Family History Centers - are you up to date?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS NEEDED TO RUN A FHC SUCCESSFULLY?    

 Recently, in preparation for opening up our Family History Center after the long COVID break, we were made aware of a great many shortcomings which needed to be fixed.

Did you know or were you previously aware that:

1.  The computers in your Family History Center do not belong to your Stake?

2.  They are maintained by your Stake Staff, yet must comply with specific technicalities, from permissions to admin logins and passwords.

3.  You are not supposed to change any of the settings to make it more comfortable for you to come to the center.  All the settings are mandated by the Director's directions from SLC.

4.  Why can't you store your pictures and family history files on the Library computer.  That is why God made USB files or thumb drives.  You can take your files anywhere you want to go!  But please do not save them on the desktops at the center.

5.  We know that sometimes you forget your login and password and need to use your email on the desktop - that is fine - please do not store your password there for the next time you forget.  It is helpful to carry a notebook with you when you come.  So many times, hours are lost of precious time between the Stake Consultant and the visitor because they don't have logins and passwords they need.

6.  What logins and passwords do you need?   

    1.  Family Search

    I am not including the links to these (2-7) because if you saw our presentation on Partner Access, you know that you should sign up from these from the member access page.  To learn more about Partner Access and how you can shorten your research time and increase your success go here:  https://naswfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-delightful-and-informative-zoom-we.html

    2.  Ancestry

    3.  My Heritage

    4.  Geneanet

    5.  American Ancestor

    6.  Find my Past

    7.  Filea

    8.  Thefhguide.com

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AS A DIRECTOR OR STAKE TEMPLE AND FAMILY HISTORY CONSULTANT, OR HC OVER FAMILY HISTORY, JOIN US ON OCTOBER 16 FOR A SPECIAL ZOOM  AT 5 PM 

Helping Stakes with Ideas to pull the Wards together.

Saturday, October 16⋅5:00 – 6:00pm

Location:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7270583299?pwd=MGdXUEVSTjI1dUpiaXNVbndPUS9iZz09

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ZOOM FOR SEPTEMBER 2021 - REDUCING YOUR RESEARCH TIME AND INCREASING YOUR SUCCESS RATE AS A CONSULTANT

 The Gift!

Consultants have been given a precious gift of discernment and when used with the Spirit, prayerfully working with someone on their family tree, they are given many blessings. 

 Our zoom today will help your consultants so much because it will give them the knowledge to successfully navigate through a one on one with a patron and increase their self-esteem.  It will give them several quick key tips to help a patron get more opportunities for Ordinances.  There is great value in convincing them that they do not have to be an expert on the first day they are called as a consultant.  

Hope you enjoy it.  We sure enjoy all of you who come to our Zoom meetings.   It is very rewarding to help you and we enjoy learning from your expertise as well.  This past zoom we welcomed people from Australia, UK, New Zealand, Haiti, Canada, many USA states, and of course, Arizona!

See you next month - the subject has been finalized and we will be showing a Stake Handbook on Policies and Procedures as well as ideas for Stakes to pull the wards together.  October 16, 2021 at 5 pm AZ time.  Mark your calendar !

links to places we discussed

WORDS TO AVOID IN THE FAMILY SEARCH TREE FROM FAMILY SEARCH

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AjS2RGb0p-4Pqi03UZziWd6e-8lY?e=Ry8ImL

WHEN A STATE BECAME A STATE

https://1drv.ms/w/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqizCc_EXzATFL1Pr?e=hwbYDw

GRANDMA'S PIE...

https://pedigree-pie.familytech.byu.edu/

CORRECTED ZOOM MEETING  9-11-21

https://1drv.ms/v/s!AjS2RGb0p-4Pqi-Li3miTpqDALRN

 CENSUS DATA EXCEL TOOL

IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY, EMAIL US AT

NASWFAMILYHISTORY@GMAIL.COM

IMMIGRATION TOOL FOR EXCEL

WHAT DOES SOUNDEX MEAN? SLIDE 1 AND 2

This month's zoom - Troubleshooting the tree in your Helper Resource

FAMILY HISTORY CONSULTANT TRAINING

We hope you will join us next Saturday online!

Teach your Consultants now to leverage opportunities for Ordinances.

NEXT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 AT 5 PM (don't go there now, because we won't log in until 5PM 9/11/21)

Ted and Karen Meyer are inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join us for a Zoom on "Troubleshooting your patron's tree for Ordinance Opportunities."

NEXT Saturday at 5 PM ARIZONA TIME (RIGHT NOW WE ARE THE SAME AS CALIFORNIA)

Join Zoom Meeting

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Meeting ID: 727 058 3299

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One tap mobile

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Dial by your location

+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)

+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)

+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)

+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)

+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)

+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)

Meeting ID: 727 058 3299

Passcode: 426517

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/keNCCJdIt

What a delightful and informative Zoom we had!

 AUGUST ZOOM WAS TONIGHT ON PARTNER ACCESS AS WELL AS MERGING FILES BY KATHRYN GRANT!

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN:  AUDIO ONLY

CLICK HERE TO WATCH - VIDEO

CLICK HERE FOR CLICKABLE PDF

WE LOVED HAVING YOU ALL ON THE CALL!  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!  WE WILL BE DOING :

  

A TROUBLESHOOTINGYOUR TREE

TODAY - YOU WILL KNOW Everything there is to know about "Partner Access!"

When Partner Access was first released to the membership of the church in 2019 - people did not realize what they had been given.

This is quite a gift to receive access to 7-8 other websites that usually charge upwards of 900 per year combined to access their records....from your home....are you getting the picture?

Do you want to know how to use them effectively?  Do you want to learn how to lessen the time spent in countless hours of researching in circles and get right to the data?  If so, we will teach you an easy bridge technique so that 1) the partner will not charge you as a member of the church and 2) learning this technique will increase your accuracy in achieving your goals, and 3) It will make that endless circle of "I've seen this record before..." go away.

PLUS - SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER WILL BE

Kathryn Grant, 

BYU Family History Library

Join us TODAY May 14, 2021 at 5 PM by clicking the invitation link and entering the login and password combo of (see below):  

https://uso2web.zoom.us/j/7270582399?pwd-MGdZUEVSTjIidUpiaXNVbndPUS9iZzo9

use meeting id - 727 058 3259

Passcode:  zZNTFY

Clickable Zoom Link for our Zoom Meeting

https://uso2web.zoom.us/j/7270582399?pwd-MGdZUEVSTjIidUpiaXNVbndPUS9iZzo9

Link to the CLICKABLE PDF OF THIS NEWSLETTER:  

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqhAO8Qaqny7PTUPf?e=gfYAG3

JULY ZOOM MEETING WILL BE JULY 10, 2021 AT 5 PM PST

 Most requested tools this last year...

Sample Ward Family History Plan

This will be our July Zoom on July 10, 2021

We want to show you ideas which other wards have used and have been successful

Ted and Karen Meyer are inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: My Meeting

Time: Jul 10, 2021 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

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HERE ARE THE LINKS MENTIONED IN THE ZOOM FOR 7-10-21

Presentation

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqT29RZGffUAZf7-i?e=fg2Hmp

Zoom recording audio 

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqWJzOxOh97k0oV-P?e=FiSTj6

THIS IS THE VIDEO OF THE PRESENTATION WITH AUDIO

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqUJ-UViSJrNXktg-?e=F5x1Ko

Family History Game

2021 ANY AUX CHECK LIST

FOR HELPING PEOPLE GET TO THE TEMPLE

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqUEPtf65A8p7antN?e=Trpuat

CONVERT TRACKER

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqVB13isx0gpZyFod?e=L7Xd5n

How to use the Convert Tracker

https://1drv.ms/p/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PjWXXNlOzeWi0OSBc?e=iM4M4k

2021 Ward Annual Planner

you need to know Excel to use

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqU_Oor-UBXI8gck6?e=SRSa6b

Other Items which have been found

Successful

Listings of our tools

How to use the Consultant Flip Chart (or formerly known as the cheat sheet)

Consultant Flip Chart

Take me to your Leader - goes through the calling as outlined in the handbook.

How do I help my Stake - Ideas for a new HC

Stake Family History Plan for Leadership

Helping Missionaries transition a new member to the Ward

Working with Missionaries and the people being taught, as a Consultant.

More are on our Youtube - just let us know what you would like a copy of anything we have developed which would make your calling easier!

naswfamilyhistory@gmail.com

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4NpXxxHuznsKtaoH9Lw8WQ/videos

naswfamilyhistory@gmail.com

Ted and Karen Meyer, Multi-Stake Temple and Family History Consultants,

Scottsdale Coordinating Council, Arizona

We have had people leave comments asking for things - but if we don't have your email - we can't respond back - we didn't forget you - just email us instead of leaving comments here, please.

ZOOM MEETING - 6-12-21

 Thank you all for coming

Here are the links to the zoom and data:  This is all the quick version - will make it pretty later!

Presentation -  pdf

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqQUsiPrQSR61bodt?e=nDPRZ4

HANDOUT WHERE YOU CAN FIND MEDICAL RECORDS FOR PATIENTS

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqGd76rQ4vyFj6QOX

ACTUAL RECORDING FROM LAST NIGHT

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqQmewtdAh7P8f_hi?e=1WOFor

America's Secret - Insane Asylums of the 18th Century - our next Zoom call for June 2021

 

America's Secret - Insane Asylums of the 18th century

We often have someone who was in our family tree, suddenly disappear without a trace of a death certificate.  From 1820 to about 1910, many people were sent to these "hospitals" without the benefit of a diagnosis from a medical doctor.  If they were "greedy", "cantankerous", "cranky", "spoke out of turn", "talked back to their parents", any strange reason for not being able to take care of a family member...could land them in an Insane Asylum.  Sometimes, as in Independence, MO., the asylum was also the jail until the jail was built.  There was no exit card...no way to get out unless someone came and got you, or you passed away in the facility.  There are cemeteries on some of the grounds all over the United States.  

With our  Zoom meeting, you will receive links to the various record keepers for these closed facilities.  Why were they closed down?  People lacking education made judgment calls when they couldn't control their families.  Making these calls subjected their family members to terrors much worse than "standing in the corner" or being "benched".    You may have heard of the reporter Nellie Bly, who dedicated 10 days of her life to pretend to be insane and stayed in one of these torture houses.  Her report turned these practices on their ear.     We didn't know very much about mental health back then.  Real doctors actually used these places to perform frontal lobotomies, convinced that they could change the behaviors of the inmates.  They tried shock therapy and other means of restraint.  It's a very sad state of affairs and though we have grown so much in the departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, you may have relatives who are wanting to be found.

Please join us on Saturday, June 12, at 5:00 pm

for this informational Zoom meeting.

https://1drv.ms/v/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqGk07j4-thz0PfJR?e=PMAYhi - our June Newsletter in mp4 video

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqGjbZl77HRYTCb-B - our June newsletter in pdf format

Who is your HC over Family HIstory?   Please let us know!   Thank you!  Could you let your Consultants and anyone in the FH program know that our:

                                                 Zoom for June will be

                                             Saturday,  June 12th at 5:00PM.  

The topic is:  

Asylums and Family History and the evolution of the Census taker...

Anyone who is missing someone in their family for which there is no death certificate could possibly have been institutionalized during the years 1820 to 1910.  So,  if they were on one Census and disappeared on the next...and perhaps you see their children living with relatives...we will show how to find the databases of patients during that time period.

Dear Friends - you are more than welcome to leave comments but unless you leave your email, I won't be able to connect back with you.  You can always email us at naswfamilyhistory@gmail.com

Utilizing the knowledge gained from Insane Asylums in finding family members  and the Evolution of the  Census and the Census

Saturday, June 12⋅5:00 –6:00 pm ARIZONA TIME

Location:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7270583299?pwd=MGdXUEVSTjI1dUpiaXNVbndPUS9iZz09

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Links not working properly - check these out for Consultants

 This page from our May Newsletter  - the links were not working.  Wanted you to have the content.

You might remember seeing this page in our recent newsletter

For some reason, the links didn't work for me when I tried to click on the pdf

so I thought I would get them to you!

CONSULTANT CLASSES FROM ROOTSTECH

class video 1 then class outline is below

https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/rtc2021/session/ive-been-called-as-a-temple-and-family-history-consultant-now-what

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12-As1kzifsqv3mvjpXpNWOB47seETZHe/view

class video2 - then class outline is below

https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/rtc2021/session/guiding-principles-for-temple-and-family-history-consultants

I don't have the drive link - I just have the actual document

see attached

class 3 video - then class outline is below

https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/rtc2021/session/what-is-a-personalized-family-history-experience

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lJuYkIzp9fySfO5nVyn2fGIydvPoy16H/view

Class 4 video then class outline is below

https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/rtc2021/session/youth-serving-as-temple-and-family-history-consultants

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19xqNw_-asZFlOcbdAw0CwLPdAZcMKQXl/view

Our Zoom for May - Teaching someone how to do research from the beginning....

This Zoom will give you lots of tips that are tried and true.  We will also give you links here to our favorite research documents.

Our Newsletter for May 2021

Thank you all for coming - I posted our newsletter, the research workbooks and sheets, the family history game

FOR OUR NEWS LETTER

click here    

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TO USE OUR ONEDRIVE, THE SYSTEM WILL SAY, 

 The previous page is sending you to https://1drv.ms/x/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqD780Tr3Iq69f56l?e=QNfaqV.

 If you do not want to visit that page, you can return to the previous page. 

just BE PATIENTclick on the link and go to our one drive and it will let you click on the correct file.

Thank you for coming to our Zoom 

MEETING ON ORGANIZATION RECORDED 5/8/2021

WHEN DID A STATE BECOME A STATE????

                          https://1drv.ms/w/s!AjS2RGb0p-4Ppx-gOd7ciMvgX0c0?e=C0Osra

You need this pdf handy in case someone says they were born in a year before the state was even a state.  What state was before it?  That is where the records just might have been - in the state at the closest boundary.  

You can't say I was born in California in 1843 if it didn't become California until 1850...Our last zoom goes over this in detail.  Just scroll back and watch the examples.

CLICKABLE  PDF OF THE MEETING

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqExZg4HzL5Wy_R4p?e=1jnmid

 WANT TO GIVE  THIS LESSON- POWERPOINT

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqFPN-tVE-RjLZvi3?e=nl9aSs

FAMILY HISTORY GAME -     Sample page with dummy information (not real) gives ideas where to search if a teacher were to try to find information.

Then you give the information of a real person and family and let them look at the sample info and place the markers in the right order.  * markers  are at the bottom - cut apart and put each set into a different envelope... they will need glue or tape.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqFRTAsvgmrNT_ukN?e=eBAvQ8

RESEARCH SHEETS

THESE DOCUMENTS MUST BE DOWNLOADED

 AND THEN CLOSE YOUR BROWSER.

 SAVE IT TO YOUR DESKTOP. 

 THE ONEDRIVE WILL TRY TO SAVE YOUR VERSION BACK ON IT.  WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THESE IN THEIR ORIGINAL FORM SO OTHERS CAN ENJOY THEM.

  

CENSUS RESEARCH SHEET- 

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqEej3UuFh_T5Qv7-?e=Goy3nj

BASIC FAMILY PEDIGREE FOR RESEARCH

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqD780Tr3Iq69f56l?e=QNfaqV

YOU HAVE A  SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE LOTS OF CHILDREN LOTS OF WIVES * NOT AT THE SAME TIME...AND YOU WANT TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT CHILD GOES WITH WHAT MOTHER

GENEALOGY TEST FOR DATES/MOMS

BASIC SEARCH WORKSHEET - INTUITIVE - FILLS IN SOME DATA FOR YOU

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqEa9isgRczCaU7wj?e=B9hV9S

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqD780Tr3Iq69f56l?e=u77kJW

The Zoom Presentation of "Finding your elusive Cousin is like Finding Waldo for Genealogy"

 

Thank you so much for attending and participating in our Zoom meeting on

finding your elusive cousin!  

Using some of the techniques we mention in the Zoom presentation just MAY help you locate your Waldo in your family.  We hope this is helpful to you.  We enjoy your spirit and countenance in our meetings and hope you will return.  The next one will be:  

Saturday, May 15 at 5 PM

Mark your calendars now!

This is the Zoom Meeting  VIDEO with voice over the Presentation 

link works

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqDUkEtRu_0w9ukLA?e=gn3Miv

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqCs7Nqy8HuG3Tayv?e=c8sN4g

This is the clickable PDF of the presentation

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqDRwb1SDpbRbu5VY?e=xciqKK

These are the handouts that may help you with your research

TIMELINE

WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN AMERICA?

this link works

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqAMkOkapc35j2i6y?e=iP7Vda

this link works

LINKS TO HELP YOU CURE DEAD ENDS

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqATTkPzo6DQzVtp-?e=FMLlOK

LINKS MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION - 5 pagesof links for victim databases to turn to when you are at your wits  end and feel like your  ancestor may have become a victim in a shipwreck, mining accident, or any other occupational or travel hazard.

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqAscB_24i4jRYA29?e=gcPbHO

PANDEMICS LISTED BY LOCATION

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjS2RGb0p-4PqA4A3-5JI4GJ8zEw?e=kJrQWu

https://naswfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-zoom-presentation-of-finding-your.html

Where's Cousin Waldo? He dropped off the face of the earth!

 Our monthly zoom is going to be on “Finding that elusive relative”...or...”The genealogy version of where’s Waldo in America?!”

It will be Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 5 pm Arizona time. Utah is an hour ahead of us and CA is the same time as AZ.

I will post the zoom link here later today. Mark your calendars. It’s going to be a real eye opener!

Topic

How to find that elusive relative...or Where's cousin Waldo in America?

Description

Learn tips and sources for finding someone who seems to have dropped off the face of the earth.

Time

Apr 10, 2021 05:00 PM Arizona

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Meeting ID

818 1422 5488

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Registration Link

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How to find that elusive relative...or Where's cousin Waldo in America?

April 10, 2021, 5:00pm – April 11, 2021, 6:00 pm

Location:

Meeting ID: 818 1422 5488

Passcode: 2ZNTFY

Sign up here!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0544AEAF23A3FE3-howtofind