Family History • • • Introductions Share level of Family History knowledge What is Family History? Why do we do Family History? Homework
Introductions • Name • Church Calling • Any interesting Family History (famous events or ancestor)
What is your level of Family History Experience? • Do you have a LDS. org account? • Do you have a computer? • How long have you use the Family History website, when was the last time you used it? • Do you have records on ancestors- Pictures, Birth certificates, death certificates?
What is Family History?
What Is Family History? • Gather information to identify your ancestors. • Record information about your ancestors to link them into families. • Perform temple ordinances for your ancestors who have not yet received them.
Setting up a LDS. ORG account
Setting up a LDS. ORG account • Obtain your membership record # from the Ward Clerk, and old Tithing settlement statement or your Temple Recommend. • Go to LDS. org and click the “signin/tools” link on the top.
Enter in your Membership Record number and answer the questions to create your user name and password.
Homework • Setting up LDS. org Account • Gathering up all Family History Documents together in a box. • Read Elder Richard G. Scott’s Oct 2012 Conference talk on “The Joy of redeeming the Dead”