Family History Sunday School: Lesson 4

Lesson Summary - Recording Family History Information

• "The Angels May Quote from It" - President Spencer W. Kimball (Feb 2003 New Era)
• The Savior emphasized the importance of keeping records
• Begin with yourself by creating your own journal
• Be your true self and do not over-emphasize the negative

"What could you do better for your children and your children’s children than to record the story of your life, your triumphs over adversity, your recovery after a fall, your progress when all seemed black, your rejoicing when you had finally achieved?"

 

• Some suggestions for recording information:
• Use complete names and be consistent when you are adding information
• Also pay close attention when you are searching for your ancestors so you do not research the wrong lineage
• Information that you add on your tree for your living relatives will not be available even to those relatives; it will only exist in your tree due to the privacy policy
• The information will be merged once the person has passed on

 

• FamilySearch Tree - Android App details
• This is a free app that is available for both Apple and Android devices that will link to yourfamilysearch.org account
• Install it, check it out and let us know what cool things you've been able to do on it

Family History Sunday School: Lessons 2 & 3

2-15-2014: Lesson 2, Getting Started

1. Process for Temple and Family History Work
• Gather information
• Record information
• Perform temple ordinances
2. Where to get help
• The Holy Ghost
• Family history consultants

Averett, Jed

Averett, Kaitlan

Jensen, Gavin

Miller, Dwight

Teng, Eric

Teng, Jennifer

• Family history centers

Lehi Family History Center

200 North Center Street

Lehi, Utah 84043

801-766-0583

 

Riverton Family Search Library

3740 West Market Center Drive

(13175 South)

Riverton, Utah 84065-8026

801-240-9601

Class Schedule

 

Salt Lake Family History Library

35 North West Temple Street

Salt Lake City, Utah, 84150

866-406-1830

Class Schedule

• familysearch.org

 

2-22-2014: Lesson 3, Gathering Information from Home

• If you have not already done so, register and log in to your familysearch.org account
• Review the information available about yourself and your family
• Correct any errors as you find them
• Add missing information
• Are there temple ordinances that can be done?

 

• Start with yourself and your own family

 

• Elder Boyd K. Packer's talk referenced in class

Family History Sunday School: Lesson 1

I'll be posting the summaries from the Tengs on the Family History class for those of you who can't come!

Here is a quick summary of the main points from chapter 1 that we discussed today:

• Our life is a journey back to our Heavenly Father and to His celestial kingdom.
• Families are essential in Heavenly Father's plan of happiness and we are all a part of His plan
• Ordinances and covenants that we partake of within the walls of the Temple are "our credentials for admission into God's presence."
• We have been blessed with the fullness of the Gospel and it is our sacred obligation and privilege to perform proxy ordinances for our ancestors who have passed on
• Whenever we perform Temple and family history work, we become, literally, "saviors on mount Zion"
• Just as the Savior helped us overcome the barriers of sin through the Atonement, so do we help our ancestors overcome the barriers that are holding them back from returning to our Heavenly Father by performing their Temple work
• The keys of the sealing power of the Melchizedek Priesthood were bestowed upon Elijah and Elijah restored those same keys to the prophet Joseph Smith during the restoration of the fullness of the Gospel to this earth
• The Family Stories that Bind Us - NY Times article
• Children that know their own family's histories will be better prepared to face the stresses and challenges that will surely come their way (applies to us adults too!)

 

Suggestions for improvement:

• Write down the spiritual promptings that have compelled you to be better about family history and positive experiences you have along the way so you have something to remind yourself to stay motivated

 

Assignments for upcoming week's lesson (taken from page 5 of the member's guide):

• "Pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart" (Moroni 7:48) that we may be filled with the pure love of Christ for our ancestors. (I particularly like this one. Can you imagine if you felt for your ancestors the same level of love as you feel for your spouse or children or as the Savior feels for them? I know personally it would motivate my search for them and I'd make far less excuses.)
• Read chapter 2 in the member's guide-book