South Davis Family History Center

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1 South Davis Family History Center 3350 South 100 East Bountiful, Utah (801) Hours of Operation Weekdays: Mon. thru Fri. 9 AM to 4 PM Evenings: Tues. thru Thurs. 7 PM to 9 PM Saturdays 10 AM -1 PM Closed Holidays JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2013 In his October 2012 General Conference address, Elder Richard G. Scott quoted from the words of President Howard W. Hunter, We must accomplish the priesthood temple ordinance work necessary for our own exaltation; then we must do the necessary work for those who did not have the opportunity to accept the gospel in life. Doing work for others is accomplished in two steps: first, by family history research to ascertain our progenitors; and second, by performing the temple ordinances to give them the same opportunities afforded to the living. Few fully realize the interrelationship that binds the destiny of the living with their responsibilities to those who have gone before. Elder Scott provided encouragement, example, and testimony of the importance of fulfilling our dual duties to seek after our ancestors and then perform the temple ordinances in their behalf. He concludes with his own challenge to every member of the Church. But what about you? Have you prayed about your own ancestors work? Set aside those things in your life that don t really matter. Decide to do something that will have eternal consequences. Begin now. I promise you that the Lord will help you find a way. And it will make you feel wonderful. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. My deepest gratitude and love goes out to those who are serving so faithfully in the Family History Center. You are providing the light that is the welcoming beacon to those who are looking for a place to come and perform their great work, and you also provide the glow that illuminates the path before them. You are the ministering angels through whom the glorious work of our Heavenly Father moves forward. May the year 2013 bring the Lord s richest blessings to you and those whom you love. John Dietrich -1-

2 Mark Your Calendars 2013 WEBINAR SCHEDULE Coming In 2013 To Your Computer! Free! LEGACY FAMILY TREE (a genealogy software company) has a wealth of useful and entertaining webinars available on their website. legacyfamilytree.com/webinars.asp MYGENSHARE FREE webinars are a hit. Webinars are part of the MyGenShare portfolio of educational resources. Note: All Webinars are Mountain Time Zone Check out ANCESTRY.COM'S YouTube Channel for educational videos about genealogical RootsTech March 21-23, 2013 Salt Lake City, Utah Two National Conferences Merge for One Great Family History Event SALT LAKE CITY RootsTech, the largest paid family history conference in the United States, is pleased to announce the addition of Story@ Home, a two-day conference offering classes and workshops dedicated to the art and inspiration of connecting generations through stories. Story@Home will enrich the RootsTech experience for anyone interested in learning how to preserve and share their personal and family stories. records and Ancestry.com. The Ancestry.com YouTube channel is at user/ancestrycom/. There are over 300 videos of various lengths on this channel - all of them are FREE. And now, I ask, what great blessings has he bestowed upon us? Can ye tell? Behold, I answer for you; for our brethren...were in darkness, yea, even in the darkest abyss, but behold, how many of them are brought to behold the marvelous light of God! And this is the blessing which hath been bestowed upon us, that we have been made instruments in the hands of God to bring about this great work. Behold, thousands of them do rejoice, and have been brought into the fold of God. Alma Monday January 21 Martin Luther King Day Thursday February 14 night closed Monday February 18 Presidents' Day April 1-5 Spring Break May 27 Memorial Day

3 SOUTH DAVIS FAMILY HISTORY CENTER CLASSES 3350 South 100 East (Enter on south side by the Family History Center Sign) JANUARY 10 Phone: Class Schedule Thursdays 7-8 PM BEGINNING FAMILY HISTORY What do I do with all this stuff? How do I get organized so I know where to file my documents and photos so I can find them again? This class will teach you simple but very effective techniques for organizing your family history. This system can also be used to organize your personal files. JANUARY 17 PERSONAL DATABASES What is a personal database and why do I need one? Which ones are free? A personal database will be your best friend in family history. It will keep your family pedigrees organized. You can add links to your photos and documents also. JANUARY 24 FAMILYSEARCH.ORG This website owned by the LDS Church provides free access to millions of records about our ancestors from all over the world. This class will teach simple search techniques to help you find your ancestors and build your family tree. JANUARY 31 ANCESTRY.COM An introduction to Ancestry.com and Family Trees. This very powerful and easy to use website is free at the center. Ancestry has the most vital records of any website available. This site can search for your ancestors records for you!! It is easy to use and can give you amazing results. FEBRUARY 7 FAMILY TREE: PART 1 The new Church database which replaces new.familysearch.org. In Family Tree you can see what information has been submitted on your family and what temple work still needs to be done. This site allows you to see sources found by other family members. We will cover how to navigate the site, how to see individuals of your family and how to add missing family members. FEBRUARY 14 NO CLASS -3-

4 FEBRUARY 21: FAMILY TREE: PART 2 In this class we will learn how to find and add sources, correct mistakes in information, merging duplicate records and submitting names for temple work. FEBRUARY 28 FAMILYSEARCH WIKI & GOOGLE This class will introduce you to the Wiki and show how it can help you to find records pertaining to your family. Google is a great tool for finding information, documents, photos and biographies on your ancestors!! This class will teach you how to find them. FAMILYSEARCH FAMILY TREE CLASSES IMPORTANT NOTE: The South Davis Family History Center will be scheduling many classes in Family Tree. These classes are open to everyone that may be interested. Please call the Center for Class Schedules by calling Our Family History Consultants will be available during open hours to help you with hands on training. Attend those classes that fit into your schedule. ANCESTRY.COM SEARCH TIP Get Wild With Wildcards By Juliana Smith There are several options for both first names and last names. Play around with these and see if you can t shake up the results you re getting. The great thing about searching is you can get wild and crazy, and wildcards are a great way to experiment on Ancestry.com: An asterisk * matches zero or more characters so Ann* matches Ann, Anne, Anna, Annabelle, etc. A question mark? matches one character so Ann? matches Anne or Anna. The first letter can now be a wildcard, although either the first or last character must be a non-wildcard character. Names must contain at least three non-wildcard characters. Try the wildcard as a first letter to capture cases where a flourish on the first letter may cause it to be mis-transcribed. -4-

5 CONSULTANT NEWS WELCOME We would like to welcome new consultants: Bob Peters from Woods Cross Stake. Judy Wimmer and Joy Christensen from Val Verda Stake A big thank you to Ed McPheeters who is leaving to accept a mission call with his wife to the Portland Oregon Mission to serve in the Visitors' Center. They will be entering the MTC the first of February. FAMILY HISTORY PATRONS & CONSULTANTS As most of you are aware we have been replacing our older and outdated Windows XP computers with new Windows 7 computers. Some have been upgraded and some have been replaced. We are trying to improve the speed, reliability and ease of use of the computers at our center. With the advent of the new hardware and software please be aware that no USER data is being preserved in the center. This means that when you bring your data to the center you should be prepared to take that data home with you and not expect that data will be in the center the next time that you visit. We have provided Flash drives at the center that can be purchased for a nominal price and if you need one please contact someone that works in the center. If you would like to have your information at the center without your bringing your Flash drive maybe you should try Dropbox or Google Drive. We are trying to make the center run as fast as possible and are trying to remove any function that reduces speed or availability. We have increased the speed of the internet to the center and are trying to provide those services that one will find in any of the larger centers around the valley. John D. Russell (IT Director) Using Dropbox To Share Photos And Genealogy With Family And Friends Online storage is popular with genealogists who want to keep and share their research. It allows users to store and access files online. Online storage is the ability to store files and data on a remote server that can be accessed by anyone with an internet connection. One of the limitations of trying to share photos with friends or family is the size limitations imposed by many servers. Who hasn't attached a photo to an and had a warning appear that the attachment was too large? Well, there are several ways around this problem. You could copy the photo to a CD and mail the CD to your relatives. But what if you want to share the photo with several relatives at once? This could mean making and mailing multiple copies of the photos. -5-

6 There is a solution. Using an online file transfer and storage program such as Dropbox.com. By opening an account with Dropbox.com, you get a free account with up to 2 Gigabytes (GB) of storage, enough to send dozens, if not hundreds of photos. You can also obtain additional free storage, up to 18GB by referring new users to the program. To begin using Dropbox.com, go to the website and sign up for a free account. com/ Be sure to record your login and password in a place where you can easily find it, if you forget. You must have an Internet connection for this program to work. When you install the Dropbox.com program on your computer's hard drive, it will create a Dropbox folder. You can put any kind of file in your Dropbox folder and it will be automatically stored online. To share items in your folder with others, it is a good idea to create a folder specifically for sharing, such as "Family Photos" or whatever. It is important to keep originals of your documents and photos in another place on your computer because once you have shared a file, someone receiving the file can drag the file out of the folder on Dropbox.com and the copy will disappear from Dropbox. To share, you put a copy of the photo or photos to be shared in the folder you create inside the Dropbox folder and then you go to the Dropbox.com website and login. Usually, the program will put an icon on your computer to allow you to go directly to the website. Your new folder with the photos should appear on your list of files. You then click on the sharing icon, choose the folder you want to share and invite participants by adding their addresses to a list and then send the invitation. If you want to share the photos or files with more than one person, remember that the files need to be copies and that the recipients need to make a copy of the file and leave your copy in the folder. The recipients, your relatives or friends, will then receive an invitation to share the Dropbox folder you have created. If they already have Dropbox on their computer, they simply open the folder, make a copy of the files onto their computer and voila! You have shared a huge number of large files. Depending on your Internet speed, sharing can take some time to load large files, but the convenience of using Dropbox.com will immediately become evident. If you still have questions, go to the Dropbox. com website and view their introductory video. Google Drive For Genealogy Online storage service is similar to Dropbox, but with a distinctive twist. Google offers different features and a lower price. Online storage is the ability to store files and data on a remote server that can be accessed by anyone with an internet connection. More formally called cloud computing, it allows users to synchronize documents across multiple operating systems and browsers. It also allows people to easily share and collaborate on various projects such as building family trees. Cloud computing has several advantages over storing genealogy data on a desktop computer. In a nutshell, Google Drive provides a single place for users to store many different types of files. This includes such things as documents, PAf files, spreadsheets, pdf files and photographs. In total, Drive claims to be able to open 30 different kinds of files. Drive syncs across various computer platforms (such as PCs, Macs and mobile handsets) as well as across different geographic locations. The information contained in personal files that are stored in Drive can be indexed and searched. No matter what happens to your devices, your files are safely stored in Google Drive. Get 5 GB for free. sive= &continue= -6-

7 FROM THE BOOK SHELF Thirty Thousand Names Of Immigrants Of German, Swiss, Dutch, French And Other Immigrants In Pennsylvania From 1727 To 1776 By Daniel Rupp Do you ever wonder when your ancestors came across the Atlantic and what ships they sailed on? This book is a wonder treasure trove of information originally compiled by Daniel Rupp in It has an alphabetically listed name index covering 89 pages, with references to the ships roster, information about each of the groups that immigrated, copies of original documents, what churches the people belonged to, where they sailed from, how long the journey took, who died on the voyage, and where they landed in America. How exciting it is to find your ancestor listed and read about their adventures traveling to the new world!! Look through this book for great information on your ancestors!! The Source Edited By Loretto Dennis Szucs And Sandra Hargreaves Luebking This is a book that will give you all the source information you could possible want!! The chapters include: 1. The Foundations of Family History Research 2. Databases, Indexes and Other Finding Aids 3. Research in Birth, Death and Cemetery Records 4. Research in Marriage and Divorce Records 5. Research in Census, Church, Court and Land Records 6. Research in Military Records, Newspapers and much more!! Check this out to help break through brick walls in your research and link your families together. Each Chapter has illustrations to show what documents to look for and how to best read them. Every Family Historian should be familiar with this fabulous book!!! -7-

8 Internet Sites Worth A LOOK! BYU FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY Quick Links to all your Family History needs. Get Started...Family History Research Training...Find Birth, Marriage, Death Records...Find Biographical Information...Find LDS Ancestors...Search Family History Websites...Find Reference Information...Selected Internet Research Sites...Libraries & Historical Societies...Records...Reference... Miscellaneous Family Histories...Periodicals and Newspapers ROOTSWEB Funded and supported by Ancestry.com and RootsWeb community. A Registry of Websites at RootsWeb houses tens of thousands of websites for the genealogy community. A very useful sight with many links. A BIT OF HISTORY AND LINKS TO GENEALOGY PROJECTS IN IRELAND Irish Genealogy and History societies have existed for years in various cities and towns in Ireland. Most records were hand written, and with help of new technologies are being digitized for permanent archiving. Help Wanted We need you to serve at the South Davis Family History Center. We will teach you what is required so that you can do your Family History and help others with theirs. If you have a love of Family History & enjoy being around people, we need your HELP! We will train you You keep the Blessings! Please contact ???Q & A??? If you have any Comments, Ideas, or Questions that you d like to see addressed in the newsletter please let us know. If you would like to have the newsletter sent to you, please contact Shonny Russell at: johnrussell3308@msn.com -8-