Family History Ideas By Ward Organization

Bishoprics -

Teach each person who comes for a recommend how to do ordinances ready on their phone.

Use Family Name Assist to give a recommend holder a family name to take to the temple. It will print with temple recommend.

Call a counselor in each presidency within the ward to be over Temple and Family History

Call Youth Temple and Family History consultants (one for each class - maybe with each class presidency)

Encourage temple attendance and participation in Family History work

encourage serving in the temple

Invite temple and Family History Leader to Ward Council meetings on a regular basis

Use Family Name Assist to get 11 yr first temple name with first Bishop temple recommend  interview

Have Temple and Family History themed Sundays, Activities, etc.

EQ/RS Presidencies

Call a ward Temple & Family History Specialist

Come up with a Ward Plan to be approved by Temple and Family History Committee and Ward Council

Teach simple family history skills or have temple & family history moments in class or in newsletters

Organize regular Ward Temple Days or Family History Activities

Meet regularly to discuss Temple and Family History efforts in the ward and provide guidance/support to ward Temple and Family History Leader

EQ President meet with High Councilman quarterly re: temple and family history

Primary

Help children get their familysearch account after they are baptized

Teach them how to do Ordinances Ready so they can help family members find temple names

Include temple and family history work in Great to be Eight program and/or a Primary Temple Prep Day when they turn 11.

Use Family Name Assist to get 11 year olds their first temple name with their first  Bishop interview for a recommend.  Temple name will print with the recommend.

Visit the FamilySearch Center for Activity Days

Include Temple and Family History work in activities

Teach kids to index using familysearch  “get involved” app.

Sunday School Teachers/  Parents

Add Family History to Come Follow Me Lessons

        https://www.thefhguide.com/cfm-2025.html  - This website provides a family history related activity for each Come Follow Me lesson

Provide a family history class after church

Preach My Gospel Class lesson # 9 is on Family History

Ward Family History Leaders

Organize Ward Temple and Family History efforts

Conduct regular Temple and Family History Committee meetings either in person or on zoom.

Create a Ward Group to see how everyone in the Ward is related www.Relativefinder.org

Go to “Groups”  select “Create”.  Follow the steps to create a group for your ward.   Have your ward members join the group to see how they are related to each other

Have a Ward Temple Day, Month, etc.

Meet with ward temple and family history consultants and ward members to promote temple worship and family history in the ward.

YM/YW

One Priest and one YW from oldest YW class to attend ward Temple and Family History Committee Meetings

Class Activities at the FamilySearch Center

Call youth consultants for each class

Things to Assign Youth Family History Consultants to do:

  • Help youth turning 11 to find a name to take to the temple for baptisms
  • Train YM/YW how to find names for class temple trips and accompany them
  • Train future missionaries how to find a name to take to the temple for endowments, learn how to teach others how to do family history or indexing
  • Train newly endowed members how to find names to take to the temple for future temple trips
  • Schedule temple trips for their YM/YW class
  • Record Stories of Senior Ward members  using memories app or storycorps app
  • Help with Temple Family Home Evening Lessons in the Ward
  • Plan Family History Activities for  Ward or Leadership Training or Opportunities
  • Set ward indexing goals -  log into familysearch.org,  indexing, web indexing, you can set goals for wards or stake or create other subgroups there.
  • Learn and teach how to use Get Involved app for indexing
  • Learn and teach how to use Memories app
  • Learn and teach how to use Family Tree app
  • Give talks in Sacrament Meeting regarding Temple and Family History

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Additional Temple and  Family History Related ideas can be found at:

        Thefhguide.com

        rootstech.org

        Facebook family history consultant groups

Free Accounts to the following genealogical sites can be found at https://www.familysearch.org/campaign/partneraccess

        Ancestry.com                         Findmypast                MyHeritage                Storied

        American Ancestors                Filae                        Geneanet

Schedule the Alpine Family History Center for training of ward groups or individual use www.AlpineFamilySearch.org.