Mt. Timpanogos Temple, photo by Rick Satterfield, used with permission
Showing posts with label St. George. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. George. Show all posts
Sunday, February 27, 2011
I Made it Home!
I finally made it home from the St. George Expo! I went over to the family history center shortly after that! How is that for all genealogy, all the time! More posts from classes to follow this week! I just need to catch my breath!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
A Minor Interruption!
More to post from the conference, but dealing with a minor interruption at the moment! Winter weather forced me (and a zillion others) to stop and spend the night in Cedar City! So, as soon as I make it home I will post the rest of my fun conference info! All I want to say right now is KUDOS to Holly Hansen and her help for making the conference the success that it was!
Friday, February 25, 2011
Dear MYRTLE
Dear MYRTLE's class talked about using Ancestry's Family Tree feature to help your research. I have played with it a little, but I never realized how much I was missing! Now I'm ready to dive right in! Dear MYRTLE suggests that we follow four steps in getting started with Ancestry's Family Tree: 1) Create GEDCOM (export) file and privatize living individuals, 2) Upload GEDCOM (follow instructions!), 3) Check for the shaking leaf (quick search). 4) Check on the magnifying glass (deeper search). Play with it a little. Try it out with your family information.
A parting note from Dear MYRTLE...if you find information from Ancestry, don't forget that you have the responsibility to give...share your information!
A parting note from Dear MYRTLE...if you find information from Ancestry, don't forget that you have the responsibility to give...share your information!
Opening Session-Glen Rawson-Where Ol' Dogs Learn New Tricks: The Power and Drama of Original Records!
The opening session of the St. George began with Glen Rawson. He is the producer of the program "History of the Saints" that airs on KSL. He said that when he first started on this project he made the mistake of saying "that he couldn't make a show interesting from dusty old documents!" WRONG! One of the things that changed his mind was that he was visiting with Ron Esplin from the Church Archives (?). Brother Esplin handed him a book to look at. It was old and dusty! Brother Esplin asked Brother Rawson if he knew what the book was. Brother Rawson replied that he didn't. This dusty old book was Joseph Smith's first journal. What a treasure!
Brother Rawson said that "old records give you a sense of purpose, belonging, culture, and heritage." When he started the program about the Joseph Smith papers, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS/Mormons) gave him the charge to instill faith! These dusty old books belonged to real people who felt joy, pain, and suffering just like we do! We need to take the time to tell those stories. Brother Rawson says to "not miss the history by ignoring the original documents."
Brother Rawson went on to tell some individual stories of Mormon pioneers' lives that can be broadly applied to our day. He mentioned that researching individual records ties you to the people, you get the whole, complete story that is unfiltered, and you meet people on their terms.
Another quote from Brother Rawson..."The past is a foreign country...they do things differently there." He couldn't remember who this quote was from, but the meaning is clear. Our ancestors did things differently, just as just as we do things differently. Laws were different in their day. Laws are different in our day. Don't be so quick to judge and wonder why they did what they did. Our descendants will also do things differently from the way we do! Appreciate and learn life's lessons from your ancestors!
As a closing, Brother Rawson encourages us to tell the stories of the past, so that we may inspire and change our lives in the present.
Brother Rawson said that "old records give you a sense of purpose, belonging, culture, and heritage." When he started the program about the Joseph Smith papers, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS/Mormons) gave him the charge to instill faith! These dusty old books belonged to real people who felt joy, pain, and suffering just like we do! We need to take the time to tell those stories. Brother Rawson says to "not miss the history by ignoring the original documents."
Brother Rawson went on to tell some individual stories of Mormon pioneers' lives that can be broadly applied to our day. He mentioned that researching individual records ties you to the people, you get the whole, complete story that is unfiltered, and you meet people on their terms.
Another quote from Brother Rawson..."The past is a foreign country...they do things differently there." He couldn't remember who this quote was from, but the meaning is clear. Our ancestors did things differently, just as just as we do things differently. Laws were different in their day. Laws are different in our day. Don't be so quick to judge and wonder why they did what they did. Our descendants will also do things differently from the way we do! Appreciate and learn life's lessons from your ancestors!
As a closing, Brother Rawson encourages us to tell the stories of the past, so that we may inspire and change our lives in the present.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
I Made It!
Tomorrow morning starts the St. George Family History Expo. The opening session is "Where Ol' Dogs Learn New Tricks: The Power and Drama of Original Records." Well, this ol' dog is ready to learn some new tricks! Staying with the whole dog theme, my first class will be "Lassie! Go for Free Genealogy Help!" Wait up! Lassie is on her way! See you tomorrow! :)
On My Way to St. George Family History Expo!
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