Family History Sunday School Class Spokane 22 nd Ward

Reasons to do Family History To do our part to fulfill mission of the Church (Redeeming the Dead) To create a welding link of our ancestors through temple sealings To better know and love our ancestors To better know ourselves To be perfected

What Do I Need To Get Organized? A desk or a table and chair A box or a filing cabinet and manila folders Pencils or pens Paper, including pedigree charts and family group records A 3-ring binder for your charts and records If possible, a computer and family history software

How Do I Get Started? Set aside a space to work where you have room to spread out your papers and books –Your space can be simple (like a box you pull out so you can work on your kitchen table, or a card table in your bedroom. –If you have a computer, you should have easy access to it

Getting Started (Continued) Set aside a regular time to do family history –You may be able to find a whole day or a half a day, but you may have to settle for a few hours on Sunday or on some other day of the week.

Getting Started (Continued) Get a box or filing cabinet and some manila folders for your family records –Start by labeling a folder with the name of your mother and father For example: James and Joyce Graham Put their birth and death dates under their names Include important locations associated with this family on the folder Then make a folder for each set of grandparents and for all four sets of great-grandparents

Getting Started (Continued) Later you will continue to add folders for additional families to this first set of folders. If you have a computer, set up your family history program and practice using it. Be sure to learn how to document sources for your information and include that also.

Getting Started (Continued) Talk with family members Visit with someone you know who is very organized Get to know your FHC Read A Member’s Guide to Temple and Family History Work

Family History Class Assignments  Set aside a place and a regular time to do family history  Get seven folders and label them for your parents, grandparents and great- grandparents  Begin gathering family certificates, letters and so on, from around your own home and file them in the appropriate folders.