Compiled by Jackson and Sylvia Sonneborn, York, PA

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FAMILY HISTORY NEWSLETTER Volume III, Issue 7July 2009

BULLETIN BOARDS TO JUMPSTART FAMILY HISTORY ENTHUSIASM

Phyliss Goodrich, one of the family history consultants on the FH consultant chat line, sent me photos of the bulletin boards that she has done to create some zest for family history in her ward. They are really remarkable. These are a few that Phyliss has created. You can copy one into a blank page, click on it till circles appear in the corners. Latch onto that and pull downward to stretch photo.

DEAD MEN DO TELL TALES

FAMILY HISTORY TREES

FAMILY HISTORY ENGLAND

FAMILY SEARCH ROLLOUT

FAMILY HISTORY GERMANY

Creator Phyliss Goodrich - [mailto:pgoodrich7@sbcglobal.net]

DOING THE GRUNT WORK

Just as we enjoy our modern washing machine and would not want to go back to the drudgery of using a wringer washer and emptying wash tubs, many of us are spoiled by computer searches. It is very comfortable to search the “net” for possible contacts about your ancestor.

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Yet, some ancestors continue to elude. What then?

This article will give some suggestions of places that a family history researcher can look for original records or primary sources.

If you are seeking an adopted child, look for adoption records. Contact the agency in the state that handled the adoption for non-identifying information, like medical history. Register in state and national registries, join a support group, or hire a professional.

Check for family bibles and try to get the family history information copied, even if you must have the owner escort you to the printer. Check for clues like ball point pen to identify the writer and era of the entry.

Check birth records. These are available at the state’s Vital Records Office (vitalrec.com). Just Google the name. In Pennsylvania, the office is in New Castle, and the phone number is 724-656-3100.

Another good technique is to look for cemetery records, and this newsletter in the past has published a lot of good interment sites. You can do that online, but you can also go to the cemetery yourself and find ancestors’ graves. There may be an office on the premises with cemetery layout, or as we once found, 3x5” cards with all the information available. One of the most valuable tools is the census record. These are available free at labs.familysearch.org under

Records Search – at least the ones that church volunteers have indexed. Paid sub- scriptions, like Ancestry.com, also have census records available online. Sometimes there is a five-year census, like New York, and the easiest way to see those is to use a Latter-day Saint Family History Center.

We once were allowed to use church records in the little town of Frenchville, PA. They contained birth, death, and marriage info, generally with the parents’ names. We were able to get the vital statistics and also place the parties we were researching in families.

Court records are wonderful sources. The main problem is that there are too many records for a court house to handle, so they often develop an annex nearby. Usually other records will be in the court house, and you can find such things as wills and death records, marriage license applications and divorces, adoptions’ records, naturalization records, and information from court procedures.

Obituaries and other death records contain a lot of pertinent information for the researcher. Also, funeral homes record personal information. You can obtain useful information from death certificates.

Family reunions can be an opportunity to collect family group sheets. Generally, if you take these to your next reunion, you will be able to update current family information. If you are missing information about older ancestors, those attending the reunion may be glad to take the FGS

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home and fill it out and mail it to the person collecting the information.

Check for immigration records to learn when your ancestors arrived in a country. Footnote.com and Ellis Island are both sites where ship’s arrivals and passenger lists are recorded. Use state and national archives to find records. There are a number of very good lists of ships and immigrations records available. Use Olive Tree Genealogy or other sites. Google “immigration” to find other sites.

Several years ago I did research in the Pennsylvania Archives, and I was able to have a copy made of a map that showed where my Robinson ancestors lived before 1768 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. That was thrilling to see them close to the Colonel Morgan (of Morgantown, PA), where Patty Barefoot was the servant. William Robinson’s daughter Ruth married James Ross and had Rebecca Ross, who married Benjamin Barefoot. Thus I was able to see a possible connection of the Barefoots and Rosses. Going back that far makes it difficult to find records, and the land records were very helpful to me.

It was more common for most men to serve in the military in the 1700 and 1800’s than it is now, so military records can be a boon to genealogical research. Since the time of the world wars, men have also registered for the draft, Ancestry.com has many military records. You can also Google the war for records. And in large libraries, you will find listings of military in state records, now bound into books.

Naturalization records are available for states and territories from 1790 to the present. Footnote.com (free at Family History Centers) has many naturalization records. On these, if you can locate them for your ancestors, you will find a wealth of information, esp. the port of departure and the nationality of the person. These records often will allow you to “jump the pond” and find ancestors in other countries.

Don’t overlook newspapers. Most large libraries have them on microfilm, and many newspapers are producing online archives. Two of the most valuable records are the obituaries and the social news. Period newspapers can open up a comprehensive view of your ancestor – esp. if he ran for office, played a school sport, or held a prominent position in the community. Old newspapers can be a lot of fun to read.

High School yearbooks, usually available in the school’s library, can yield information for you to get to know your ancestor better. His graduation photo and information about him can give you insight into his interests and a visual of the person you are researching.

The Social Security Death Index can be very valuable for twentieth century ancestors. To be listed, they need to have participated, received benefits, or received a death benefit for the family.

Mentioned previously, wills and probate records are excellent

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sources, often found in the court house or in a library.

By all means, visit the court house and its annex, local historical society, family history center, cemetery, church offices, funeral offices, and public library in the city where you ancestor lived. Computers do not do everything! Often we genealogists have to perform the grunt work.By Sylvia Sonneborn

Marriage Banns and Intentions

Church records often list the date on which a couple makes the announcement that they intend to marry. These are called marriage banns. In addition, you can find marriage intentions, which were non-religious public announcements of the couple's intention to marry. Don't misinterpret the dates of marriage banns and marriage intentions as the actual wedding date. Source: "Tips for Reading Old Records: Dangerous Dates and Word Meanings" by Genealogy.com. Read the full article at: http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/75_read ing.html

Reading Old HandwritingOne of the most important fundamental principles in reading old handwriting is that it is always necessary to compare: compare and match unknown letters, characters, or doubtful words in the same document to determine if they are the same. Compare with words on the same page, and then look on the pages before and after the one in question. Compare with letters and words that are familiar to you. Source: "Guidelines for Reading Old Documents" by Kip Sperry Read the full article at genealogy.com/genealogy/68_sperry.html

I Want!

I want ancestors with names like Rudimentary Montagnard or Melchizenick Steubenhoffman or Spetznatz Giafortoni, not William Brown or John Smith or Mary Abbott.

I want ancestors who could read and write, had their children baptized in a recognized house of worship, went to school, purchased land, left detailed wills, had their photos taken once a year, subsequently putting said pictures in elaborate isinglass frames annotated with calligraphic inscriptions, and carved valuable and informative inscriptions on their headstones.

I want relatives who religiously wrote in the family Bible, journalizing every little event and detailing the familial relationship of very visitor.

I want forebears who were wealthy enough to afford, and to keep for generations, the tribal homestead, and who left all the aforementioned pictures and diaries and journals intact in the library. But most of all, I want relatives I CAN FIND!

Thank you very much for this Barbara A. Brown.

SOMETHING TO DO THIS SUMMER – OR ANYTIME

6 June 2009 The Summer of Sleuthing kick-off event was held at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Available for the first time online, this fun event for all ages provides small family history challenges to accomplish over the summer months. It's a great way to get the whole family

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involved! Just follow this link to the family history activities page to get started.

This activity will get rid of the comments like…I’m bored. What’s there to do? It will help those Young Man attain their Genealogy Merit Badges, which EVERY Latter-day Saint YM should earn just because he IS a Latter-day Saint YM. It is one of the Three-Fold Mission of the Church.

BALTIMORE FAMILY HISTORY WORKSHOP – September 12, 8:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Click here to register –

www.BaltimoreFamilyHistoryWorkshop.org

FAMILYSEARCH - Research Wiki

Have you been on this site? You are missing some neat stuff. FamilySearch Wiki is a large, on-line library where you can find thousands of articles and how-to instructions about doing family history. To learn more about the Wiki, read Getting Started.

Civil War RostersArranged by State - This is a directory of all Civil War Rosters and Muster Rolls found on the Internet. http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/3680/cw/cw.html Current Projects: Family

HistorySupport - FamilySearch

'Alpha'

The church is starting a major renovation to the FamilySearch.org website. They have assigned the'Alpha' name to the project. They hope to make the FamilySearch site, a place where people can cometogether and work on their family history. Theyare building it on 'Labs' where you can monitor their progress and give feedback as they go. Members can use the feedback link (upper rightcorner) to tell them what we think. We may access the site by putting our cursor on the hotlink below and while holding down the control, key click the left mouse button. http://labs.familysearch.org/alpha/index.php Our feedback support will be much appreciated by those trying to bring us new and better research products.

BING?Bing is Microsoft's effort to compete withGoogle Search. What is Bing? Bing was designed to be a brand new search experience.

Bing claims to be a richer experience: It is Innovation and may make searching the Web better. Bing is a multimedia web search experience. Try it and take a look at some of the great features you can experience. Then watch their site and stay up-to-date for details of newsearch features as they are launched.

The Bing search experience will just keep getting better! Bing has a different look and feel: Bing's new features help you find what you're looking for more quickly and easily. Plus, its eye-catching visual imagery and more intuitive layout make the search experience a lot more enjoyable.

Windows Internet Explorer 8 for MSN is now faster, easier and safer than ever. IE8 accelerators - let you quickly search or translate a word, or map a location, all without leaving your web page in Bing. Search your favorite resources and save many clicks.It is different; take a look and try it out! I'm sure they would like some feedback from you.

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http://www.discoverbing.co.uk/intro/intro.asp

Bookmark an Individual in NFS

Have you ever wished you didn't have to navigate your whole pedigree each time you wanted a specific individual you work with frequently? With the individual in the primary position in new FamilySearch, click Favorites (Internet Explorer) or Book Marks (Firefox), then click Add to Favorites (or Bookmarks) and enter a name such as "nFS-Bill Jones". Click Add. The next time you want to use new FamilySearch, select the "Favorite" or "Bookmark" you created in your browser. Sign in and new FamilySearch takes you directly to that person (rather than to your own record).

Question:Using PAF 5.2, when I go to file, then print reports, then select books, then open in Microsoft word 2000, the portraits in PAF were automatically included. However, after I upgraded to 2007, the pictures are not included. Have you seen this before?

Answer:Try changing the view to the Print or Web layout view. Word 2007 does not automatically display graphics unless they are formatted "in line with text.” You can force them to display by choosing the Print or Web layout view. Or you could reformat all the individual pictures to "in line with text.”

Discover what indexes and records you can use

online

More and more information is becoming available online (either free or fee-based), which can save a trip to the library. In some cases, the actual records you wish to use may not be online, but even if indexes to those records are online, you can save time by doing a little digging at home first and then making more effective use of your on-site time. Source: Time-Saving Tips for Genealogists by Michael John Neill, genealogy.com/genealogy/66_neill.html

Begin today to write and keep records of all the important things in your own lives and also the lives of your antecedents…Your own private journal should record the way you face up to challenges that beset you. No one is commonplace…Your own journal,like most others, will tell of problems as old as the world and how you dealt with them.Spencer W. Kimball

SYLVIA’S GENEALOGY CORNER

Month after month, I keep having fun with collaboration. This month I received an e-mail from a state of Delaware employee. I am not certain where she found my name, but she was inquiring about what information I have on the Cauffiel Family of Delaware. Perhaps she picked up my name on Dead Fred or Familyoldphotos. Or she might have googled Cauffiel and found me on the Barefoot blog. Anyway, she was inquiring about a Dan Cauffiel and his wife who moved from my hometown area of Cambria County, PA, to Wilmlington, Delaware. I had the basic information on my computer.

Dan Cauffiel was the son of Daniel Maddox Cauffiel and Mary Hammer.

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Mary is the daughter of my third great-grandmother Elizabeth Barefoot, who married Solomon Nunemaker Hammer. So it is a line that is connected but not closely related. My great-great grandfather is Mary’s brother.

Since I was asked, I decided to do some research on Dan Cauffiel, Jr., and I became fascinated with his story. While the family was still in the Johnstown, PA, area, Dan went to work for the DuPont Family. First they sent him to Alabama to help lay railroad track. Then they sent him to Death Valley to buy land that had Borax. Dan was a realtor.

Finally, the DuPonts opened a black powder (dynamite) factory in Wilmington, Delaware, and they hired Dan Cauffiel to move his family there to continue to represent them in the acquisition of additional properties. The Cauffiels had two homes there. One was permanent; the other was a summer home in an area which is now a state park. The Cauffiel’s had a beautiful daughter named Luella, who helped to take care of her younger siblings. She never married and lived to be 103 years old. I keep a lovely picture of her on my wall, just because she is such a pretty lady.

(1889-1992)I often think about her and her circumstances and wonder why she never married.

It seems that Luella had a younger sister named Hazel Elmedia Cauffiel. I didn’t know much about her, but my family genealogy llists her as married to a Charles “Harold” Sickle, but then my sister changed his name to Pickle. When another family member wrote the Barefoot Family genealogy, she lists Hazel as married to Charles Harold Sickle, but she adds a second husband named Harold Mickle, which is a common last name in our Barefoot genealogy. So now I had a Harold Sickle-Pickle-Mickle.

Then the representative from the state of Delaware communicated with me and told me that the Cauffiel Summer home on the edge of the Bellevue State Park has now been donated by Hazel’s two sons – Dan and William Lickle. That really gave me a laugh and solved a mystery for Harold Sickle-Pickle-Mickle-Lickle. Once I had the name Charles Harold Lickle, I was able to find the family on the 1930 census. Then I had an

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additional laugh when I learned that Charles was the son of John Lickle and Fannie (Treakle) Lickle. I wondered if his mother called herself Trickle but decided that that would just be too funny.

I was able to go online and find the home at this site:http://www.destateparks.com/park/bellevue/cauffiel-house.asp The Cauffiel House's comfortable charm and picturesque setting provide a refuge from the modern world. The surrounding grounds feature a gracious canopy of mature trees and a quaint gazebo.

Tours of the home are available. The state was seeking the biographies of the original owners – the Dan and Elizabeth Eva (Leventry) Cauffiel Family. I was able to provide family group sheets for Dan Cauffiel for several generations. I also had 4 generations of ancestors of Leventrys,

so I used the “write a book” feature in PAF and sent them a book on Elizabeth’s line. My grandmother had also saved photos of her cousins, and so I was able to send those too. It was quite an adventure researching and putting together this interesting family. Now I think I need a trip to Delaware to tour the Cauffiel Home, don’t you?

Daniel Maddox and Elizabeth Leventry Cauffiel

MEMORIES OF A VISIT FROM BEYOND THE VEIL

My grandmother’s line was extremely difficult to trace. Once, when I was very sick, I dreamed of her. She was trying to tell me where to look for her records. But, since I'm inquisitive, I didn't give her time to tell me anything. I was too busy asking her questions. However, after that dream, ideas began to pop into my mind, and I was able to find enough information to have her ordinances done. Whenever I get a bit discouraged, I remember the special feeling I had during and after the dream.Beverly

THE JOY THAT OUR ANCESTORS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VEIL FEEL WHEN TEMPLE WORK IS DONE FOR

THEM

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“I saw behind me those who had gone, and before me, those who are to come.I looked back and saw my father, and his father, and all our fathers, and in front, to see my son, and his son, and the sons upon sons beyond.

"And their eyes were my eyes.

"As I felt, so they had felt, and were to feel, as then, so now, as to-morrow and for ever. Then I was not afraid, for I was in a long line that had no beginning, and no end, and the hand of his father grasped my father’s hand, and his hand was in mine, and my unborn son took my right hand, and all, up and down the line that stretched from Time That Was, to Time That Is, and is not yet, raised their hands to show the link, and we found that we were one …”

Robert Llewellen, How Green Was My Valley (New York: Macmillan, 1940) 297

On Feb. 14, 1977, my grandmother died at the age of 95 yrs. old. I sent an entry form to Salt Lake with her information requesting that her temple work be done. It was sent to Washington D.C. and the ordinances were performed in her behalf. The year before her death I had received my patriarchal blessing telling me that my mission was to research my relatives and open the prison door for them. It goes on to tell me that my joy would be great when I received their thanks in the kingdom of our Heavenly Father. Well, I had reflected on this blessing many times wondering how that might be, how they might thank me and how I might feel. After all, I was told I would feel great joy.In 2002, I awoke after having a vivid dream of my grandmother. We were standing outside in a place I had never been. We were in front of a stone wall that had bits of greenery growing out and up between the cracks. There was an open doorway and I looked in trying to see the inside. It was completely dark, and I could not see so much as a glimmer of light therein. My grandmother had a very hard life, and I had not in this lifetime ever seen her happy, and I don't remember her ever hugging or being demonstrative at all. Yet her face glowed with a radiant happiness and smile that I can still see clearly in my mind to this day. She extended her arms and hugged me and repeatedly kissed my face on both sides of my cheeks. How did I feel? In my dream I was amazed at her transformation and the joy I felt and still do when I recall that memory. Joan

OBSERVATIONS ON NEW FAMILY SEARCH AND DISPUTING

I feel the need to say something about some of the things I've been reading of late. It appears that some people are trying to use newFamilySearch as a replacement for their database (PAF, RootsMagic, Ancestral Quest, etc.). This is neither the purpose nor the function of new FamilySearch. NewFamilySearch, at this point in time, does one thing only; it replaces TempleReady. Hence, live people are not to be added to the program, with the exception of immediate family. Rather than add people to newFamilySearch, we are encouraged to use the search function before adding any information. The information you see in newFamilySearch comes from Ancestral File, PRF, ordinances, extractions, medieval records - in other words, accumulated church records. This is the legacy. If you are the individual who contributed any of these records through TempleReady, then you can claim that legacy and it can only be corrected by you. The prophet wants us to work together and come to an agreement with each other, with sources, not dispute every dit and dot. And human beings make mistakes. When you place a dispute on a name, you stop all progress for that family. Not even support people can bypass the dispute to make corrections. At our center we suggest that the only time disputes should be used is if a male is listed as a female or vice versa and a really blatant mistake with relationships. There are bound to be a few mistakes but

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generally they can be corrected. Generally speaking, if your family has been in the church more than 4 generations, chances are that their work has been done numerous times. Our responsibility is to clean up the records and work together. VA Family History Presented to President Barack Obama by Church President Thomas S.

Monson

WASHINGTON 20 July 2009 President Barack Obama was presented with five large leather-bound volumes today by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that detail his family history going back multiple generations covering hundreds of years. The presentation was made by Church President Thomas S. Monson and Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. They were accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, who is also a member of the Church. [Read the full story http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/family-history-presented-to-president-barack-obama-by-church-president-thomas-s-monson]

ANCESTRY LISTENED

When we asked you what records were most important for Ancestry.com to address next, you said improving the U.S. federal census. So we made it our priority.

This year, in addition to releasing hundreds of new collections, we have launched an initiative to improve images for all 15 U.S. federal censuses that are publicly available (1790 through 1930) and

indexes for seven (1850, 1860, 1870, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930) with additional fields and alternate names added. In the past six months we launched the first improvements for the 1880 and 1900 censuses. This month we’ve re-launched 1810.

When you review the collection, you’ll notice cleaner, clearer images for every record.

How to Contribute a GEDCOM File to FamilySearch

If you have family history information on your computer, you can use GEDCOM to contribute it to FamilySearch without reentering it. Before you can contribute a GEDCOM file, you must first create it using your family history computer program. When you create your GEDCOM file, note the name of the file and the drive and folder in which it is stored.Important: Carefully compare the information that FamilySearch has about your ancestors to theinformation you have on your personal computer. Contribute only what is new or different. If you do not,you may end up creating duplicate records, which you or someone else working on your family line will need to combine manually with the records that are already in FamilySearch.1. On the Home page, click the Add Information link or the Add Information tab.2. Click Contribute a GEDCOM File.A warning page appears.3. Read the information on the warning page.4. If you have compared the information in your GEDCOM file to the information that is already inFamilySearch, click I have compared the information in my GEDCOM file with the informationalready in FamilySearch.5. Click Continue.Note: The Continue button is not available until you click I have compared the information inmy GEDCOM file with the information already in FamilySearch.6. Click Browse, and find the GEDCOM file that you want to contribute.

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Tip: If you know the name of the file and where it is stored, you can enter the drive, folders, and filename directly into the field.7. Click Continue.FamilySearch receives your file. When it is finished, you will see a page showing that your file has beenreceived and is being processed.8. Click View Results Later.It may take some time for FamilySearch to finish processing your file. If you want to wait until theprocessing finishes, click View Results Now. Keep clicking this button until FamilySearch finishesprocessing your file. For more instructions, see “How to See the Results of a GEDCOM File That YouPreviously Contributed” on page 2.Your GEDCOM file is loaded into FamilySearch.After FamilySearch finishes processing your file, you can see the results of your file.Information from newFamilySearchANCESTRAL QUEST CAN NOW DO

TEMPLE WORK THROUGH THE SITE AND SYNC

Ancestral Quest, the program from which PAF 5 was derived, and the first FamilySearch desktop affiliate to be certified to work with New.FamilySearch.org, has just been *Ordinance Reservation*, *Ordinance Request*, and *Helper* certified by FamilySearch. New features released in AQ include:

* Ordinance Reservation and Tracking System (ORTS)

* Helper Access

AQ is also PAF Add-In certified by FamilySearch, which means that all of its features to synchronize with New FamilySearch.org and reserve ordinances will work on a PAF 5 file as

well as an AQ file, and can be part of PAF's "Tools" menu.

Users of PAF 5 databases can now:

* Directly reserve ordinances from their PAF records* Create FORs* Track the progress of the Ordinances* Easily keep their PAF records up-to-date with official temple records as the ordinances move through the system* Continue to use PAF, if they choose. AQ does not require a PAF user to abandon PAF in order to work with New FamilySearch.

Whether a member uses PAF or any other system, AQ can download and keep track of Ordinance cards and provide an inventory control system wherein the user can assign cards to others, such as family members, the ward High Priest Group Leader or others, and monitor how those assigned cards are progressing. All that is required is to have a PAF or AQ database open with at least one person entered, and AQ can download all the ordinance cards in the temple system for the user to be inventoried in ORTS.

Also AQ provides the ability to *Unreserve* ordinances. Whether a member uses PAF or just interfaces with New FamilySearch, ordinances can be imported into AQ and ordinances can be unreserved – today – you don’t have to wait until the next version of nFS is released.

With the *Helper Access* function, Family History Consultants in those areas of Utah and Idaho which are not

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yet on New FamilySearch can invite PAF users in their ward to bring their PAF database in and help them reserve ordinances, while using the tools in the ORTS to make sure that ordinances will not be duplicated. The PAF file will retain the ordinance reservation information, so if they come back to the center later, they can update their PAF records as ordinances are completed.

Ancestral Quest can be download to FHC computers via LANDesk. (This latest release may take a few days before the LANDesk staff can put it on. If you already have AQ installed on an FHC computer, use the “Internet” menu of AQ and select the “Check for Latest AQ Release” to download this latest release. If you don’t have AQ on your FHC computers yet, go to www.ancquest.com and download the free trial. You can use this fully functioning version while we get LANDesk updated.)

For more information:

See a 10 minute video on using ORTS: http://www.ancestralquestonline.com/Tutorials/12-1ORTS/ORTS_Simple.html

Download a PDF guide to using ORTS: http://www.ancquest.com/downloads/Ordinance%20Reservation%20Overview.pdf

See the full Press Release on the new features:http://www.ancquest.com/pr090724aq.htm

See a current list of FamilySearch certified products:

https://devnet.familysearch.org/certification/affiliate-program/AffiliateCertfied

For copies of Genealogy News, go to http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~payork/York2Ward/

Thanks to Don and Jeanine Hartman of Utah for posting the newsletter online for us.  You can contribute your family history of original York County ancestors to them at                    http://familyhart.info

This newsletter is compiled by Jack and Sylvia Sonneborn, family history consultants, of the York 2nd Ward for use within the ward. It is also e-mailed to parties interested in family history, but it is not an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints slysyl@verizon.net

That’s all, Folks! We hope this newsletter will give you ideas to create excitement for family history. Jack and Sylvia

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Fam. History Consultant checklistActivity

Patron’s NameDetail

StartDate

CompletionDate

Consultant’s NameNotes

Appointment for Visit 1. Obtain Patron Name from Priesthood2. Make appointment

Visit in Home/Class 1. Teach FH overview. Why? How consultant can help?

2. Ask what patron wishes to accomplish?Complete Forms or Use forms.“How Do I Start Family History:

1. Explain use of forms2. Have patron fill out pedigree and family group

records if new.Begin to Gather Info 1. Identify relevant info in possession

2. Determine what info is needed3. Teach organization4. Teach importance of sources

Install PAF 5 1. Does patron have database software?2. Give overview of use?

Enter Data into PAF 1. Have patron enter information into PAF2. Show how to enter sources and notes3. Demo backup process

Introduce newFamilySearch 1. Show how to access new FamilySearch and bookmark it.

2. Demo how to use3. Show how you can help - Helper ID:

Birthdate:Visit FamilyHistoryCenter 1. Give patron address and time schedule

2. Select ancestors to research at FHC3. Make an appointment to meet4. Ask FHC Consultants to give a tour

Prepare Names for Submission using newFamilySearch

1. Explain process of searching and combining before submissions.

2. Combine more than one submission into file before printing report

3. Demonstrate process of adding sources for new information, disputes, or updates

Gedcom Additions to newFS and use of FamilyInsight when available

1. Describe the need to do searches before submitting anything to newFS. 2. Explain upload should be one family group at a time and then more searches before another gedcom.3. Describe use of FamilyInsight to update data

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Describe Research Process 1. Introduce “Research Guide” for research plan

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