FREE COMMUNITY EVENT - FAMILY HISTORY FAIR

FREE COMMUNITY EVENT

FAMILY HISTORY FAIR

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

2202 N 74th Street, Scottsdale, AZ   85257

Saturday, May 21st from 10 am to 1 pm

 

   

Want to see how beautiful Grandma was in living color?

Let us teach you how to colorize your old photos

      

You will be able to do this with your relative.  Finally you can stand close to them and see them move as if they were still with us.

Did you take an Ancestry DNA  test?

Does your research mirror your bloodline?

April 9th ZOOM - SERVING OTHERS USING THE 1950 CENSUS

                                 THE 1950 CENSUS IS OUT!!!

This has been a long month and it is just the 9th of April.   The last time we were together for a zoom it was right after my hip replacement.  That was fine.  I was home recuperating very nicely when 4 days later, I was merely walking across the kitchen floor from one room to another and I "heard" what sounded like breaking a dry piece of wood in half, even the sound of the splinters.  It was quite the eerie thing to hear.  I looked around, trying to see where it might have come from.  The next thing I knew, as I touched, literally touched my toe to the ground was horrific pain and then a lot of screaming.  I took one hop and landed at my place at the table.  Ted came out, probably expecting to see blood, but quickly assessed that something had happened with my hip.   We calmly tried to figure out how I could get to the car so he could take me to the hospital.  The thought of compacting into the Pssaat, kept me in an eternally head-shaking motion like a hula doll in the window of a 1950's car (see you wondered how I was going to fit that in, didn't you?)  Ted said, "We gotta' make the call - paramedics - 911 - now!"  I agreed.  I wasn't happy about it though.

1950 - SERVING OTHERS WITH THE 1950 CENSUS

    When we got to the hospital I don't remember very much - they must have sedated me.  It turned out that I fractured my femur.  The hardest bone in the body to break, and I did it.  So they kept me down and calm until they could get an OR scheduled.  That was a while back I just got out rather recently, now, I am relegated to my recliner for 3-4 months.  We've had so many health professionals coming and going, that we should put in a revolving front door.  We almost canceled the 1950 presentation today but decided to go ahead and record it for you.  

PDF VERSION WITH CLICKABLE LINKS

    The point is - most of you are going to tell me that you've done all your family history so you didn't really need to come or view it.  But consider this fact.  Have you recorded your parents or Grandparents telling stories  of when they were young parents?  You need this for your children and grandchildren.  So laced througout this video you'll see things we remembered from those times when we were kids along with the instructions on how to do the new indexing program as well as the direct links to the 1950 census platforms.  The whole thing has not been completed, however the powers that be have seen you in action.  

    In 2016, when we were all indexing trying to get ready for the Washington Smithsonian building for African American memorial, I've never seen the world come together better than when you were all indexing and trying to get 1 million images indexed by the opening of the Exhibit.  You were amazing!

Ted and I expect no less - let's show them how fast we can get the entire United States 1950 census indexed and ready to use!

We hope you enjoy it - please drop us a line (naswfamilyhistory@gmail.com).  We love talking to you and helping you.  I'm going to be fine, but we are at the pain management and "cheer up cupcake!" stage of the injury.  

1950 - SERVING OTHERS WITH THE 1950 CENSUS

Sample Stake Family History Plan

We love helping you - let us know if you experience the same types of miracles we have

as we mentioned in this video.  Heavenly Father wants the work done, it's our job to find 

a way that will increase family time, reduce research, and increase FH activity by using tools that

will allow you and your children to get to know your family members by studying what they

experienced in this dispensation.  How does it make you feel when you feel their presence, and a warm feeling that they are grateful for what you have done with your time on earth?

Ted and Karen Meyer, Area Temple and Family History Advisers

Scottsdale Arizona

Coordinating Council, 

THE 1950 CENSUS RECORDS ARE HERE!

 Lets explore the pros and cons as well of the best sites to use for viewing the 1950 Census records.  What have you discovered?  Come on our Zoom next week and reveal your secrets to help others!

We love you all - hoping you are enjoying Conference!

Earlier this month I had two surgeries within 4 days of each other.  I had a blessing before the first.  The second was an emergency repair of a fractured femur, which just snapped while walking from one room to another, and because I lost a lot of blood during both surgeries (they can’t tourniquet a hip joint), they had several days to try to stabilize my blood pressure which only after 5 transfusions did it start rising over 80/40 at best.  I felt a loving Heavenly Father helping me throughout the whole time.  This past week there has been a lot of pain but none  preparing for our zoom meeting with you on the 1950 Census on April 9 at 5:00 pm.  So preparing has been like a painkiller so to speak.  We look forward to showing you how to get involved next Saturday.  Thank you to all of you who sustain us as helpers of this great work.  I can’t remember exactly when it was but someone definitely, probably Ted,  when I was coming out of it, whispered in my ear, “Believe the blessing”, and those words buoyed my spirit. 

Ted and Karen Meyer, naswfamilyhistory.blogspot.com are inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting NEXT SATURDAY, April 9, 2022 at 5pm MTN time to see what time it is where you are when it is 5pm here, go to timeanddate.com.

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When April 1, 2022, rolled around, for genealogists, it was like opening a gift at Christmas.  This gift is full of treasures never explored before.  Have you ever been given such a gift?  For Free?  What should you be looking for?  
It depends on when you were born.  If you were born in the 1930s - 

you Will find information about when you were living with your parents

•  and check the records for the county where you grew up.  See if you can find your house on maps.google.com it might still be there.
• Look for evidence of your parents' education - try Ancestry's yearbook records.
• For information of your Grandparents, see what they did for a living. 

Was your father in World War II?

    Check FOLD 3  thru Ancestry

•  

[Source: U.S. Census Bureau]

What is something through family history that has helped you grow closer to the Lord?

        Just wanted to thank everyone who came to our Zoom last night.  I have added the videos part 1 and part 2 (my computer turned off during the zoom) - but we got back as quickly as we could.  We really appreciated the stories that were shared as to how family history draws you closer to the Lord.  

We were especially grateful to the Jex family for sharing the message from the Ukraine 2nd Counselor in the Stake.  

Your stories are uplifting and edifying.  We hope by posting them here, that others enjoy them as well.  

                                      WATCH VIDEO - Part 1                      Watch Video Part 2

Excerpts from Ted's story he told by Bishop Kurt Matthews

It's been a Crazy Week!  Sometimes strange things happen while we are filming and speaking with consultants and we get disconnected, disturbed, you name it.  The adversary does not want this work to get done and he does attack our efforts frequently, but we will prevail!  We love this work and finding out about others' family histories is so fascinating to us.  I had been working on the 1950 census deck for indexing which is next month's topic when I started to get tired and knew I had to get to bed early that Monday night but couldn't push myself away from the keyboard.  That's how this next story started...

        It's been a rough week.  It started out Monday night getting ready for my 3rd hip replacement (the right one this time!).  We knew that we had to get up Tuesday morning to go to surgery at 4:30 am so we retired relatively early at 10:30.  Of course, I would have an anxiety nightmare and wake up at 1:30 wide awake.  I walked around the kitchen trying to decide if I could sneak a sip of just about anything.  Knowing the answer was an equivocal no(!), I sent myself to my chair without further adieu to distract myself with family history research.  

      After a few minutes, I heard loud voices outside my front door.  Suddenly there were loud bangings on my front door and someone was fumbling with the lock and handle.  I screamed, "Who is it?"  Nothing just more banging.  I told them to,"Go Away!" - nothing just louder banging.  I told them, "I will call the police!"  More banging.  I thought my loud voice would surely wake Ted but he was out for the count.  I was frozen with fear but finally got the power to make it to our room and wake him.  I tried to fill him in but I am not sure how much of my language was discernable... but the bottom line was, "Bring your gun!".  

  

       We went to the front door - he, unlike me, was tall enough to see over the door to the arch-like transom window.  The house across the street is a "coveted by all" very busy AIR BNB home.   He could see that a car was waiting across the street and the person had made his way back to the car.  We watched the rest from our camera room.  We could see and deduce that he was inebriated, (see no shoes, sunglasses still attached - probably been drinking since before sundown).   He walked a lot like me, but I doubt his untamed gait was caused by hip surgery.  

       Needless to say, only got maybe 2 hours of sleep that night.  The rest of the week was spent trying to get some semblance of independence back under my wing, learning to walk all over again.  Have you ever noticed when you are in the hospital, that they wake you up from a perfectly good sleep to give you........a sleeping pill?   That happened a lot and I kept thinking I would They had told me that I would be released the same day, go home and get a lot of restful sleep, but my body rejected that idea.  They couldn't get it to obey.   The operation was much longer than the normal operation as there was much to repair.   Apparently, my blood pressure would not raise.  It kept hovering under 80/40 the whole week.  Finally Thursday night we got 3 in a row about 110/70 and they let Ted come get me.  

      Long story shortened a little, I'm back!  I'm recovering and have already started the deck for our April Zoom which will be on "Serving others through the 1950 Census!"  We hope you will join us on April 9th at 5:00 pm - same zoom room, same password -  

Ted and Karen Meyer, naswfamilyhistory.blogspot.com are inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7270583299?pwd=MGdXUEVSTjI1dUpiaXNVbndPUS9iZz09 Meeting ID: 727 058 3299 Passcode: 2ZNTFY

"Our message to the world is simple and sincere...We invite all of God's children...."

 

This has been a tough week, but we persevered and will come out smelling like a rose!

This week was my 3rd hip surgery.  The first was September 18, 2020, and it resulted in septicemia.  the second was in January to correct the first one.  This past Tuesday, we did my right hip.  It was quite an ordeal.  It's interesting that now, in some areas, for some people, they consider this operation a 1-day op and maybe might hold you overnight but chances are, they will send you home the same day.

Well gosh!   That's a tough order to fill   First, we prayed that we could endure anything that God felt we could experience.   I had a blessing.  That is always a positive experience, then I started making plans to do exactly what the doctors said   The operation took 2 hours longer because

It was needed to rebuild the acetabula head.  I was worried that this might happen because I  could feel the major shifting in the week before.  Well, I worried about something that didn't happen.  They didn't make me go home the first day.  I stayed 3.  Yes, there were good reasons but it's done and I am ln a good place now.  

 So this is a reminder that if you are nervous about asking a friend if you can help them with their family tree....say a prayer and do exactly what you are prompted to do.  That way, you will be in exactly the place Heavenly Father wants you to be as well.

On our next zoom, we’re going to be talking about some of the experiences that we’ve had and that others have had which have drawn them closer to family history and drawn them closer to the Lord. It will be more of a roundtable discussion but let me start and get you excited about this next Saturday the 12th at 5 PM.

We Often invite the missionaries to bring someone that they are teaching to the stake library so that we can help them find names in anticipation of their baptism so that they can be in compliance with the Prophet’s wish, Made known to all by David a Bednar at the 2020 leadership meeting,to have all converts go to the temple within 60 days with their own names. This one night a couple came in and the husband was being a little standoffish and wanted us to help his wife. We did as far as we could with her but she had Perúvian roots and my that wasn’t my forte but I knew who to hook her up with so we switched to him. Now, the missionaries weren’t going to have the family history lesson that day but they woke up in the morning and they were inspired after praying to call him and ask a couple to meet them there at the library for that specific purpose. We started with prayer then by asking him some questions about his Family, and I asked “didn’t you just tell me she died on May 19?“ He said yes. But everything I was pulling up, all the documentation, was guiding me to May 21 so I looked at him and I said just that. As I said the words “May 21” our eyes locked and we both realized that today was May 21. his eyes got as big as saucers and he said, “Oh my word she came to me in a vision this morning and I wondered why. She wants me to help find names to find her family “. Well he perked up and started giving me a little more information and a little more and pretty soon before 9 o’clock came, time to close, we had almost 250 names. If you give a convert enough names to go to the temple that many times during the year they will stay active for their life. And that is the reason why the prophet wants us to do the one on one spirit lead family history experience in lieu of curriculum.

I hope you will bring your stories and join us next Saturday at 5 PM March 12. Mountain standard time The invitation is Here on this blog and our NASWfamilyhistory.blogspot.com and also our Facebook page. We know this will be an uplifting experience for you. Yes, it will be only four days past my hip replacement surgery so if you see me smiling very big it was a success!

Ted and Karen Meyer, Area Temple And Family History Advisers - Arizona Scottsdale Coordinating Council

Naswfamilyhistory.blogspot.com

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What are some of your favorite classes this weekend at Rootstech?

What do you think about virtual vs. actually being there?

What did you miss? Can we help you find the class? We will be able to access it for the next year for free.

Bring your stories to our Zoom next Saturday!

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What do you love about the one on one spirit led family history experience?

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KINGSTON JAMAICA STAKE ZOOM CALL

Meet Taneisha Francis, Family History Director 

Kingston Jamaica Stake

Taneisha loves family history and loves her Stake - She wants them to have tools to make their searches faster and easier.  We created some Jamaican tools for success - Links to Family Search, and all Partner Access points of Jamaican access in a pdf which members can keep on their desktops.  This tool will allow them to sign in to Family Search and the partners, then click on the link which will most likely give them the results that they need.   Hope to hear from you all soon - let us know how you are doing.

 Thank you so much for inviting us, Kingston Stake!  We really enjoyed preparing for this call.  We felt the spirit and felt the guidance that you need to help you in your quest to find your ancestors.  What a wonderful experience we enjoyed today.  We hope this is the first of many in our long friendship!

Mentioned on the call:  Everything you've always wanted to know about Partner Access

                                        How to link your tree in Ancestry to family Search: 

                                        I built my Tree in Ancestry, now what?

                                        Your Temple and Family History Leader can (see Handbook) assign a Consultant to the person being taught by the Missionaries.  That person can do something amazing which will help keep the person active all their lives.  By doing what Elder David A Bednar asked in the 2020 Leadership Meeting, "...all new members must go to the Temple before 60 days with their own names,", they will have what they need to keep active for the first year of membership.

                                      By having a free (member) Ancestry account, YOU can help a non-member gather names for a pedigree chart prior to baptism.  You can help them have enough names to last a full year of staying active until they can be sealed in the Temple and do their other Ordinances.  You can link their names through Ancestry to Family Search because you are a member.  On their baptism day, YOU, can provide them with a binder of names to last them a year of baptisms!  You can give them the ultimate gift of baptism - a fan chart for their wall.  While you and they are staying worthy to do ordinances each month, their ancestors will reach through the chart every time they walk by and touch their hearts with gratitude.   YOU can do so much for this work!  See how amazing YOU are?  YOUR ancestors think so too!

Tonight's presentation:  Where do I go for Jamaican Research?

                                       Using the Bridge Method in Genealogy - Plus an added special section on the New Memories section in Family Search.  

With the above presentation - you can decrease your research by 1/2 the time and double your results.  Good luck to all of you!  Good work Taneisha!  We want to do this for all the Stakes we represent - we hope they are watching.  You had over 70 Stake members on your call.  We love this cute note you sent - thank you !!!   

   Love, 

Br. Ted and Sr. Karen Meyer,

Area Temple and Family History Advisers

NASWfamilyhistory@gmail.com

facebook.com/NASWfamilyhistory

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

Tonight we discussed Annie Wheeler born in 1862:  Because I had a tree with her in it, three other girls have now met as cousins.  their mothers were all Granddaughters of Annie Wheeler.  Each one took an Ancestry DNA Test and thru Thrulines, we were able to see how many "Centimorgans" they all shared genetically.  

MAKING YOUR TEMPLE EXPERIENCE MORE MEANINGFUL

Well, for those who figured out that I typo'd the password, my most humble apologies.  We missed you, but the important thing is that we captured it on video.  I now want to know how those who were able to come figured out the error and got right on!  Genius!  Just know that if you ever can't get on we purchase the same room for every month of every year...727 058 3299 and the password is always 2ZNTFY     I typo'd a Z and made it a 2 - so sorry!!!!  So somewhere in your phone, write down the zoom address and this meeting room and password numbers and you'll never have the problem again!

We encourage you to enjoy our zoom and learn how to make your temple experience more meaningful.  Now is the time to teach your children and grandchildren how to get to know their kindred dead thru the veil.  We will teach you a technique that will speak to your soul.  We hope you will watch the replay here or on our blog

naswfamilyhistory.blogspot.com

Today was Br Meyer’s birthday and as we promised, it was a short call, but we will be there every 2nd Saturday to uplift you and edify your good deeds the only way we know how.   My hip surgery is March 8, so on March 12, you'll have to judge how the surgery went...fake smile? bad surgery  Great smile?  Doing awesome!   We hope you will join us for just one hour!

Thank you for coming to our Zoom!  We 

hope this will help you and you find it uplifting!

Here is the PDF of the Presentation

HERE IS OUR POWER POINT

This one shows the screen shots plus us talking.....

This one is just us talking...

THE BETTER VIDEO OF THE ZOOM REPLAY

2022 NEW WARD ANNUAL PLANNER

 

Ward Annual Planner for 2022

LINK TO NEW WARD ANNUAL PLANNER FOR 2022

Print it out for the Stake President - not a requirement, but quarterly, they like to know what each ward is planning for FH so they can report it to the Area Presidency and on up.  

The Annual sheet has a password so the numbers can collect and not be erased.  

The worksheet comes with a password in case you want to change anything to fit your Ward's needs.

Look like a superstar - give each Auxilliary an opportunity to show what they are planning for each quarter. 

the link gives them ideas for family history activity 

 Let the Bishop decide if activities can be combined or whatever his inspiration is.

at the end of the year see how you did and what you want to repeat the next year.

In this workbook, there is: a directions page, 1 worksheet for each quarter, numbers roll to the annual end of the year page as you go.  

Print it out for the Stake President - not a requirement, but quarterly, they like to know what each ward is planning for FH so they can report it to the Area Presidency and on up.  

Need to know how to use the planner?  HOW TO USE THE WARD ANNUAL PLANNER

Our next Zoom will be February 12, 2022 - 5pm MST

 MAKING YOUR TEMPLE EXPERIENCE MORE MEANINGFUL

February 12, 2022

5 pm MST 

Join us for our Zoom on Saturday

February 12, 2022 at 5 pm

then stay for the round table discussion!

Our Next Zoom is January 8 - What will the subject be?

FAMILY HISTORY GOALS

FOR THE NEW YEAR

2022

Why do we need goals?  Can we just say we'll get to it?

Good Question!

In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, doorways, passages, and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces, since he looks to the FUTURE and PAST at the same time.

Have you ever heard that the best predictor of future behavior is past performance?

This is your chance to change the outcome!

It's a toss-up but some people think it was Mark Twain and others think it was American Psychologist Paul Meehl..  The point is, if your past behavior was to put Family History on the back burner, don't believe that quote -  it's not too late to change!

We all procrastinate but what if we were sitting in a jail cell and someone was outside the cell just dangling the keys just out of our reach?  How would you feel if you knew your family member had the capability to free you from Spirit Prison and didn't.

That would be really sad.  

It is a proven true statement that if we write down our goals and aspirations for success during the next year, we become more accountable.  We become more reliable in our efforts because we don't want to let down the process.  

Saturday - January 8, 2022, remember this and put it into your phone. You think you are done with your family history, except for the 2nd Saturday of each month at 5:00 PM. Come to our zoom call. Go to zoom.com then log into our meeting using meeting room id:

Meeting ID: 727 058 3299

Passcode: 2ZNTFY

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

05:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

Ted and Karen Meyer's Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 727 058 3299

NATIONAL GENEALOGY SOCIETY - 

MASTERING SKILLS WORKSHEET LINK

SMART GOALS 

SMART GOALS WORKSHEET

IN EXCEL

READY TO PRINT PDF

HOW DO I SYNC MY TREE IN MY HERITAGE TO MY ONLINE TREE MAKER?

OUR ZOOM RECORDING - MEETING WILL BE UPLOADED AND LINKED HERE AT 7PM TONIGHT.

PDF OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION

Ok, so here is a personal plan which will work.

Every week, you can choose to do something towards your family history work

Sunday, look at your Family Search Account.

Make a list of any green entries that you can click on and reserve.

Monday, log in to your Family Search account

go to:  https://www.familysearch.org/campaign/partneraccess

Sign up for free accounts that you can use in your research.

Watch this video:  https://youtu.be/GYRdxkZcA3w

Tuesday - find a picture you like and go to the person's profiile.  

Click on Memory and upload it.  Tag any family members so they can enjoy it too!

Wednesday - consider going to a more mature member's home (elderly or someone without a lot of computer training).  Help them log into Family Search.  Help them upload a memory.  Listen to one of their stories while they talk, you type.  Then you upload it to Memories.

Thursday

Teach someone in your family how to use Partner Access

Friday

Next time you are with Grandma or Grandpa, record them doing something they love.

Singing, Dancing videos are great to have.  Once they are gone it's only a memory in the minds of someone who actually witnessed it.

Let us know your success!

Saturday - you are done except for the 2nd Saturday of each month at 5:00 PM.  Come to our zoom call.  Go to zoom.com then log into our meeting using meeting room id:

 Meeting ID: 727 058 3299

Passcode: 2ZNTFY

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