It's been nearly a month since I posted here. Sorry about that!
This weekend, I went to a Family History Fair they had here in Bountiful at the High School. It was so fantastic. I had a terrific time! I know, you're thinking...how boring! Well, it might be if you haven't yet been bitten by the bug. Honestly, I've been bitten a lot earlier than most people (like by about 30 years! lol) but it's alright. I was okay with being the youngest person (by a long shot) there!
If you've ever been to Women's Conference at BYU, it was a lot like that, just on a much smaller scale. For a beginner, it might have all been pretty overwhelming but I've been pretty involved in Family History now for a couple of years and feel like I've advanced beyond the newbie status.
A few things I thought I'd pass along:
The church has slowly been rolling out New Family Search. If you don't live in Utah, chances are, you might already have access to it at your Family History centers. Here in Utah, since we have access to so many temples, they're rolling us out last. It will soon be available just by logging on to www.familysearch.org
New Family Search will enable us to be virtually "on-line" with the church's system. TempleReady will be discontinued and we can check in real-time whether a person has received various ordinances. The middle man is gone!
Additionally, if you purchase RootsMagic (about $20) you can upload your "gedcom" or "paf" file and it will automatically search through the church's system to match up people (all with your authorization) and check for ordinances too. I bought this software yesterday and am glad I did!
I learned so much at this conference! If you think you might someday be interested in doing genealogy, I recommend you attend one of these if at all possible. Sign up for beginner courses and a few relative to your ancestry for further information (haha, little play with words).
Sunday, March 9, 2008
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