INTRODUCTION: This is not an official website of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints.
This website does have links to Official LDS websites and links to other websites
dealing with Family History and Genealogy. The name of the website was
inspired
from this quote from the talk Bridges
and Eternal Keepsakes by Elder Dennis B.
Neuenschwander Of the Seventy
"Third, family history builds bridges
to the temple. Family history work leads us to the temple.
Family history and temple work
are one
work.
The words
family history
should
probably never
be said without attaching the word
temple
to them. Family history research should be the primary
source of names for temple ordinances, and temple ordinances
are the primary reason for family
history research. President Gordon B. Hinckley has said: “All
of our vast family history endeavor
is directed to temple work. There is no other purpose for
it.”
"
Follow this link for the full talk:
In Conference Report, Apr. 1998, 115–16; or Ensign, May 1999, 83.
PURPOSE: This website was created to help any one who wants to
get started doing genealogy
and Family History Work online
to start their Eternal Family by taking the online lesson at
Religion 261 from BYU. It brings together links to LDS websites and non LDS websites to
accomplish this purpose.
Our Eternal Family includes our ancestors and are present day family, therefore
I have also included
links to help you strengthen your family under the "Family
Resources Websites" menu.
GETTING STARTED:
1. If you have not done any family history work go the link
Getting Started and read
the article By President Boyd K. Packer. You can start with
yourself.
2. Study the links in
Organizing Filing Systems. After studying the links decide
what type
of filing system is right for you and then set up your filing system.
3. Install the PAF5.2 program by going to the
Install PAF5.2 link, or install
another
genealogy software program on your computer. PAF5.2 (Personal Ancestral File)
is a free download from the FamilySearch.org website. If you have a slow
internet
connection and have trouble downloading the program and are a member of the LDS
Church talk to your Ward Family History Consultant and he/she should have a copy
you
can load on your computer. If your are not a member of the LDS Church you can go
to
this link
http://www.lds.org/basicbeliefs/meetinghouse and find the name of a
chapel
nearest you. You will have to lookup the phone number in the phone book. Call
and ask
for help from a Family History Consultant to load PAF5.2 on your computer.
4. Open the link to
Religion 261: BYU Lessons and start lesson
1. If you finish one lesson
a week you should finish in about 8 weeks. The lessons in Religion 261 will link
you
to other websites.
5. Uses the links in
Writing a Family History
to start writing your family history. The links
to the files in
Forms and Charts can
be download to help you keep track
of
your
records and your
Family History.
6. Create a folder in your internet explorer program call Family History and add
this website
to it. I would also add the links to Religion 261:BYU Lesson and PAF5.2 Lesson to
it. You can
go to those website and bypass this website to give you more display of these
website on your
monitor
to work with.
Some links will override this website and you will have to go to your favorites
to
bring this website back up.
You should also add links to other websites that you found helpful in
doing your Family History to this folder.