Helping Ancestors

Friend October 2024 “An Important Quest” Javi’s father taught him how to find names on family search and explained that many of them lived a long time ago, and they didn’t have the gospel. Their stake had a contest to find names to take to the temple. Javi was excited to help so that his ancestors could be baptized and have the chance to accept the gospel. Javi found 216 names and won the child’s prize.

How to Do Family History

Friend September 2019 “Family History, Step by Step” Mei finds a photo of her great-great grandmother and learns more about her. Then she and her mom put the information she had learned onto familysearch.org. Finally, Mei went to the temple as was baptized for her.

Family History Stories Strengthens Descendants

Friend June 2022 “No Place Like Home” Sister Wright tells of her family history and how they lived at the base of the mountain Ben Lomond. Her grandmother would say that as long as they could see the mountain they were home. She also said it reminder her to be strong, brave, and faithful like her grandmother.

Friend September 2018 “Just Like Grandpa” William’s dad received a calling to preside over the sign language branch. William is sad he will have to leave his friends, but his mom helps him by telling him a story about his great grandfather Turner who sacrificed to obey the Lord.

Friend July 2018 “Detective Danny Does It Again!” Detective Danny solves mysteries, but when he runs out of mysteries his father suggests he solve family history mysteries. Detective Danny was on the case. He looked for clues in family journals, he searched online for old records and pictures, and he found missing family members on the family tree.

Family History Calling

Friend February 2023 “Marco’s New Calling” Marco had just moved from Primary to Young Men’s and the bishop extended a calling to him to serve as a family history consultant. He received some training and then worked on his own family history and got some names prepared to take to the temple for baptisms, including a much loved aunt who had died. He was excited to help others with their family history. He shared his testimony of family history at a Church activity, and he invited other youth in their ward to come with his family on their temple trip.

Love of Family History

Friend May 2018 “Spirit of Eliza” Eliza is asked to give a talk about family history. Her love of family history helps her with the anxiety she feels about talking, and she is able to share about the importance of family history.

Friend February 2018 “Family History Fun” Experiences of Cole, who loves doing family history.

Friend October 2017 “Finding Lydia” Lydia isn’t excited to be graduating from Primary and going to Young Women’s, but she becomes more excited when her mother finds some family names for her to do baptisms for in the temple, and one is named Lydia.

Friend November 2021 “Family History Blessings” Antonella got a Family Search account when she was baptized. She’s learned more about her family and loves her family even more now. She also wants to help others unite their families for eternity.

Fun with Family History

Friend May 2020 “Family History Party” A family has a family history party where they play Family Tree Trivia, The Great Index Race, and Family History Story Time.

Friend February 2017 “The Treasure Box” Some children are excited to see what is in their father’s treasure box. At family home evening they discover it is filled with personal history items.

Friend November 2016 “The Great Family History Mystery”  A family searches for the gravestone of a great grandfather.

Names to Temple

Friend October 2019 “The Temple Challenge” Sister Jones, the general primary president, challenges a 12 year old boy to find a family name to take to the temple. He later writes to her letter telling of his success and of his opportunity to be baptized in the temple for his 3rd great grandfather and how that felt. He also tells her of his desire to do more.

Friend October 2016 ” My Family Tree” A seven year old takes the stake challenge to find five names of ancestors who need temple work.

Friend July 2015 “Temple Time” Boy helps his with family history on computer so parents can do the family members work at temple.

Family Search

Friend October 2018 “As soon as I was baptized, my mom helped me log on to FamilySearch, and we discovered that I am related to the first president of the Philippines! During sharing time at school, I shared this discovery. My teacher was amazed how I was able to know that.Sharmaine S., age 8, Cavite, Philippines”

Photos of Family

Friend January 1987 Jessica wants a tin type (photo) of her family, especially of her grandfather who is dying.

Family Trees

Friend October 2017 “Ashlyn’s Family Tree” Ashlyn is excited to learn where family members go on her family tree that she got in Primary. She adds her siblings to make her family that she loves complete.

Friend March 2020 “Matt and Mandy” Matt and Mandy look at a family tree to see how their 2nd cousins in Australia are related to them.

Share Childhood Stories

Friend November 2021 “Tell Me an Adventure” At bedtime, Sam wanted to hear a story about when his mom was little. She told him about making pretend towns with her siblings.

Remembering Family

Sharing Stories about Family

Friend August 2023 “The Family Story Activity” The children in Lorrain’s primary were learning about their family history so they could share the stories at a Primary activity. Lorrain learned about being named after her great grandmother and about her father traveling to the temple to be sealed to his family when he was six. Before the Primary activity they heard some exciting news. A temple would be built in on their island!

Friend January 2021 “Family Story Time” María loves to learn about her family! Every night Mamá tells her a family story. “Find It”: María and her brother are giving a home evening lesson about their family history. Find the listed items in the picture.

Friend November 2021 “Helaman Wonders” Helaman wondered what kinds of games people played outside long time ago. He sent his grandparents emails to find out what their favorite things were to do outside when they were kids. Helaman kept wondering. Every time he wondered, he asked his grandparents a question. And he learned a lot about them! His father suggested they put the stories on family search.

Memorabilia

Help Us Remember & Feel Close to Family

Friend August 2020 “The Best Slingshot in Jamaica” Donovan loves practicing and using his dad slingshot when his dad is out of town because it helps him think about his Dad and feel close to him.

Remembering & Learning about Family Members Who Have Died

Share Stories About Them

Friend January 2021 “Missing Grandma and Grandpa” Zoe’s grandparents had died before she was born. Everyone in the family had memories of them but her. She was sad she had never met them. Her father decides to have a family lesson to help her get to know them better. After the lesson her parents gave her a picture of her grandparents to help her feel closer to them. She was excited to meet them someday.

Friend February 2024 “A Happy Lunar New Year” Claire and her family celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. Not only is it a time to enjoy the fun holiday traditions, it is also a time to spend with family, so they put family member pictures on the table and called Claire’s grandma and grandpa. They also learned stories about family members who have died.

Family History Service

Friend August 2021 “Meet Porter from Poland” Porter likes to help out at home and school. Porter also helps out by participating in the BillionGraves project. He and his family take photos of headstones at a cemetery and then upload them so people can find information on their Polish ancestors.