tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73702928274084917772024-03-12T21:58:49.056-07:00LinkingFamiliesRedeeming our Dead.... One Name at a Time in the San Bernardino, CA StakeJill A. Holmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411755818245588179noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370292827408491777.post-18487833047695840282019-05-26T16:57:00.001-07:002019-05-26T16:57:48.623-07:00FamilySearch CommunityHappy Memorial Day Weekend.<br />
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I hope you had a chance either last weekend or today to pass those family history flyers out during Sunday, or insert them in your sacrament program. We need to make sure we get the word out in our wards that we are available to help and teach family history to them and their families. We want them to know that we are available when they are having trouble preparing names for the temple. We don't have the formal classes we once had so we need to make sure we include family history in our conversations with our friends.<br />
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Are you familiar with this website? <b>FamilySearch Community</b> <a href="https://community.familysearch.org/">https://community.familysearch.org</a> It is a great resource for members and for family history consultants. After you sign in, you will have two choices...<br />
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On the left side you have <b>Browse - Ask - Answer</b>. Find Answers and Post your Questions. Click on Support Questions and it will cover so many topics, all related to family history and FamilySearch. You can post questions and help answer some you might know. I would take the time to search and look around so when you do need it for a resource, you will be familiar with it.<br />
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On the right side of that first page is... <b>Find - Create - Join</b>. Join a group and collaborate with others.<br />
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I have used this one many times and there are great ideas and solutions. Click on <b>Groups </b>and you will be able to 'join groups of likeminded people where you can ask and answer questions, share resources, and receive the latest updates on topics that interest you.'<br />
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Again, take a look around and you can <b>JOIN </b>any of the groups that you see of interest for you and your personal research and there are many resources for our family history callings.<br />
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Once you join a group, you can click on <b>Manage Notifications</b> and have updates emailed to you so you follow topics without having to sign in each time. For example, there is a group called <b>All Temple & Family History Consultants</b>. Members share what works and what doesn't in their wards. They also ask questions and we have the opportunities to share our ideas. And with both sites, you can search the 'threads' of topics and see if your questions has already been asked and answered. Another group that I like to follow is called, <b>FamilySearch Tips and Tricks</b><br />
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I hope you take the time to go over these resources. They are invaluable. The Church is providing so much for us.<br />
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Another thought regarding help. I just want to remind you that you can call <b>Family History Support </b>for your calling, mostly used for technical questions with FamilySearch but call <b>1-866-406-1830</b>.<br />
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I will share additional insight in other posts. Keep in mind that I am still posting these emails to my blog for easy access in case you misplace these emails. <a href="http://linkingfamilies.blogspot.com/">http://linkingfamilies.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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Have a fabulous Memorial Day and hopeful we will some have warmer weather soon.<br />
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Enjoy,<br />
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Jill A. Holmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411755818245588179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370292827408491777.post-61620776347389679972019-05-18T16:59:00.000-07:002019-05-26T17:00:09.888-07:00Family History Handout for Your WardI will be working on a few emails/blog posts for you. There have been some great changes in family history over all.<br />
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First off, I have attached a handout we have used before. I have updated it slightly and need the wards to make copies and have them inserted in your sacrament programs. This is important to remind our members of the opportunities are out there to work with you consultants.<br />
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Also, with this email group, if your ward has had new consultants called or you think some of your leadership would benefit with these emails, please let them know to contact me. You have my email address.<br />
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I recently taught a Relief Society meeting for one of the wards and I went over with them the two FamilySearch apps, Family Tree and Memories. I had the sisters bring with them pictures of ancestors or stories to upload right there in class. The sisters had a great time and I ended with the most fun part, using the 'Relatives Around Me'. We found out we were all related and that was fun to compare our relation with each other. Sometimes that can be a game changer for many.<br />
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In my next email I want to discuss The Role of Coordinating Meetings. Check out the meetings from RootsTech 2019 about these meetings and then I will share overview of them. It is a new/updated way that we work with the leadership of our wards to further temple and family history work.<br />
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<b>President Russell M. Nelson:</b> “We can be inspired all day long about temple and family history experiences others have had. But we must do something to actually experience the joy ourselves.” He continued, “I invite you to prayerfully consider what kind of sacrifice—preferably a sacrifice of time—you can make [to] do more temple and family history work.”<br />
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I hope all is well with you all. Can't wait for summer to come.<br />
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Sis. Jill HolmesJill A. Holmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411755818245588179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370292827408491777.post-73476131547974715382019-03-24T14:38:00.000-07:002019-03-30T14:40:31.217-07:00Updates in Family History this Week<div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">
Here is some additional information from RootsTech 2019. First link is to all the syllabus' that was available to all those that attended. I know in the past they didn't keep these up on the internet, so just in case, I would visit it and download/print those that interest you.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here are all the videos that they streamed during conference for FREE. These will also include past RootsTech sessions. Look through also the 'Latter-day Saints' videos that I shared in the last email. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.rootstech.org/video-archive&source=gmail&ust=1554056595910000&usg=AFQjCNFjbW9mrTdah9Muy0lGaJj-CR3D8Q" href="https://www.rootstech.org/video-archive" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.rootstech.<wbr></wbr>org/video-archive</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope you have a chance to watch/listen to them and gain more insight and learning on what is available.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">How are you doing in your wards with teaching family history, helping members find a name to take to the temple etc.? Last week I was invited to teach the Young Women and Relief Society how to use the Family Tree and Memories App from <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/" target="_blank">FamilySearch</a>. We had a great time and they all had their tablets or smart phones. I made sure they were downloaded ahead of time and signed in. That saves a bunch of time. I went over a quick overview and then dived into each area of the apps. I didn't go into much details because I wanted to show them what was available. I also had them bring a picture or story and had them take a picture of the picture and add it to Memories. I know, I would rather had a scanned image, but it was better than nothing and they were able to feel good about that accomplishment. But the one that they loved and I saved it for last was the 'Relatives Around Me'. We were all related to each other and even though we all know that we are in God's family, there is just something to know that your neighbor is kin. It maybe far off, like 10th cousins, twice removed. But who cares when you find that connection. There is just something about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As always, if you need assistance in your wards to increase awareness of all that is offered, please let me know. These are the 6 things we want to increase:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1. Log into <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/" target="_blank">FamilySearch</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2. Four generations to be filled out</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3. Converts to prepare names for baptisms</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4. Youth prepare names for baptisms</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We are starting off a bit low in numbers for January and February, so we need to do the best we can to work with the members. Work with the Relief Society Presidency and Elder's Quorum Presidencies to help find those that need to be taught. This should be covered in their meetings. What a better way to activate or strengthen our members, through family history. I know you know that but we need to remind our leaders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope this is a great week for you. I'm enjoying this sunshine. It is beautiful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I also can't wait for General Conference and any new announcements that might be coming.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Again, if you need assistance, please let me know.</span></div>
Jill A. Holmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411755818245588179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370292827408491777.post-57921156975652340092019-03-04T15:14:00.000-08:002019-03-30T15:23:41.941-07:00RootsTech Broadcasts & Links<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope that you were all able to watch the Thursday night and Saturday morning RootsTech Broadcasts. Both were so good. Thursday night had 3 of the apostles and Saturday was Elder and Sis. Bednar. Fantastic talks. We are so blessed to have these resources available to us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Here is the link for the Thursday broadcast <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.lds.org/family-history&source=gmail&ust=1554069819034000&usg=AFQjCNFzv3iSSVLtUThVxPH0t04aULXn0g" href="https://www.lds.org/family-history" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.lds.org/<wbr></wbr>family-history</a> or <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.rootstech.org/video/2019-temple-and-family-history-leadership-instruction&source=gmail&ust=1554069819034000&usg=AFQjCNEaMRvOCf1w5rS3sgG30H8C7A2zSg" href="https://www.rootstech.org/video/2019-temple-and-family-history-leadership-instruction" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.rootstech.org/<wbr></wbr>video/2019-temple-and-family-<wbr></wbr>history-leadership-instruction</a><wbr></wbr> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Here is the link for the Saturday broadcast <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.lds.org/family-history&source=gmail&ust=1554069819034000&usg=AFQjCNFzv3iSSVLtUThVxPH0t04aULXn0g" href="https://www.lds.org/family-history" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.lds.org/<wbr></wbr>family-history</a> or <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.rootstech.org/video/family-discovery-day-elder-and-sister-bednar&source=gmail&ust=1554069819034000&usg=AFQjCNHuGVoE3kDu2a1v11CUPATTHW-ULg" href="https://www.rootstech.org/video/family-discovery-day-elder-and-sister-bednar" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.rootstech.org/<wbr></wbr>video/family-discovery-day-<wbr></wbr>elder-and-sister-bednar</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The information below is taken from another email from <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/" target="_blank">FamilySearch</a> blog & <a href="http://www.lds365.com/" target="_blank">LDS365</a> as it covers the same information that I would cover. Just click the 'title' as it is a link to the information I would like you to review.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">I have attached the Stake Family History Goals. In the Thurs night leadership broadcast, it talked about having a ward plan. Please use the guidelines of the stake area plan. It is in sync with the area plan. If there are any questions, please let me know. I have also attached our family history numbers for last year. Please review those.</span></div>
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<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/elder-dale-g-renlund-2019-temple-and-family-history-leadership-instruction/&source=gmail&ust=1554069819034000&usg=AFQjCNFyDk36S9FzqUAgA4a-RxtLbqmz1Q" href="https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/elder-dale-g-renlund-2019-temple-and-family-history-leadership-instruction/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Organizing Temple and Family History Service at the Ward Level—A Summary of Elder Renlund’s 2019 Leadership Instruction</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">On February 28, 2019, Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke at the Temple and Family History Leadership Instruction meeting. He suggested three things ward leaders can do to help members in temple and family history callings be more comfortable and effective.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">At the Temple and Family History Leadership Instruction meeting on February 28, 2019, Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles invited a group of local ward leaders on stage to participate with him in a live, unscripted coordination meeting. They counseled about ways to apply the instruction they had just received from Elder Renlund and Elder Stevenson, providing an example of how a temple and family history coordination meeting might work at a ward level.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Elder Bednar asked the group if it was possible to have a simple ward temple and family history plan, and how they might keep it so going forward. “We do not do simple plans well,” Elder Bednar said. “We do complicated plans that nobody pays attention to.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">I will share in other emails that will go over aspects of the RootsTech Conference. There are some great handouts, videos of classes that are FREE and a few of the announcements that <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/" target="_blank">FamilySearch</a> and other companies, like Ancestry.com and <a href="http://myheritage.com/">MyHeritage.com</a> made.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Objective: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Discover,
Gather, Connect</i> is the newest program of the church. Involving all members
of the stake to take an active role in their family history with the assistance
of the Ward Temple and Family History Consultants, Elders and Relief Society leaders.
Members are to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Discover, Gather and
Connect</i> family names to perform ordinances in the temple and then teach
what they have learned to others in the ward and their own families. Include
the MY Family Booklet to get started. This would accomplish the goal of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Area Plan</i> to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Increase number of family names submitted to the temple by the
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1. Converts who were baptized in
the past 1-3 years. Submit at least 1-2 names to the temple for baptism for the
dead, add 4 generations to FamilySearch. Prepare all ordinances for that
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3. Ward and Family Members. The
names that the youth and converts find, the initiatory, endowment and sealings
can be done by their parents or other members of their wards.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ward Temple and Family Consultants should work with the ward
missionaries and accompany them with newly baptized converts. Stake Temple and
Family History Consultant – Lead, Sis. Jill Holmes, will use email, phone calls
and training meetings at the ward level, if necessary, to work with consultants,
Elder’s Quorum (EQ) and Relief Society (RS)<span style="color: red;"> </span>leaders
to discuss goals, training opportunities for the individual needs of the ward. <o:p></o:p></div>
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1. The youth can use these
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2. Less actives in our wards assigned
EQ and RS ministers can enter the homes of less actives with the booklets and
introduce family history in the most basic way. After the 1st meeting, if they
are still interested, invite a ward temple and family consultant to go to the
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3. With active members, the ministering
program would be a great way to introduce family history to our members and
work one on one with them. Those being taught always love having someone to
listen to them when talking about their family and retelling of old memories.<o:p></o:p></div>
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All members in the San Bernardino Stake to use FamilySearch
to create a 4-generation pedigree, as a work in progress. That can be
established when connecting with other lines and maybe easier than one thinks.
Our stake can more than double our numbers for the year 2019 from previous
year’s results. Please see attached Members Submitting Names Yearly Report. <o:p></o:p></div>
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President Russell M. Nelson has said; “I invite you to
prayerfully consider what kind of sacrifice—and preferably a sacrifice of
time—you can make to do more family history and temple work this year”.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am still waiting to hear back from the stake presidency on approval of the stake goals in family history for this year. They have had a bit on their plate and President Garvin has been under the weather.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I won't present the goals for this year yet, but they are pretty much the same as last year. Just changed the terminology to the new terms that are now used in the church and the changes to the Elder's Quorum, Relief Society responsibilities and all of the other areas of these changes. I think they are all great changes to really stream line working with the Saints. And the 2 hour block, how exciting is that to have some extra time to work on family history work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I did have a chance to talk with President Garvin and explained why didn't reach our goals for last year was because of all the changes with the leadership positions and ministering that the EQ and RS leaders really didn't have the time to work with us to meet our goals as they were making new assignments with ministering. He was totally understanding of that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We also have a new high councilor over family history, Bro. Jenkins and we are excited to work together and with the wards too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I want to touch on a few things, first off, how many of you are able to go to RootsTech in Salt Lake at the end of the month? Right off the bat, I'm jealous. :) Someday, it is just difficult for me to take time off of work during this time of year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But RootsTech is doing something new this year which I think is fantastic. You can purchase an online package for $129 and you will have access to 20 classes for 12 months. Typically, they have some sessions we can watch for free online, including the speakers on Family Discovery Day that is usually on Saturday. Here is the link for the online package <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/salt-lake/virtual-pass-2019">https://www.rootstech.org/salt-lake/virtual-pass-2019</a> I purchased it and can't wait to view. The videos will be available 10 days after RootsTech. Here is also the schedule for the Free Streaming Classes <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/salt-lake/live-stream-schedule">https://www.rootstech.org/salt-lake/live-stream-schedule</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another note about RootsTech, if you download the App, they will have the syllabus for each class on the app, you just download them or have them shared to your email. So you will have access to the handouts during the conference and they cost you anything. I don't believe that they will be available online, just the app.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you ever need me to teach a class in your ward/branch, please don't hesitate to ask. We will just need to wait until the weather is better. I can teach at a Relief Society Activity, Youth Activity or the FH Consultants in your ward. Our main objective is take family names to the temple and as a bonus, learn about that family member before attending the temple. The church is really emphasizing temple and family history service more and more these days. And the online resources, I just feel I can't keep up sometimes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another reminder to use <a href="http://www.thefhguide.com/">www.thefhguide.com</a> FamilySearch endorses this website for training for FamilySearch and Family History overall. A great resource that shouldn't be overlooked. Use YouTube.com for family history too. The BYU Family History Library, <a href="http://ancestry.com/">Ancestry.com</a> and <a href="http://familysearch.org/">FamilySearch.org</a>, plus so much more, have channels that are filled with so much training material. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope that some of this information is helpful for you. Again, if there is anything that I or Bro. Jenkins can do for you, please let us know. We are here for you and the stake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Keep warm and dry for the next bunch of storms that are coming.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sis. Jill Holmes</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">PS: If you have been released from your calling and need to removed from this email group, please let me know. Or if there is a new called consultant, let me know that too.</span>Jill A. Holmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411755818245588179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370292827408491777.post-82035276431262532072018-10-21T16:05:00.001-07:002019-03-30T15:17:49.572-07:00Are You Following Up With Members in Your Ward?I am sure all of you are working with members in your ward to work on their own family history. But <b>are you following up on them</b>? It is easy to work with them once and call it good and mark it off your list of members. But it is also important to follow-up with them from time to time to see if there still working with FamilySearch and to see if they have any questions.<br />
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Today, I did some follow-up with a member in our ward. She was learning how to scan photos and upload them to FamilySearch. This afternoon, we just fine tuned what she learned and uploaded 3 more photos. It is hard to learn everything in one meeting, so follow-up is a great way to see how they are progressing. Keep notes on each meeting so you will know what to ask and know where they are at in their learning. You can use the <b>Consultant Planner </b>to keep those notes there. But if for some reason they don't want you to add them to your consultant planner, keep paper notes. This is very handy. I do this with my clients at work and there is just no way to remember everything that was said or shared and we all need notes for follow-up. Don't limit yourself either, phone calls are just as effective in some circumstances.<br />
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<b>Family History Flyers.</b>... if you went to stake conference, you would have seen the family history flyers that I had available for members in the Sunday morning session. I edited these from our ward flyers. Don't forget to print them and use them as a sacrament meeting flyer and to have a small pile of them on the table outside of the chapel. Hand them out during Relief Society and Priesthood and don't forget the youth. There are different opportunities to make sure you get these out to members. If you have a new consultant called and one that was released, let me know and I can update your flyer.<br />
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<b>Find-A-Record. </b>How many of you used this resource?? If you haven't heard already, this program/app is no longer available. It used to help you find data problems, research opportunities, and possible duplicates across your family tree. The reason is they are no longer compatible with FamilySearch.<br />
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With all the <b>new changes</b> in The Church, the emphasis on family history has taken a backseat in our stake. Many new calling assignments, family history hasn't been in the priority for most of the leadership. I understand this and we may not make the 'numbers' that we desire for our stake. I will reevaluate and we can do better next year. We are still doing better than last year, but these changes has changed our focus for a bit of time during this transition.<br />
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<b>One more thought.</b> There will be members that just don't want to touch the computer, let alone upload and pictures etc to FamilySearch. Have you thought of having one of the youth just help with those members and taking care of that for them?? Upload their photos, record a memory or add names to complete their 4 generations on FamilySearch. Sometimes our older members would love to talk with someone about their family and the youth can help preserve their legacy.<br />
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<b>Quarterly Meetings.</b> For now, we will not be having these meetings. Again, part of this is because of the new changes need to take priority and I don't see anything wrong with our communication happening through this blog and email. The Sunday School Family History Class is discontinued and there is no need to discuss the class material for that. We are to teach our members/friends, <b>one by one</b> in their homes or other arrangements can be made at the church or local library. Don't forget that we have a family history center in the Highland/Central Building.<br />
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That is about it for now. If your ward needs extra attention or a meeting with your consultants, let me know. I would love to come and help with what you need. I think it would be a better way to serve you since the needs for each ward can and will be a bit different.<br />
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Sis. Jill HolmesJill A. Holmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411755818245588179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370292827408491777.post-56975613309370636312018-09-23T16:41:00.003-07:002018-09-23T16:41:45.948-07:00Working with the MembersHow are you doing working with the members in your ward on their family history? Are you getting frustrated? Are those you are working with getting frustrated? Do you sometimes feel like you want to quit? I ask these questions, because I can honestly say that I have answered YES and NO over the years. Sometimes it can be difficult because you want to be successful with the members but you are not making any progress. Ask yourself a few of these questions to see if any of these can help you determine where you can improve.<br />
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<li>Are you using the consultant planner ahead of the appointment you have made with your student, so you can a bit of pre-research before you met with them?</li>
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<li>Are you researching your own family members for temple work?</li>
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A few weeks ago, I was working with a sister in our ward and helping with her family history on FamilySearch. Besides helping her fix the communication with her printer/scanner and her computer, we were able to just work on ONE thing on FamilySearch. Memories. All we worked on was submitting photos to her ancestors. One at a time. It was actually great for her. It really meant for me to concentrate on ONE thing. Do you ever sometimes feel you have to teach them all you know because you love it so much, you want to share. But then you realize you just scared them and they don't want to touch it anymore?</div>
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For about 2 hours, we worked together on her family photos. Scanning, showing where they go on her computer after it scans, showing how to crop her photos, re-naming her files and uploading to FamilySearch and then tagging the photo. I showed her once, then had her do it again and again until she felt comfortable working on it all by herself. And she did it. That is ALL we did that night. Worked on uploading photos for 2 hours. It was a success and mission accomplished. </div>
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"President Russell M. Nelson, however, cautioned: “We can be inspired all day long about temple and family history experiences others have had. But we must do something to actually experience the joy ourselves.” He continued, “I invite you to prayerfully consider what kind of sacrifice—preferably a sacrifice of time—you can make [to] do more temple and family history work.”17 As you accept President Nelson’s invitation, you will discover, gather, and connect your family. Additionally, blessings will flow to you and your family like the river spoken of by Ezekiel. You will find healing for that which needs healing."</div>
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To read more of his talk, <a href="https://www.lds.org/languages/eng/content/general-conference/2018/04/family-history-and-temple-work-sealing-and-healing" target="_blank">CLICK here</a>. This comes from last general conference.</div>
Jill A. Holmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411755818245588179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370292827408491777.post-38628744290007537322018-07-01T15:21:00.000-07:002018-07-01T15:21:18.647-07:00Consultant Planner - FamilySearch Part 3Today we are going to go over The Consultant Planner. This is a great resource to keep track of those you teach in your ward or stake. You can create lesson plans, complete some research on the members line ahead of time and track progress with notes.<br />
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Sign into your FamilySearch account, then follow the graphic below to get to the Consultant Resources.<br />
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This 2nd video comes from the church and FamilySearch and it focuses on the spiritual side of the research when we share what we have learned with our family. And notice that the sister learns the process ahead of time and then let's her brother 'find the family members' on his own. It will bring tears to your eyes.</div>
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It is so important to use these tools to help others help themselves and their families. A great resource for us and them. We need to become very familiar with these tools.</div>
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Okay, have you had a chance to visit The Family History Guide <a href="http://www.thefhguide.com/">www.thefhguide.com</a> yet?? If you haven't you really need to take the time. It is such a worthwhile tool for us as a consultant but it is also great for members that we are working with. You can even give the members 'homework' with these lessons. They explain well for you. It helps you by saving a ton of time. Before you meet with a member, have them go through one of the lessons before hand. That way the information isn't so brand new. Terminology will be more familiar when you teach.<br />
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Visit The Family History Guide, hover over the FamilySearch Tab, a drop down menu will come down. Click on Project 1: Family Tree.<br />
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Go through them before showing to members. You don't need to know everything but you do need to know where to find the answers. This is a perfect place to find those answers. My opinion, it is better than FamilySearch help section. I personally have been waiting for a web site like this for years.<br />
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One last item to cover. Tracking Sheets. They have a tracking sheet system that you keep an eye on your training for yourself or for your student. This is a great way to see progress or to see areas of improvement that would be needed.<br />
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On the home page of The Family History Guide, go to the upper right hand corner....<br />
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This is where you can track your progress. For the Online Tracker, you just need to create a FREE account and then you can take notes, mark progress and save the information. If you feel better keeping track with paper copies, you can download the Tracker (Word) version. You will download what you need. (Remember where you downloaded it.) You can either keep track of it on your computer, it would just be 'offline' vs 'online'. Or you can print and keep them in a binder for quick reference. They think of everything.<br />
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I hope this helps a bit and we will dive into more of <a href="http://www.thefhguide.com/" target="_blank">The Family History Guide</a> later on.<br />
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JillJill A. Holmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411755818245588179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370292827408491777.post-26781092680662271882018-06-10T16:31:00.001-07:002019-03-30T15:18:29.230-07:00The Family History Guide Overview Part 1The more I use The Family History Guide, the more I love it. You know when you are self-taught in just about anything, you realize there are somethings you miss. If you don't know what you don't know, you don't know it. :) Case in point. If you haven't visited this site, it is a must for your calling. Why would I say that? Because it gives you step by step on how to learn the material (FamilySearch) and step by step on how to teach members and train yourself as a consultant and it is all FREE!! Not bad, right?<br />
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This is going to a 10-part series, but it could be more or less. Not sure yet. But I want to have some blog posts that go through some of the training that is involved for yourself and others on this site. And show some screen shots, so you know what I am talking about.<br />
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Disclaimer: I should have shared this before. I am not an English major, I love to write, but I know I lack the knowledge of perfect grammar. :) So bare with me. I will get the point across. :)<br />
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Here we go. Type in your address bar in your browser <a href="http://www.thefhguide.com/">http://www.thefhguide.com</a><br />
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At the top you will see a menu bar that goes across the top of the home page. Each one of those topics has a drop down menu when you hover over it. Let's take the first one, Intro. You will see all the topics that are covered under Intro....<br />
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I love how it takes into consideration that there are many who just may not be well versed in the computer or even how to start family history, they got this covered. With the Computer Basics, it will teach everything from how to use a mouse to figuring out your email. And it covers both PC and Mac. This is a great resource for our older members too. Have your senior members go over this material even before attempting to show them FamilySearch. It may not be such a bumpy ride when they get started with you.<br />
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I mentioned in my last blog the 'Quick Start' video. A great place to start. Then just go down the menu items and get familiar with what is available. You don't need to know everything, just know where to find it.<br />
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Review this material to start the foundation for your own personal study so you will be able to direct those that you teach.<br />
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<span id="goog_1627347882"></span><span id="goog_1627347883"></span>"This work is a spiritual work, a monumental effort of cooperation on both sides of the veil, where help is given in both directions. Anywhere you are in the world, with prayer, faith, determination, diligence, and some sacrifice, you can make a powerful contribution. Begin now. I promise you that the Lord will help you find a way." Elder Richard G. Scott.Jill A. Holmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411755818245588179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370292827408491777.post-16809611634857236672018-05-01T18:31:00.003-07:002018-05-20T15:44:20.809-07:00The Family History Guide - A Beginners Guide<div style="text-align: center;">
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I am going to post this to the blog but I wanted you to have the whole email. Since I didn't write it, I can't repost it on my blog except to give a link (which I will). This blog is called <a href="http://genealogysstar.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-family-history-guide-your-pathway.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FQuFvc+%28Genealogy%27s+Star%29" target="_blank">GENEALOGY STAR</a>.<br />
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I have talked about multiple times about <a href="http://www.thefhguide.com/" target="_blank">The Family History Guide</a>. ( <a href="http://www.thefhguide.com/">www.thefhguide.com</a> )It is 'approved' by the church to use it for your own personal training and to train members on how to do their own family history. I have mentioned several times that this website will also show members and yourselves how to do some research for your ancestors. It includes the basics for <a href="http://familysearch.org/">FamilySearch.org</a>, <a href="http://ancestry.com/">Ancestry.com</a>, <a href="http://findmypast.com/">FindMyPast.com</a> and <a href="http://myheritage.com/">MyHeritage.com</a>.<br />
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You may think you know a website well and don't think to look into it. But I would. I am working on the FamilySearch training and I am amazed on how much I didn't know how to do some very simple tasks. It helps fill in the gaps in our own knowledge.<br />
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The site also have an online tracker and you can also print them, this will help you keep track of your personal training. There are also trackers for the other websites and training that I mentioned and also for the state, country research. It teaches step by step. Even the basics on how to use a computer. This is helpful.<br />
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<i>PLEASE </i>take the time to be familiar with the site and for your personal training. I am going to keep going through it. You never know what you will learn. Even for the seasoned researcher.<br />
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Sis. Jill Holmes<br />
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<br />Jill A. Holmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411755818245588179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370292827408491777.post-40066356907917678492018-04-25T18:27:00.001-07:002018-04-25T18:37:32.789-07:00Notes From Our Last MeetingA bit delayed in giving you a follow-up of our last meeting. So here are the scoops and some additional thoughts. Thank you for all who attended our meeting. So grateful for your time and service, it doesn't go unnoticed.<br />
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General Conference earlier this month was amazing. Such a great theme of temple work, ministering and changes in the quorums of the priesthood. Which also means that the High Group Leader is no longer the presiding priesthood over the ward temple and family history consultants. We now have the Elder's quorum presidency that is over us. Please keep in mind that we may not get the attention we need at the beginning as they get used to their new responsibilities. </div>
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<a href="http://www.thefhguide.com/" target="_blank">The Family History Guide</a> is your go-to for learning how to use <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/" target="_blank">FamilySearch</a> Family Tree, <a href="http://ancestry.com/">Ancestry.com</a>, <a href="http://myheritage.com/">MyHeritage.com</a> and many others. It will also help with your research. In the next post, I will share with you more info regarding this website but keep it in mind in your own personal training and those that you help. A great resource.</div>
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LDS.org has updated their family history pages. The old ones are still there but we need to use the new pages located <a href="https://www.lds.org/family-history?lang=eng" target="_blank">HERE</a>. Or if you go to lds.org click on 'Families and Individuals' and then click on Family History. That is the easiest way besides bookmarking the page. The new page has been refreshed and looks great. I would get used to this new page and be familiar with it. I am sure it will be updated frequently.<br />
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Family History Support for your calling and for members needing help when we aren't available. This is not for research help, but mostly temple ordinance questions and website help with Family Tree. 1-866-406-1830. Easy number to remember, it is the day the church was organized.<br />
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There was a question asked on how much do we meet with members? It was suggested that we meet with them quarterly. I was thinking about that and I think it needs to much more than that. And it may need to be as much as the member needs until they get on their feet and feel comfortable navigating around. Remember, we can share with them <a href="http://www.thefhguide.com/" target="_blank">The Family History Guide</a> website and they can complete self-guided training by following the training schedule that is on the website. (Again, I will cover this in another post.) With that in mind, we do need to keep our skills up and learn new ones. I will forever talk about <a href="http://www.thefhguide.com/" target="_blank">The Family History Guide</a> as the go to resource to learn/teach new research techniques, learning how to navigate on most of the family history websites and to keep up with what is new.<br />
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That will be it for this blog post. There were other items that were discussed in our last meeting but some of the topics deserve their own blog post. So I will be posting those shortly.<br />
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Jill A. Holmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411755818245588179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370292827408491777.post-23899232756564116412018-04-04T18:41:00.002-07:002018-04-25T18:36:42.764-07:00Blog for the Ward Temple & Family History Consultants - San Bernardino, CA StakeWelcome to our blog. This will be a landing place for all ward temple and family history consultants in the San Bernardino, CA Stake to keep up on the latest information for our callings and personal research. I had started a Facebook Group, but realized that not everyone has a Facebook account or they don't visit their account very much. That is why I have started this blog. Instead of sending out emails (except to let you know there is a new blog posting), I will post here. This way all of 'my emails' will be in one place and searchable with labels and search box for easy finding of information.<br />
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General Conference this past weekend was amazing. If you didn't get a chance to watch, follow this <a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2018/04?lang=eng" target="_blank">link </a>to get caught up. We had a new announcement which will effect our callings a bit. The High Priest Group Leader position has been retired and we now have both the previous High Priest Group and the Elder's Quorum, combined as the Elder's Quorum. There are three talks that go over the new changes. The talks from <a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2018/04/introductory-remarks?lang=eng" target="_blank">President Nelson</a>, <a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2018/04/the-elders-quorum?lang=eng" target="_blank">Elder Christofferson</a>, and <a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2018/04/behold-a-royal-army?lang=eng" target="_blank">Elder Rasband</a> will go over the changes in more detail.<br />
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The main take from this that will affect how we proceed with our callings as consultants is who we will report to. We will no longer report to our high priest group leader, since that position has been retired. There will now only be an Elder's Quorum and I am sure those positions in the next several weeks will be reassigned. With that in mind, we will continue to proceed with our assignments until the priesthood callings have been assigned. We will need to be patient with all involved as they will all have new assignments and it may be a bit before they have a chance to work with us in our callings.<br />
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<b>Training Tip</b> for today: We all need to know the '<i>landing</i>' page on <a href="http://lds.org/">lds.org</a> for your Family History Calling. Here is the <a href="https://www.lds.org/family-history?lang=eng" target="_blank">direct link</a>. It has been updated. If you are on <a href="http://lds.org/">lds.org</a> you just need to click on 'Families and Individuals' and when the drop down menu shows, click on 'Family History'. Just that easy. No need to go through the 'Calling' section of the site.<br />
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Go through the page on <a href="http://lds.org/">lds.org</a> and see what is available so if a question is asked of you, you may not know the answer, but you will know where to find the answer.<br />
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There will be additional posts but just wanted to share with you the web address for this site for future reference. The next post will be a recap of our last meeting. Keep an eye out for that later this week.<br />
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