tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23754949089681062242024-03-13T15:20:46.136-06:00Revealing Roots and BranchesAmy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.comBlogger311125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-64547826392383499502019-03-29T14:49:00.000-06:002019-10-18T20:00:25.555-06:00Releasing Temple Reservations and Finding Cousins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nearly six months ago, I found myself sitting on a few hundred temple ordinance reservations. After exhausting my immediate family members with handfuls of ordinance cards every few months, I realized that even though we were proficient in regularly attending the temple, that we'd never be able to do all the temple work I had reserved. Extended family and a neighbor have also helped with some of the work.<br />
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The majority of these reservations were names I, my sister, and my father had added to the FamilySearch Family Tree through in depth research. I am still in the midst of adding more people to the Tree and am regularly notified via my <a href="http://revealingrootsandbranches.blogspot.com/2018/11/110-year-temple-work-calendar.html" target="_blank">110 Year Temple Work Calendar</a> of names now ready for temple work whom I researched in the past.<br />
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I realized something very powerful ... I am adding more names to the Family Tree then we'll ever complete temple work for and I'm reserving everyone I add.<br />
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There is still much research to do and I feel compelled to keep researching and adding people to the Tree. So, I don't think I'll be stopping the research anytime soon. I'm attending the temple as frequently as I can right now. I do think that I can sacrifice more time to attend a little more frequently and I'm going to work on that. Still, I'll never complete the temple work for everyone I am adding to the Tree.<br />
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Why do I feel the need to reserve the ordinances for everyone I add? It is because through my research I feel like I know these people and feel the desire to make sure their temple work is complete. However, all their temple work is not getting completed by it remaining in my temple reservation list.<br />
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Last October, I decided to release more than half my reservations. I first printed a reservation list of all the names I had reserved and made notes on the list as to which family member had which printed name. Then I started releasing names or sharing names with the shared family file (temple file). I chose to share with the temple those names I had spent the most time researching / documenting. I made a note in the margin as to if the name was released, shared, or held by a family member.<br />
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It was a freeing feeling! I could now focus on those whom I was immediately taking to the temple and I could focus on continuing my research and adding people to the Tree.<br />
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What happened next was an added blessing!<br />
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About three to four weeks later, I revisited that printed list and looked up each ID number in the Family Tree to see the status of the ordinances. I found living cousins who were reserving and completing temple work! Over the past six months, more than 50 distantly related, temple attending, living cousins have been helping do the temple work. I have contacted 15 of them directly and have shared more ordinances with them.<br />
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It has now been nearly six months and I wanted to capture a snap shot of the temple work that has been completed thus far and summarize my thoughts on releasing vs sharing with the temple file vs keeping in my own reservation list.<br />
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I compiled this data in the chart below.<br />
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41% of the <u>Initiatories</u> released have been completed and 100% shared with the temple have been completed.<br />
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19% of the <u>Endowments</u> released have been completed and NONE shared with the temple have been completed.<br />
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8% of the <u>Sealing to Parents</u> released have been completed and NONE shared with the temple have been completed.<br />
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Now the <b>Female</b> ordinances:<br />
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72% of the <u>Initiatories</u> released have been completed and 100% shared with the temple have been completed.<br />
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18% of the <u>Endowments</u> released have been completed and NONE shared with the temple have been completed.<br />
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4% of the <u>Sealing to Parents</u> released have been completed and NONE shared with the temple have been completed.<br />
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Now <b>Sealing to Spouse</b> ordinance:<br />
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27% of the Sealing to Spouse released have been completed and NONE shared with the temple have been completed.<br />
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<b><u>Some thoughts:</u></b><br />
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<li>In all ordinance categories, more than half that I released have been reserved by others.</li>
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<li>There are still many ordinances ready to be requested from my release; I checked them all again yesterday and today.</li>
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<li>One distant cousin reserved many of the ordinances and immediately shared them with the temple file and there has been little to no activity on those ordinances.</li>
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<li>The initiatories I shared directly with the temple were completed within two weeks of being shared.</li>
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<li>The endowments and sealings I shared directly with the temple have had no activity in six months.</li>
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<li>Names on my list that were held by immediate family members have been completed and more have been shared with them which they continue to work on.</li>
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<b><u>Next steps:</u></b><br />
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<li>I'm going to continue researching and adding new people to the Family Tree.</li>
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<li>I'm going to continue to attend the temple as regularly as possible.</li>
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<li>I'm going to release the names I shared with the temple file so that more living cousins can find the names in the Tree and do the temple work.</li>
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How about you? Are you sitting on a large temple reservation list? Do you have more ordinances on your list than <b>you</b> can complete in <b>one</b> year? If so, I suggest you print a copy of your reservation list, so that you can find the names again if needed, and have faith and release the excess names so other family members can help take their common cousins to the temple.<br />
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I promise you that you will be filled with peace and a new perspective when you do this.<br />
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I'd love to hear your experiences, please share them in the comments.<br /><br />***<br /><br />Update: 18 October 2019<br /><br />In the past few months, I've chosen to share the names to the temple file and I'm finding that with the new Ordinances Ready tool I am able to identify more living cousins to help with the temple work.<br /><br />
<br />Amy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-88693142216911734612019-02-15T12:41:00.001-07:002019-02-15T12:59:39.932-07:00Spotlight: Lily Parker<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Lily Parker, of Spanish Fork, Utah, was 6 or 7 years old when she first became interested in family history. Her first Family Discovery Day at RootsTech was amazing and she loved the prototype Family Discovery Center at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.<br />
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Now at the age of 11 years old she is <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/?cid=tp-rt-6497" target="_blank">RootsTech</a>'s youngest social media Ambassador! She will be posting about RootsTech on her mom's social channels at the end of this month. I'm excited to check out her posts and see RootsTech through the eyes of this youth. You can follow along at:<br />
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Lily is currently working on Indexing records and will soon be helping to teach 9 and 10 year old girls how to Index at her Stake Activity Day event. She has taken family names to the temple three times since The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced, as of January 1, 2019, that worthy 11 year old youth can now participate in temple ordinances.<br />
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Lily's family participates in family history adventures. Recently they visited Fillmore, Pine Valley, and Cove Fort; all small cities and towns in Utah. In Fillmore they found a museum and walked through a hallway where the walls were covered in old photos. There on the wall were photos of some of her Ashby ancestors! They also visited the local cemetery and took photos of the headstones. While at it they took photos of other graves and uploaded them to Find a Grave so other families can find headstone photos.<br />
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Lily is researching the Zacher surname from Germany and wants to learn more about all her family lines. She is particularly interested in family stories and in locating more family photos.<br />
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If you are attending RootsTech this year, look out for Lily and if you see her, make sure to tell her Hello!<br />
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<b>Congratulations to the winner of my FREE RootsTech 2019 Registration - John Smith!</b><br />
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John first became interested in his family history as a young boy. On most Memorial Days he would ride with his father to Castle Gate, Utah and then to a cemetery in Spring Glen to care for and place flowers on his grandfather's grave. His grandfather was killed in the 1924 Castle Gate Mine Explosion. When John's own father passed away when John was 23 this left a lot of unanswered questions about his family story.<br />
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John's niece, <a href="https://revealingrootsandbranches.blogspot.com/2016/11/rootstech-2017-giveaway-winner-kimberly.html" target="_blank">Kimberly Nelson Savage, winner of my 2017 RootsTech pass</a>, has been pursuing the research into this explosion and has found detailed information about their family. When Kimberly shared all this information with John, she claims he just rolled his eyes. However, his interest has since grown to where he wants to connect not only with the family tree but desires to know the stories of his ancestors.<br />
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John is President and co-founder of Premier Software Associates, which provides software and consulting services for hospitals, and he is married with three incredible children.<br />
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He is excited to be attending <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/?cid=tp-rt-6497" target="_blank">RootsTech 2019</a>. His father served in WW II and he is interested in pursuing more research in war and military records. He is hoping to travel to areas his father served in Europe. He is also seeking ideas for how to keep the memories but not all the stuff. A great class at this year's RootsTech is: <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/schedule?cid=tp-rt-6497?categories=&levels=&pass=&searchFiltered=true&searchValue=RT3671" target="_blank">Heirloom, Documentation or Junk: What to Keep or Toss</a><br />
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<b>Thank you</b> to those who entered my giveaway contest here on my blog. I hope to have other fun giveaways in the future.<br />
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This year I had one required question to enter my giveaway:<br /><b>How old were you when you first became interested in family history / genealogy?</b><br />
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Of the giveaway entrants:<br />
34% became interested before the age of 13<br />
48% became interested before the age of 19<br />
78% became interested before the age of 30<br />
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The youngest was age 2 and the oldest was age 50.<br />
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I'm going to write future posts about those who are interested in family history in their youth.<br />
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I utilized Rafflecopter to run the giveaway. To select the winner the Rafflecopter software utilizes Random.org to ensure true randomness. I shared my blog post organically via Facebook and received 455 Facebook views from the shared post on my Facebook page; I also shared via Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest.<br />
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For some more numbers, that may be interesting only to me:<br />
186 people viewed the blog post<br />
47 people entered the giveaway<br />
158 entries from those 47 people<br />
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Two of the entry options of my giveaway were to come back to my blog everyday and read another post and/or visit the RootsTech website and identify another class; which resulted in one/two additional entries each day.<br />
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The winner had 5 entries. The most entries had by one person was 7.<br />
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This year I had about half of the social views as last year, but nearly double the amount of entrants.<br />
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Thank you again for participating in my giveaway! I look forward to seeing you at <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/?cid=tp-rt-6497" target="_blank">RootsTech 2019</a>!<br />
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I am a 2019 RootsTech Ambassador and have received a free conference registration from RootsTech.<br />
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#RootsTechAmy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-64628986554150480812018-11-20T10:38:00.001-07:002018-11-20T10:38:57.835-07:00RootsTech 2019 Pass Giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/?cid=tp-rt-6497" target="_blank">RootsTech</a>! It is the world's largest family history event. There are many great <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/schedule?cid=tp-rt-6497" target="_blank">classes</a> and speakers to choose from and so many wonderful people with whom to network.<br />
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<b>As an Ambassador for <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/why-attend?cid=tp-rt-6497" target="_blank">RootsTech 2019</a>, I have the privilege of giving away ONE FREE full RootsTech conference pass (worth $299).</b><br />
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The RootsTech Conference 4 Day Pass is valid from Wednesday, February 27 through Saturday, March 2, 2019. It includes the registration fee for over 300 classes, all keynotes, general sessions, the expo hall, and evening events.<br />
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It does not include the free Family Discovery Day; you need to add on this free event if you'd like to attend. Nor does it include any sponsored lunches, computer labs or any additional paid add-on workshops. It also does not include any accommodations or transportation to or from the event.<br />
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<b>The giveaway covers the registration fee only.</b><br />
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If the winner has already paid a registration fee for the 2019 RootsTech event, instructions will be provided to obtain a refund.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>This giveaway runs from November 20 to November 30, 2018.</b> </span><br />
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I am thrilled to be serving as a 2019 <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/?cid=tp-rt-6497" target="_blank">RootsTech</a> Ambassador. This is my 4th year serving as an ambassador. You may be wondering ... just what is a RootsTech Ambassador and what do they do?<br />
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Ambassadors act as brand advocates by helping to generate awareness and excitement for RootsTech. This is accomplished through: writing and publishing RootsTech related content on my blog, sharing RootsTech content on my social media channels, and helping to generate interest in RootsTech.<br />
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Prior to the conference I will have opportunities to share information about RootsTech with you. Some of this information will be in the form of media press releases. While attending RootsTech in February-March 2019, I will have opportunities to connect with and interview guest presenters and keynote speakers. I will share information from those interviews on my Facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RevealingRootsandBranches/" target="_blank">Revealing Roots and Branches</a>, on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/amyarchfam" target="_blank">@amyarchfam</a>, and here on my blog.<br />
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In addition to being a RootsTech Ambassador, I have the privilege of serving as the RootsTech Ambassador Coordinator. I have served in this role since Fall 2016. As the Coordinator, I do just what the name implies, I assist the RootsTech staff in sharing and "coordinating" information with the nearly 100 social media ambassadors.<br />
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<br />Amy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-83438068759760994862018-11-13T20:42:00.001-07:002018-11-13T23:10:03.810-07:00110 Year Temple Work Calendar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As I work on adding, sourcing, and merging my family members in the FamilySearch Family Tree, I frequently add deceased family members who were born within the past 110 years.<br />
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In order to perform temple ordinances for your relative who was born less than 110 years ago, Church policy states, you must either be one of the closest living relatives, or you must obtain permission from one of the closest living relatives.<br />
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If I am not one of the closest living relatives or I have not yet found a closest living relative from whom I can obtain permission, I add this individual to my "110 Year Temple Work" calendar.<br />
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The day before the relative turns 110, I receive an email from my calendar notifying me of this event. I use that day to check to see if other relatives have added any additional sources or memories to the record since I worked on the record in the Tree. I also double check to see if there have been any duplicates of this person added to the Tree. If I find any duplicates, I verify they are the same person and then merge the records together.<br />
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At 12:00 am UTC on the day of the relative's 110th birthday, the temple ordinances (if any) become available to reserve without permission. UTC = Universal Time Coordinated or Coordinated Universal Time. It is a time standard associated with zero degree longitude and is the basis for time zones worldwide. GMT = Greenwich Mean Time is a time zone and shares the same current time as UTC.<br />
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I utilize a <a href="https://calendar.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a> for my 110 Year Temple Work Calendar.<br />
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Under Settings, I selected "Add Calendar" and then "New Calendar".<br />
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I named my calendar "110 Year Temple Work" and gave it a description and selected my time zone.<br />
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I currently share my calendar with my sister who is actively working on our shared family history. She is able to add any 110 year birthday to the calendar. In the future, we plan to share this calendar with the youth and young adults in our family. Some of the 110 year birthday events are many decades into the future and we want our family members to complete the work we have researched.</div>
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You can share your calendar with anyone and you can control the access they have to the calendar. See events only, or add/make changes are some of the access options.<br />
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When I create an event in the calendar, I select "All day". I'll explain more about this when I show you how to add an event to the calendar. However, in the calendar settings, I can choose how I want to receive notifications for "All day" events. I have chosen to be notified by email one day before the event at 9 am. My sister chooses to be notified the day of the event.<br />
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That is the basic setup for the calendar. The only other thing I've done with my calendar is choose the color of the event display. You can find this option, by viewing the calendar and in the left navigation bar, selecting the 3 vertical dot menu to the right of the calendar name.<br />
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There are 2 ways to create an event. Either double click the day on the calendar, or click the red + sign at the bottom right corner of the calendar page.<br />
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Under "Add title" I add the name of my relative and in parenthesis I include the Family Tree PID for that person. If I am adding names to the calendar from my husband's family, I also add my husband's name to the title. That would look like this: "Thomas Godderidge (L2PC-D8R) - Scott"<br />
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Next I select the "All day" box and then add the birth date of the relative + 110 years. In the example above, Bertha was born on September 10, 1908, so I set the date as September 10, 2018.<br />
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Then I make sure to select the 110 Year Temple Work calendar (since I have a few other Google calendars). Then I click on the Save button at the top right of the screen.<br />
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Back to the calendar page, I can click on the event on September 10 for Bertha and I see this pop-out card. This shows me the relative's name, FamilySearch PID, date of the 110 year birthday, the notification I have set (email) and that I created this event. Clicking the edit pencil below Bertha's name takes me back to the event setup screen if needed.<br />
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At the top of the calendar is a magnifying glass that provides a search of the calendar.<br />
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I can search the calendar for name of the relative (full name, first name, last name), the FamilySearch PID, and I can even filter out my husbands family by searching for "- Scott". Here is a section of the calendar a few years out.<br />
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So what about relatives where I only know a birth year or a birth month/year, but don't know the specific date? The Church policy for requesting ordinances is the end of that birth year or the end of the month of that birth month/year.<br />
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For a birth in October 1924, I create an event for October 31, 2034.<br />
For a birth in 1930, I create an event for December 31, 2040.<br />
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I have also in the past created events for the beginning of those month/years or years.<br />
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For an example: Birth in 1914, I may create an event for January 1, 1924. Then I spend time researching that relative again to see if I can find a more specific date with newer available records since my older research. If I can, I change the event to that specific date. If I cannot, I change the event to the end of the year.<br />
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And sometimes I look ahead in the calendar to the end of a month or end of a year to see if there are individuals I can revisit with my research.<br />
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This is what the email looks like when I get notified of a 110th birthday.<br />
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This has been a great solution for my needs. I am able to keep track of all the relatives I add to the Family Tree who still need temple work; which I don't yet have permission to do. When I get an email of their 110th birthday it is a powerful reminder of the temple ordinances that may still need to be offered for this relative. As I finish the final preparations to their Family Tree record, oftentimes the spiritual impressions are so very powerful. I literally know of my relative's preparedness to receive temple ordinances.<br />
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Do you have any questions or additional suggestions?<br />
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How about you? Will this work for you?<br />
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Please leave a comment below - I'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas.<br />
<br />Amy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-4100171874511229712018-01-07T17:23:00.001-07:002018-01-07T17:23:54.864-07:00They Accepted It Before We Did<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>"We often wonder if our ancestors will accept the gospel. Ironically, in many instances, they accepted it before we did. Their prayers and faithfulness have brought the gospel into our lives instead of the other way around. Officiating in the temple for them is a deep expression of our gratitude and helps bind us to them.”</b><br />
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Amy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-810944964570469962017-12-14T10:10:00.000-07:002017-12-14T10:10:50.665-07:00RootsTech 2018 Giveaway Winner - Gwen McClellan<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>Congratulations to the winner of my FREE RootsTech 2018 Registration - Gwen McClellan!</b><br />
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Gwen first became interested in genealogy after she joined the LDS Church at the age of 18 while living in South Texas. She has been working on genealogy / family history for over 40 years and during that time has gained a real love and connection to her ancestors and family through doing the work. She is currently working on her paternal line; doing research in Oklahoma and Texas records.<br />
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She is a nurse by profession and she loves her family, including all her ancestors.<br />
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She is excited to be attending <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/?cid=tp-rt-6497" target="_blank">RootsTech 2018</a>. She has always wanted to attend but has never taken the time to attend. She is interested in learning more about how to use her DNA results in her research. Lucky for Gwen, there are <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/blog/13-dna-classes-being-offered-at-rootstech-2018?cid=tp-rt-6497" target="_blank">13 DNA Classes Being Offered at RootsTech 2018</a>! She is very excited to attend the conference and to make new genealogy friends.<br />
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<b>Thank you</b> to those who entered my giveaway contest here on my blog. I hope to have other fun giveaways in the future.<br />
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I utilized Rafflecopter to run the giveaway. To select the winner the Rafflecopter software utilizes Random.org to ensure true randomness. I shared my blog post organically via Facebook and received 960 Facebook views from the shared post on my Facebook page; I also shared via Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest.<br />
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For some more numbers, that may be interesting only to me:<br />
696 people viewed the blog post<br />
24 people entered the giveaway<br />
107 entries from those 24 people<br />
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Two of the entry options of my giveaway were to come back to my blog everyday and read another post and/or visit the RootsTech website and identify another class; which resulted in one/two additional entries each day.<br />
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The winner had 5 entries. The most entries had by one person was 11.<br />
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Thank you again for participating in my giveaway! I look forward to seeing you at <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/?cid=tp-rt-6497" target="_blank">RootsTech 2018</a>!<br />
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I am 2018 RootsTech Ambassador and have received a free conference registration from RootsTech.<br />
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#RootsTechAmy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-62120236609805869752017-12-13T01:39:00.001-07:002017-12-19T11:42:42.374-07:00Incorporating Family History Into Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This post is full of family history ideas you may want to incorporate into Christmas. It is not meant to overwhelm you. I hope that this post awakens within you the mindfulness of what family history you already do within your own family holiday traditions.<br />
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As I gathered ideas to share, I grouped them into 5 categories: Decorations, Activities, Music, Gifts, and Food.<br />
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Christmas Stockings</u> - My father (Papa) crocheted Christmas stockings for us as children. As each child married he also made a sock for the spouse and as each grandchild was born they received their own. My mother also helped with some of the crocheting. The main photo above was from his funeral and the first time all the stockings were in the same place together. Three generations of my family have this special gift. Do you have special family Christmas stockings?<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><u>Christmas Village</u> - My mother made village pieces that looked like our homes. The green house is the home I lived in until I was 5. We moved next door to the red house and I lived there until I was an adult. My family still owns and lives in these homes.</span><br />
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<u>Ancestor Ornaments</u> - to make a real "family tree". Include photos of current and past family members. You can also give these as gifts to your family. You can use all different kinds of materials for ornaments. Check out this <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/amyarchibald/family-ornaments/" target="_blank">Pinterest board for more Family Ornaments ideas</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo printed on velum - Pat Richley-Erickson</td></tr>
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Please read Gini's post about why and how she created this <a href="http://www.ginisology.com/2011/12/advent-calendar-deceased-relatives.html" target="_blank">Ancestor Memory Tree</a>:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ancestor Memory Tree - Gini Webb</td></tr>
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Other beautiful family history Christmas decorations.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Family Photos on Lights - Pat Richley-Erickson</td></tr>
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What other family history related decorations do you have during Christmas? Share in the comments.<br />
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<u>Family History Advent Calendar </u>- <a href="https://memoriesintime.co.nz/collections/family-history/products/family-history-advent-calendar" target="_blank">Check out this link for a free fillable PDF.</a><br />
Track or plan all your family history related activities on an advent calendar; makes a beautiful decoration while it serves as a reminder of your plans.<br />
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Relatives Around Me, FamilySearch Family Tree Mobile App<br />
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FamilySearch: <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/campaign/learn1" target="_blank">How Well Do You Know Your Family Photo Quiz</a></div>
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<u>Home Movies</u><br />
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<ul>
<li>Record new and watch old home movies of Christmas celebrations.</li>
<li>Create a short video using <a href="https://spark.adobe.com/" target="_blank">Adobe Spark</a> (free and easy to use). You can incorporate old family photos and do a voice over to make it very personal. You could make a few of them to play on a loop at a family get-together or make them into DVDs to give as gifts.</li>
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<u>Personal Interviews / Spontaneous Family Storytelling / Personal History</u></div>
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<ul>
<li>Use recording apps or digital recorder.</li>
<li>Record your memories of Christmases past, or interview a living relative about their memories.</li>
<li>A Memories App by FamilySearch - Capture photos, stories, audio and load direct to FamilySearch.</li>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/app-traditions/" target="_blank">How an App Can Make Traditions Last</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.joyflips.com/" target="_blank">JoyFLIPs</a> app - Scan old photos and have relatives tell their stories of the photos by recording them right along with the photos in the app.</li>
<li><a href="https://storycorps.org/participate/storycorps-app/" target="_blank">StoryCorps </a>App</li>
<li> <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/52stories/" target="_blank">#52Stories</a> - One story each week for a year. Or use the prompts to ask family members questions.</li>
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<li>Check out Peggy's post about these #52Stories and the importance of recording these memories: <a href="https://alwaysanxiouslyengaged.blogspot.com/2017/12/tweaking-your-memory-bank.html" target="_blank">Tweaking Your Memory Bank</a></li>
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<li>Check out Emily's list of questions for a <a href="http://www.growinglittleleaves.com/blog/childhood-christmas-memories-interview" target="_blank">Childhood Christmas Memories Interview</a>.</li>
<li>Mariah has a great idea regarding <a href="http://crcgs.org/activities/story-jars/" target="_blank">Story Jars</a> and how to utilize them.</li>
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<u>Photos</u><br />
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<ul>
<li>Collect all the vintage holiday photos from past years and create either a paper scrapbook or digital book and have each family member share their memories.</li>
</ul>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">A Christmas notebook full of ancestor photos</span><br />
Pat Richley-Erickson</td></tr>
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<u>Family Christmas Letters / Photos</u><br />
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<ul>
<li>We have nearly 50 years of family Christmas / New Year letters. Each year my parents send a letter listing a few of our personal and family happenings during the year. This year will be the 18th year my own little family has created our own family letter. Keeping these together in a binder provides a great family history of our family.</li>
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<ul>
<li>Family Photo cards from close and distant family also provide a great family record over the generations; keep a copy of the one you send out too!</li>
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<li>Write letters to living grandparents (instead of Santa, or as well as Santa if you must).</li>
<li>Reach out to distant living cousins. Send a Christmas card with photos of your family and introduce yourself.</li>
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<u>Traditions</u><br />
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<ul>
<li>What were your ancestors' religious beliefs and practices and how they might have celebrated this time of year? </li>
<li>What traditions are unique to your specific family cultures or historic countries?</li>
<li>What were your traditions as a child and as an adult?</li>
<li>What traditions have been passed down for multiple generations?</li>
<li>How was Santa (or similar figure) celebrated in your family's historic countries?</li>
<li>Do you do have specific things you do on Christmas Eve, Christmas Morning, Christmas Day?</li>
<ul>
<li>We have a special coloring book that we color in each Christmas Eve. My parents started it when they were married. As adults, my brother gifted us each our own copy of the Christmas coloring book so that we could continue the tradition with our own children.</li>
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<u>Service</u><br />
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<li><a href="https://www.mormon.org/christmas/25-ways-25-days-calendar" target="_blank">#LightTheWorld</a> - 25 ways to share the Savior's light with those around you.</li>
<ul>
<li>You can bring light to your ancestors and the lives that they lived as well. <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/light-world-2017/" target="_blank">Five (5) of the ideas for 2017 center around family history.</a></li>
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<li>Visit lonely people and let them share their memories with you. Record them.</li>
<li>Do service in honor of a loved who has passed away. Particularly one for whom you may be grieving.</li>
<ul>
<li>Make their favorite treat and give it away. </li>
<li>Donate time or money to a charity they preferred. </li>
<li>Sing their favorite songs at a shelter or nursing home.</li>
<li>Visit a cemetery and leave flowers. </li>
<li>Index records from where the person lived.</li>
</ul>
<li>Make every Christmas a White Christmas by starting a tradition of performing at least one LDS temple ordinance for an ancestor during the holidays</li>
<li>Give a busy mother or father the gift of time to research their own genealogy by offering to watch their children.</li>
</ul>
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Pat Richley-Erickson</td></tr>
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<u>Games</u><br />
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.growinglittleleaves.com/blog/roll-a-memory-game" target="_blank">Roll a Memory</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.growinglittleleaves.com/blog/magnetic-family-christmas-tree" target="_blank">Magnetic Family Christmas Tree</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.growinglittleleaves.com/blog/fingerprint-and-signature-trees" target="_blank">Fingerprint and Signature Trees</a></li>
<li>Concentration. After a match is made. Give one or two sentences about the image.</li>
<li>Have families recall a favorite pie made by a grandmother, a favorite song in the family, a favorite movie of the season and a special tradition of helping others. </li>
</ul>
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<u>Ideas From Others</u><br />
<a href="https://treasurechestofmemories.com/christmas-traditions/" target="_blank">Christmas Traditions: 12 Writing Prompts</a>, Laura Wilkinson Hedgecock<br />
<a href="http://www.thegenealogyreporter.com/family-history-for-the-holidays/" target="_blank">Adding Family History to the Hectic Holiday Season</a>, Amie Bowser Tennant<br />
<a href="https://lisalouisecooke.com/category/holidays/" target="_blank">Holidays</a>, Lisa Louise Cooke<br />
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What other family history related activities do you do during Christmas? Share in the comments.<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">Music</span></u></b><br />
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<ul>
<li>How does Christmas music make you feel?</li>
<li>Are there songs that have been shared through generations of your family?</li>
<li>Do you go Christmas caroling? Do others carol to you? </li>
<ul>
<li>When I was younger the Robinson family of Enoch, Utah were regular carolers to our home. </li>
<li>In my community today the Carter family of Clearfield, Utah are regular carolers to our home. (Just after I added this comment about the Carters to this post, they showed up and sang. Serendipity!)</li>
</ul>
<li>We have a special Christmas Family Home Evening each year in our home.</li>
<ul>
<li>Opportunity to share our musical talents. </li>
<ul>
<li>I remember one year when my Grandpa Darrel Peterson and my sister Jenny played a saxophone duet. Do you have musical talents passed through the generations?</li>
<li>The men in our family all sing God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. Some years they even conference called in to sing together.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<li>Nicole learned about a Christmas song that her grandpa's family sang. Check out the neat story here: I <a href="http://familylocket.com/i-wonder-who-is-santa-claus-a-christmas-song-tradition/" target="_blank">Wonder Who Is Santa Claus – A Christmas Song Tradition</a></li>
</ul>
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What other family history related music do you enjoy during Christmas? Share in the comments.<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">Gifts</span></u></b><br />
<ul>
<li>Anything family history related can be given as a gift.</li>
<li>Histories</li>
<li>Family tree designs / charts</li>
<li>Photo Books</li>
<li>Framed photos or collages</li>
<li>Calendars</li>
<li>DNA kits</li>
<li>Ornaments </li>
<li>Gloria Larson shared:</li>
</ul>
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<li>"For Christmas last year, my sisters and I put together a family newspaper made up of articles about our ancestors. We even put in some old newspaper ads. It was a lot of fun and we learned a lot about our family history. There was one short article about one of my great grandfathers who was having a party that a drunk guy crashed. There may or may not have been some punches thrown. We found the articles in the newspaper archives and screenshot them. Then we pasted them in a word document with some of our own headlines and stuff. It was a lot of fun."</li>
<ul>
<li>Not only was this a great activity - this would make a great gift for any family.</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>The year my father passed away I made stuffed bears, from his shirts, as a Christmas gift for all 27 family members: <a href="https://revealingrootsandbranches.blogspot.com/2016/01/papa-bears.html" target="_blank">Papa Bears</a></li>
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<ul>
<li>One year, I also made small wrap quilts from my grandma's shirts for her 9 grandchildren: <a href="https://revealingrootsandbranches.blogspot.com/2015/06/grandmas-hug.html" target="_blank">Grandma's Hug</a></li>
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<ul>
<li>Pictorial books from historical photos - <a href="https://www.pediment.com/collections/all" target="_blank">Pediment Group</a></li>
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<li>I have the Quad-City Memories, The Early Years - covers from the mid 1880s until 1939 - the time my direct family lived in the Quad Cities.</li>
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<li>Help others with family history</li>
<ul>
<li>Temple and Family History Consultants - give a coupon to your neighbors to redeem in the new year for 2 hours of help.</li>
</ul>
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What other family history related gifts have your given for Christmas? Share in the comments.<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">Meals / Food</span></u></b></div>
<ul>
<li>What are your family food traditions at Christmas?</li>
<li>Christmas Dinners</li>
<li>Christmas Breakfasts</li>
<ul>
<li>As a child we had to eat breakfast before we could open any presents. </li>
<li>As teenagers we would get up really early and make breakfast for our family.</li>
<li>In my young family today, we make a special breakfast casserole each year and this year my daughter has also requested cinnamon rolls.</li>
</ul>
<li>Use blank family trees or family photos as placemats.</li>
<li>Try food dishes from your ancestor's countries.</li>
<li>Make and share family recipes with others.</li>
<li>Share family recipes on FamilySearch as a story and / or via the <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/recipes" target="_blank">FamilySearch Recipes</a> campaign.</li>
</ul>
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What other family history related traditions do you have regarding food at Christmas? Share in the comments.<br />
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I have cookie recipes from 3 of my 4 great grandmothers. When I make the cookies I tell my children things I remember or know about each great grandmother. We also have taken time to look at their photos on FamilySearch while the cookies are baking. Here is one of my favorite great grandma recipes:<br />
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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies<br />
By: Alice Alvey Pierce<br />
My Great Grandmother<br />
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Mix in order:<br />
1 cup shortening<br />
¾ cup brown sugar<br />
¾ cup sugar<br />
2 eggs<br />
½ tsp salt<br />
1 tsp baking soda<br />
1 ½ cups flour<br />
1 TBS hot water<br />
1 tsp vanilla<br />
6-9 oz chocolate chips<br />
3 cups oatmeal<br />
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Bake at 350* F. for 9-10 minutes.<br />
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This post was created for a presentation for the Logan FamilySearch Library Training on 13 December 2017.<br />
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Special THANKS to my genealogy friends and family for sharing their ideas: Pat Richley-Erickson, Sarah Poe, Julie Judd, Gini Webb, Sumer Andreason, Amie Bowser Tennant, Nicole Dyer, Rhonda Anderson Lauritzen, Emily Schroeder, Melynda Valgardsson, Dave Dowell, Amy Johnson Crow, Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, Paula Quesenberry Iniguez, Helen Smith, Tami Osmer Mize, Mariah Bishop Hudson, Lisa Louise Cooke, Katherine Duquette, Christine Fisher, Gloria Larson, Maggie Daugherty, Linda Stufflebean, Laura Wilkinson Hedgecock, Devon Noel Lee, and Carol Barnett.<br />
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Amy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-80679381353377923672017-12-03T17:40:00.000-07:002017-12-03T17:40:06.029-07:00An Individual Responsibility<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>“Much more must be done in our personal genealogical research. We have an obligation to do temple work for our kindred dead. This means that we will do the necessary research in order for the names of our progenitors to be sent to the temples. We have an individual responsibility to see that we are linked to our progenitors.” </b><br />
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<b>– Ezra Taft Benson, “Our Duty as Latter-day Saints,”</b></div>
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<b>Springfield-Burke Virginia Chapel Dedication, 15 October 1982.</b></div>
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Amy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-67361592580153082642017-11-20T20:02:00.000-07:002017-11-20T20:02:00.645-07:00RootsTech 2018 Pass Giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/?cid=tp-rt-6497" target="_blank">RootsTech</a>! It is the world's largest family history event. There are many great <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/schedule?cid=tp-rt-6497" target="_blank">classes</a> and speakers to choose from and so many wonderful people with whom to network.<br />
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The RootsTech Conference 4 Day Pass is valid from Wednesday, February 28 through Saturday, March 3, 2018. It includes the registration fee for over 300 classes, Innovation Showcase, all keynotes, general sessions, the expo hall, and evening events.<br />
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It does not include the free Family Discovery Day; you need to add on this free event if you'd like to attend. Nor does it include any sponsored lunches or computer labs. It also does not include any accommodations or transportation to or from the event.<br />
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Amy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-82397913120278898042017-11-20T18:42:00.000-07:002017-11-20T18:42:58.609-07:002018 RootsTech Ambassador<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am thrilled to be serving as a 2018 <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/?cid=tp-rt-6497" target="_blank">RootsTech</a> Ambassador. This is my 3rd year serving as an ambassador. You may be wondering ... just what is a RootsTech Ambassador and what do they do?<br />
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Ambassadors are expected to act as brand advocates by helping to generate awareness and excitement for RootsTech. This is accomplished through: writing and publishing RootsTech related content on my blog, sharing RootsTech content on my social media channels, and helping to generate interest in RootsTech.<br />
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Prior to the conference I will have opportunities to share information about RootsTech with you. Some of this information will be in the form of media press releases. While attending RootsTech in February-March 2018, I will have opportunities to connect with and interview guest presenters and keynote speakers. I will share information from those interviews here on my blog.<br />
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I have received a free conference registration for my own attendance and I have received a free registration to give away to one of my followers. I will be starting that giveaway very soon.<br />
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In addition to being a RootsTech Ambassador, I have the privilege of serving as the RootsTech Ambassador Coordinator. I have served in this role since Fall 2016. As the Coordinator, I do just what the name implies, I assist the RootsTech staff in sharing and "coordinating" information with the nearly 100 ambassadors.<br />
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<br />Amy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-29029987227249839732017-10-08T16:26:00.001-06:002017-10-08T16:26:37.259-06:00The House of the Lord, a Sacred Space<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>“The Lord always has commanded His people to build temples, holy places in which worthy Saints perform sacred gospel ceremonies and ordinances for themselves and for the dead. Temples are the most holy of all places of worship. A temple literally is the house of the Lord, a <u>sacred space</u> specifically set apart for worshipping God and for receiving and remembering His great and precious promises.” </b><br />
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<b>– Elder David A. Bednar, “Exceeding Great and Precious Promises,”</b></div>
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<b>LDS General Conference, October 2017.</b></div>
Amy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-8206432348382563442017-09-17T18:16:00.003-06:002017-09-17T18:16:55.776-06:00They Know Us Better Than We Know Them<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>“I believe we move and have our being in the presence of heavenly messengers and of heavenly beings. We are not separate from them. … We are closely related to our kindred, to our ancestors … who have preceded us into the spirit world. We can not forget them; we do not cease to love them; we always hold them in our hearts, in memory, and thus we are associated and united to them by ties that we can not break. … If this is the case with us in our finite condition, surrounded by our mortal weaknesses, … how much more certain it is … to believe that those who have been faithful, who have gone beyond … can see us better than we can see them; that they know us better than we know them. … We live in their presence, they see us, they are solicitous for our welfare, they love us now more than ever. For now they see the dangers that beset us; … their love for us and their desire for our well being must be greater than that which we feel for ourselves.” </b><br />
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<b>– Joseph F. Smith, in Conference Report, Apr. 1916, 2–3; also Gospel Doctrine, 5th ed. (1939), 430–31.</b></div>
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Amy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-15635583728119983232017-09-10T18:39:00.000-06:002017-09-10T18:39:01.507-06:00A Responsibility For Each Of Us<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>“This is a responsibility for each of us. Not one of us can be made perfect without this work. I doubt if the Lord will accept the excuse that we are so busy with other church work that we cannot spend a part of our time in genealogy. Any part of this we do not do, which we should do, must be done by someone else, for it must be done. If we shirk our responsibilities, how can we expect to receive the blessings?” </b><br />
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<b>- Elder Eldred G. Smith, “Family Research," LDS General Conference, October 1975.</b></div>
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Amy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-89632700274820465112017-09-03T17:48:00.001-06:002017-09-03T17:48:44.970-06:00Refining, Spiritualizing, Tempering Influence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Family history work has the power to do something for the dead. It has an equal power to do something to the living. Family history work of Church members has a refining, spiritualizing, tempering influence on those who are engaged in it. They understand that they are tying their family together, their living family here with those who have gone before. </b><br />
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<b>- Elder Boyd K. Packer, “Your Family History: Getting Started,” Ensign, Aug. 2003, pages 12-17.</b></div>
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Amy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-88418620318427156922017-08-27T16:54:00.000-06:002017-08-27T16:54:05.924-06:00Opportunities for Sacrifice and Service<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.lds.org/media-library/images/reno-nevada-lds-temple-1079431?lang=eng" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUbH60HRVlM-BpiUkQAoim3dLW_m7L7_0KS9BvJXD7QsAUjnJsT4wgIraRh8sY175W6s8kpF9kh4egke21AreUTJgW9q3EaftuwCIP6LdtlSdvDVWEnV96-smjo7yhIgLT4DtYNvgHA4/s640/reno-nevada-lds-temple-1079431-mobile.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr>
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<b>"There are many different things our members can do to help in the redeeming of the dead, in temple and family history work. Some involve callings. Others are personal. All are expressions of devotion and discipleship. All present opportunities for sacrifice and service.” </b><br />
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<b>- Elder Dallin H. Oaks, “Family History: ‘In Wisdom and in Order’”, Ensign, June 1989.</b></div>
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Amy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-6878066534645186542017-08-13T11:07:00.003-06:002017-08-13T11:07:59.487-06:00So That No One Is Left Out<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>“The great work of providing the saving ordinances for our kindred dead is a vital part of the threefold mission of the Church. We do this work for a purpose, which is to redeem our dead ancestors. Temple work is essential for both us and our kindred dead who are waiting for these saving ordinances to be done for them. It is essential because “we without them cannot be made perfect; neither can they without us be made perfect.”(D&C 128:18) They need the saving ordinances, and we need to be sealed to them. For this reason it is important that we trace our family lines so that no one is left out.” </b><br />
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<b>- President James E. Faust, “The Phenomenon That Is You,” LDS General Conference, October 2003</b></div>
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Amy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-18964990610953771052017-08-06T12:00:00.002-06:002017-08-06T12:00:42.792-06:00Leaving Us More and More Time for Temple Work<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>“Sister Susa Young Gates related to me that she once asked her father [Brigham Young] how it would ever be possible to accomplish the great amount of temple work that must be done, if all are given a full opportunity for exaltation. He told her there would be many inventions of labor-saving devices, so that our daily duties could be performed in a short time, leaving us more and more time for temple work. The inventions have come, and are still coming, but many simply divert the time gained to other channels, and not for the purpose intended by the Lord”</b><br />
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<b>- Archibald F. Bennett, “Put on Thy Strength, O Zion!” <i>Improvement Era</i>, October 1952, p. 720.</b></div>
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Amy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-51724492057062105112017-07-16T00:44:00.000-06:002017-07-17T00:44:54.783-06:00Messengers From The Ranks Of Our Kindred<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><br /></b><b>“When messengers are sent to minister to the inhabitants of this earth, they are not strangers, but from the ranks of our kindred, friends, and fellow-beings and fellow-servants. The ancient prophets who died were those who came to visit their fellow creatures upon the earth. They came to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; it was such beings—holy beings if you please—who waited upon the Savior and administered to him on the Mount. The angel that visited John, when an exile, and unfolded to his vision future events in the history of man upon the earth, was one who had been here, who had toiled and suffered in common with the people of God.</b><br />
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<b>"In like manner our fathers and mothers, brothers, sisters and friends who have passed away from this earth, having been faithful, and worthy to enjoy these rights and privileges, may have a mission given them to visit their relatives and friends upon the earth again, bringing from the divine Presence messages of love, of warning, or reproof and instruction, to those whom they had learned to love in the flesh.” </b><br />
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<b>- Joseph F. Smith, Gospel Doctrine, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1970, pp. 435–36.</b></div>
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Amy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-5006271939425562017-07-09T12:42:00.000-06:002017-07-09T12:42:27.189-06:00I Owe My Existence To Them<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>One young lady, a genealogist, was asked the question, </b><br />
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<b>“What if you find an undesirable character in your family tree, such as a pirate or convict or the like?” </b></blockquote>
<b>She answered, </b><br />
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<b>“My responsibility does not concern how he lived, but just that he lived and died. After all, I owe my existence to him, and my only way of paying that debt is to do the baptism and sealing work for him. It will be up to him to accept it.”</b></blockquote>
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<b>- Elder Eldred G. Smith, “Family Research," LDS General Conference, October 1975.</b></div>
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Amy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-21503385482611009072017-06-25T21:02:00.000-06:002017-06-25T21:02:01.114-06:00A Personal Assignment<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>“It would be desirable for each member of the Church to think about the work of proclaiming the gospel, perfecting the Saints, and redeeming the dead not only as an expression of the mission of the Church, but also as a personal assignment. Every member should have some ongoing activity in each of these three dimensions, with a total personal activity that does not exceed what is wise for his or her current circumstances and resources. The three dimensions of the mission of the Church overlap and are inseparable.” </b><br />
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<b>- Elder Dallin H. Oaks, “Family History: ‘In Wisdom and in Order’”, Ensign, June 1989.</b></div>
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Amy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-9573997995914045912017-06-18T12:34:00.000-06:002017-06-18T12:34:10.645-06:00Our Highest Priority: Ordinances for Our Own Kindred<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>“For whom will such temple work be efficacious? Principles of agency pertain on both sides of the veil. There, in post mortal realms, personal choice and accountability will be of paramount importance. Not all will accept these ordinances. Not all that would choose to do so may be worthy to receive them. Scriptures indicate that individual faith, repentance, and obedience will be required to consummate this vicarious work. Here, on this side of the veil, there are limitations of available time and temples. This means that choosing to identify and perform ordinances for <i>our own kindred</i> should receive our highest priority. The Spirit of Elijah will inspire individual members of the Church to link their generations, rather than submit lists of people or popular personalities to whom they are unrelated.” </b><br />
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<b>- Elder Russell M. Nelson, “The Spirit of Elijah,” LDS General Conference, October 1994.</b></div>
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Amy Archibaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068623403901287165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375494908968106224.post-57738787099301912812017-06-11T17:01:00.000-06:002017-06-11T17:01:34.110-06:00Essential That It Must Be Given A High Priority<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>“If we believe in the restoration of the gospel at all, we must believe also in the mission of Elijah. We declare that he has come to earth and delivered the keys of his ministry to the Prophet Joseph Smith. As a result of his labors, the hearts of both the fathers and the children are now turning to each other, and this vital work is being done. </b><br />
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<b>“But each of us must do our part for our own deceased relatives. It is so essential that it must be given a high priority in our daily lives. And that we may give it this great priority is my humble prayer in the sacred name of Jesus Christ. Amen.” </b><br />
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<b>– Elder Mark E. Petersen, “The Message of Elijah”, LDS General Conference, April 1976.</b></div>
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