Anderson Mill Ward Family History Blog Introduction

Welcome to our new Anderson Mill Ward Family History Blog!
We hope that this will become a useful resource to you as you work on your Family History research.
This will be a continuously evolving site. Hints, tips, and websites will be posted as we receive new input and updates from Family Search, Family Tree magazine, & RootsTech. We also hope that you will share with us your information and resources that could help others in their research efforts.
As Ward Family History Consultants, we hope that you will remember that we are a resource to you. We can help you register for a FamilySearch account and/or we can assist you without leaving your home with the "Help Others" option.
Remember we are only a phone call away.
Ron & Melinda White

How To Get Help

1 - Call FamilySearch in Salt Lake City --- 1-888-406-1830 (NOTE: number is a "date" 4/06/1830 - organization of the Church)
2 - Come in to the Family History Center in the Round Rock Stake Center on Racine Trail. They are open on tuesday & Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. AND on Sundays during the AM Ward PH/RS/SS time from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. There will be one or more Family History Consultants to assist you with your questions.
3 - On the Home Page of your FamilySearch account, in the upper right corner, there is the symbol of a ? with a circle around it. Click on it and type in your question; several possible answers will show up.
4 - Call/email a Family History Consultant. You could make an appointment for a visit in your home OR an appointment to call and discuss your question. There is a way for the Consultant to view your FamilySearch account online.

20 Ways To Begin Your Family History

01- Think about your ancestors
02- Love them and care about them (Elder Packer said to "start here")
03- Talk to your parents/grandparents about their memories of older family members
04- Write down the things you learn
05- Record interviews with older family members (oral histories)
06- Celebrate important dates in the lives of your ancestors (baptisms, etc.)
07- Make a family calendar of these important dates
08- Have a birthday party honoring an ancestor
09- Find boxes of old records, pictures, etc., and look through them
10- Safely file important documents, letters, certificates, pictures, etc.
11- Collect stories of ancestors and living family members from extended family
12- Organize or attend family reunions, take pictures and collect information
13- Tell stories of your ancestors to your children
14- Take photos of old homesteads of ancestors
15- Learn how to preserve heirlooms and old documents
16- Make plans now for how to pass on family heirlooms and documents
17- Copy documents of your family for each child as they leave home
18- Find ways to center FHE around family history projects (involve children)
19- Gather and label old photos (get help from older family members to identify)
20- Label (names & dates) current family photos as you take them