagh, Leitrim, Lickerrig, Lickmolassy, Loughrea, Meelick, Moylough, Templetogher.

For a full list of the genealogical sources now online for Galway East GALWAYEAST.ROOTSIRELAND.IE

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HAND OUT FOR SUNDAY - 5-14-2017    Your Bishops need to Send their Stake President a count.  Will you help?

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HAND THIS OUT IN MEETINGS THIS SUNDAY!

CAMELBACK STAKE MEETING was May 9, 2017

We really enjoyed getting together and per your request, I have uploaded here a copy as a .pdf
of the slide deck so that you don't have to take laborious notes - the links that we mentioned are all right here!

Including Https://getsatisfaction.com/familysearch/

Get the App  YAMMER
https://www.yammer.com/familysearch/

LINK TO FIND, TAKE AND TEACH - PDF VERSION

Let us know if you would like us to research anything for this blog.

One of you brought up a great idea....

The only ones who would have trouble getting their 4 generations are not converts....

we can get those in a heartbeat...

it's the Adopted Children...

I am thinking we need a page with a lot of National directory and support group links for Adoptees and Adoptive parents.

If you agree, comment below!

Thanks!

Family History Callings

Tips for Family History Consultants

Tip #1 - Start with Stories

https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2013-02-01-family-history-consultants-tip-1-start-with-stories?category=family-history/family-history-callings&lang=eng

Tip #2
Help them have a Positive Experience
https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2013-02-02-family-history-consultants-tip-2-help-them-have-a-positive-experience?category=family-history/family-history-callings&lang=eng


Tip #3
Teach People Not Lessons
https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2013-02-03-family-history-consultants-tip-3-teach-people-not-lessons?category=family-history/family-history-callings&lang=eng



Tip #4
Help them Act in Faith
https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2013-02-04-family-history-consultants-tip-4-help-them-act-in-faith?category=family-history/family-history-callings&lang=eng


Tip #5
Help them to Progress
https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2013-02-05-family-history-consultants-tip-5-help-them-to-progress?category=family-history/family-history-callings&lang=eng

Presentation to the African American Genealogical Association of Arizona

Earlier this year, I was asked to research and prepare a presentation to the African American Genealogical Association of Arizona.  I did it but wanted M'Lee Clark to look it over and she found some  sharper pictures of the ones I had found  - so it was a real combined work of Art!  Thank you M'Lee!

Hope you enjoy it!''

Ward Family History Template - When you want answers to progress.... yesterday

There is no real report to help Presidents know how their Wards are doing in Family History, but Each Ward could get that information easily as they are working with their people and calling them and inviting them through the Consultant Planner.

Right now, there is a need for all Bishops to let their Stake President know how many people have their 4 generations done.  This was an easy and fun way for our Ward to keep track.  Originally it was simpler but the brainchild of Kristina Potter.  We have modified it to tally different logistics and each Consultant has access to it.  The Coordinator easily will have all his or her numbers for Ward correlation.

Check it out.  If you like it and it will help your Ward, please feel free to use it and then report back to us if it was helpful.

I had the Google Drive version up here but today I replaced it with the ONEDRIVE VERSION  You can work so much easier with Microsoft products with OneDrive.  The little pull down tabs work perfectly saving you time and energy memorizing various tasks you achieved.





Link to power point on How to use the Template - DIRECTIONS FOR WARD CLERK IN POWER POINT

Here is a PDF of the HOW TO....DIRECTIONS FOR WARD CLERK IN PDF


HERE IS THE EXCEL WORKBOOK  EXCEL WORKBOOK ON HOW TO KEEP TRACK OF WARD FAMILY HISTORY

You can download this and edit it.  if you can't, email me and I'll send it directly to you.

There isn't any sound - This is instruction for you to help your Ward Clerk to format the Address list to fit into the Template easily.   You can start and stop if it goes too fast or just Read the PDF together.

Creating a comfort zone for Family History....

MOUNTAIN SHADOWS FAMILY HISTORY

       Our ward Family History endeavors were not optimal.  In 2010 we would hold classes according to the manual and people would show up for 1 or 2 classes and then say, "Sayonara" because it was very basic and they already felt that ALL of their work had been done.    The Internet connection in our building was dicey at best.  Frequently, on Sundays, as the masses poured in to Sacrament, their phones were on auto pilot to adjust to the Church WIFI.

 So having access on a regular basis was inconsistent and weak.  That had a compounding problem because the access point (that little thing that looks like plastic rabbit ears) was on a beam shelf in the Foyer about 50 feet from our Family History Room.   If the router needed to be reset, one in his or her church dress, had to go out to the foyer, drag a classroom table over, climb up on it and try to reach the router on the ledge.  This got old rather quickly.

We got permission to use the old abandoned clerk's office next to the old scout room and we made it really "homey".  Chris Schweikert did a great job decorating the walls with some pictures and did a beautiful vinyl tree on the whiteboard.   We added some access points so that up to 12-15 people can be in there during the 2nd hour of Sunday School.  Kristina Potter came up with the original idea for the gmail google drive based Consultant Ward Family History Template, which I have added some additional bells and whistles now.  She also put her large scale fan chart printer in the Clerks office so we bought a small one to print out Temple Cards.  I supplied the cutter and card stock and off we were running.
Here are some Pictures and I have included a link to the Template if you think it will help you keep track of how your ward is doing.

We were told to visit people in their homes, but sometimes its hard for them or they feel like they don't want to clean their house for company so it's easier for them to come to this room 2nd hour.  They learn a lot and always leave with names.

Best new way to help people - https://www.familysearch.org/ask/planner
Success within 5 minutes!

We all wore these hats at a Linger Longer so that help was easily found by all

Hung a nice mirror and a clock on the wall

We have a guest portal with some brochures

Interesting Ward Ancestors

Internet Access when in that room

When kids aren't there we use this for brochures and handouts

When Mom wants to do Family History, we keep Crayons and FS Coloring books here

Brother Meyer working the network

Me getting ready for 2nd hour.  Really glad we went to tableclothfactory.com and got some nice burgundy tablecloths to match the padded chairs.  They were only 6.00 each.

10 COMMON SENSE RULES WHEN STARTING TO TRACE YOUR FAMILY TREE

10 COMMON SENSE RULES WHEN STARTING TO TRACE YOUR FAMILY TREE

By Mike Harvey

Rule 1

Don't try to trace your connection down from some historical figure you may
be told you are related to. (Like I did...fool)
Always start with yourself and work backwards. Interview EVERYONE in the
family and see what documents and photos you can obtain or copy. Be careful
with family stories, they tend to be sugar coated and sometimes connect the
wrong event to the wrong person or generation. Interviewing Relatives is
cross-referenced with Lies and Date Discrepancies!
Economies with the truth are rampart.
(Surprise! surprise! Paternal Great Granny and Great Grandpa weren't quite
the paragons of virtue that I was led to believe. And Maternal Great Grandad
wasn't an "English Emigrant". He won an all expenses paid trip to Australia
courtesy of the Old Bailey which he repaid with 14 faithful years in
Government service! Oh, and Maternal Great Granny won one too! Some
favouritism shown with her...she only gave 7 years of faithful Government
service. )

Rule 2

Remember to record all women as who they are when they are born, not by
their married name or known by in later life.

Rule 3

Don't be a chauvinist - your father's line is only a twig, not a tree. The
name you are born with falls either way of the wedding ring. Many babies
born before marriage are recorded under their mother's maiden name. Always
remember your mother's line is more accurate than your father's. Think
"Mother's baby! Father's maybe?" After all, your father's line is only as
good as your mother tells you.

Rule 4

Trace the lines of least resistance, those that are not German if you can't
sprechen zie deutsch, those that are not Irish if you want instant success.
Do the easy ones first, i.e. those who are born where they said they were
born.

Rule 5

Don't look for a marriage date nine months before the birth of the first
child. Many children were born within a few weeks, months or hours after
and before the parents were married or if ever married.

Rule 6

You will need to check the indexes to Births, Deaths and Marriages for the
appropriate State and look up your ancestors' entries. In some States the
reference numbers means cheaper certificates. Death certificates may be
informative in Australia but they are the least correct.
Never rely on a death certificate to be accurate.
For NSW use a transcription agent rather than the NSW BDM's site
for copies of certificates.... They are a helleva lot cheaper and are typed
out for ease of reading. They can also be 'cut and pasted' into your notes
file in your computer program or just put in your family history files.
And if they stuff up the details you have no trouble getting a replacement.

Rule 7

Get organized from day one. You'll be killing a lot of trees with the paper
trail you'll be gathering. Get the correct stationery or computer program
to handle recording the data you will be collecting.

Rule 8

Make sure you take good notes stating what you read, when you read it and
whether it held any information crucial to your search. This will save
duplication of genealogy and keep you organized.

Rule 9 (Mine)

Check to make sure someone hasn't already traced your family tree. You can
search through a series of books called the Genealogical Research Directory
(GRD). These are annual publications showing who is tracing whom in the
family tree. They can be found at most genealogical libraries, LDS Centres
and major council libraries. The Internet also provides a wealth of sites
for free advertisement of names you are researching.
Use Roots web's World Connect but remember that there is a lot of 'fantasy'
there purporting to be 'factual family trees'. Same goes especially for
Ancestry.com
The first rule of genealogy research should be applied to all data from
these sources:
'Accept all data...Believe none until you have checked it for veracity
yourself.'
Lots of ego trippers lurk on those sites.

Occasionally revise your work.

Your mantra should be ...Revision...Revision..Revision.

You will be surprised how often you pick up obvious clues that you missed

the first time around. And then kick yourself for suffering from tunnel 
vision.


Rule 10 (Mine)

Lastly, invest in TV dinners and take away, you won't have the time or
inclination to cook, garden or do anything but dig up your roots. As one
husband bemused, "I used to have a wife until she started genealogy." Or as
my wife was heard to mutter, quite often, "He's disturbing the dead and
irritating the living, again."



Regards
Mike Harvey
Merewether NSW
mj_harvey@dodo.com.au

"Shake any family tree and a few nuts will fall out"