I have been researching an ancestor from Pennsylvania named Jacob Fisher for over a decade. I discovered him as the father of Hannah Fisher and have put together details about his life in little bits of time over the years. He is the subject of the f ...
I am currently participating in the ICAPGen Level One Study group. Each participant in the group is preparing their four-generation project for submission. One of our first assignments was to fine-tune our source citation templates. The purpose o ...
What do you know about your name? One of the suggested "About Me" activities on FamilySearch's In-Home Activities page is learning all about "My Name." To do so, some of the suggested items include the following: Ask a parent about the story of ...
With just 2 1/2 weeks until RootsTech, it's time to make sure the details of your itinerary are in place. RootsTech recently published a RootsTech Survival Guide. It contains some great tips including ideas for parking, eating, and what to wear. H ...
This is my 4th great-grandfather, Morris Charles Phelps: I love reading stories about the adventures and trials he and his wife Laura experienced as converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in its early days in Missouri an ...
Who remembers stretching the long cord of the kitchen telephone into another room so you could close the door and talk on the phone with your friends in private? Image: Canva Did you ever purchase an extra-long cord to plug into the pho ...
Family Search Memories is a great place to preserve meaningful family photos, stories, documents, and recordings for future generations. The Family Search Memories App makes it possible to capture those memories anytime, anywhere. I love using ...
Do you have a favorite ancestor photo? This is one of my current favorites. A few months ago, I logged in to FamilySearch and discovered that it had been added to my 2x great-grandmother's profile. I was overjoyed! Be ...
Last week I wrote about the importance of keeping a personal record in my article "Tell YOUR Story Too!" Today I'm sharing the way that I have set up my personal journal using Microsoft OneNote. Remember, there is no one right way to keep a journal ...
Mary (Marna) Anderstdotter was born in Sweden. At the age of 18 she joined the Mormon church. Her mother was horrified and told Mary she must either give up her religion or leave home. Mary would not give up her new-found faith, so she left ...
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