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  I love Family History, and here are some on-line classes that you can access, and perhaps help you in your "gathering of Israel"! LATTER-DAY SAINT LIFE Stuck on your family tree? Here are some of FamilySearch’s upcoming online classes that may help By  Haley Lundberg   February 02, 2022 01:43 PM MST Twitter Pinterest Email Print Man sitting at table doing research on family members on computer for family tree Getty Images Did you know that FamilySearch offers dozens of virtual webinars every month to help both novice and experienced users navigate the vast amounts of information online and piece together their family histories? Outside of their annual  RootsTech conference  (which is completely free and 100 percent online this year), there are even more specialized classes and tutorials that can help you with your own family history. Classes range from assisting with research, using DNA, examining records, working with living relatives, adding memories, and co...

I would love to have been at Roots Tech!  I went 2 years ago, but due to my age, and problems parking, getting from class to class, I stayed home and watched several which were streamed live.  You can go to RootsTech.com and see "Video Archives" across the top, and watch them too! Seven Must-See Discoveries from RootsTech By  Scot Facer Proctor  · March 2, 2020 I have loved family history all my life.  I have loved genealogy all my life.  I love digging deep to find out who I am.  And I love learning about all the new tools that are available to help me in my journey.  Will you take four minutes and see what I saw at RootTech—not just the speakers—but the things that caught my eye as Maurine and I just walked around and met with people at this, the largest family history conference in the world. Billion Graves Maurine and I love cemeteries.  We’ve visited hundreds of them and we take our tours to one of the m...

I read about Eric Schubert a year or two ago, and contacted him!  We haven't met personally, but I am so impressed with him, and what he is doing with his life!  He graduated this year, and is going to college this next fall! Local Teen Uncovers Family Histories—and Secrets—for Curious Clients Eric Schubert hasn’t even begun college, but his genealogy business is booming. By  Leslie Garisto Pfaff  |  | May 17, 2019 | Appears in the  May 2019  issue Medford Lakes High School senior Eric Shubert has made a business of genealogy, researching family trees for more than 1,000 clients.  Photo by Jauhien Sasnou Eric Schubert’s friends call him “the world’s oldest teenager,” and maybe they have a point. The 17-year-old senior at Shawnee High School in Medford Lakes runs a thriving business in a field that’s more likely to attract people planning for retirement than fielding college acceptances. When he isn’t studying or volun...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DEAR HUSBAND WAYNE, AND HIS TWIN BROTHER BLAINE -- TODAY!  I TOOK THIS PICTURE THIS MORNING IN ST. GEORGE.   There are many blogs which tell about them.  If you are interested, you can check blogs # 703, on Sept. 18, 2016, #491 on August 29, 2015, # 233 on September 18, 2014, and # 109 on March 1, 2014.  Today would have been my husband Wayne, and his brother Blaine's 87th birthdays!  They were born September 18, 1930.  Their dear mother Gladys didn't know she was going to have twins.  They weren't expected to live the night, and they were given a name and a blessing.  In the blessing they were told they would live mature lives.  Blaine passed away at the age of 68, and Wayne at the age of 85. I put flowers on both graves this morning in St. George.  I'm now home from being down there for 4 days.  I went and returned on the Salt Lake Express Shuttle, and stayed with my sister Vina 2 days and...

This is such a fun article!  Check out if you are remotely related to your spouse, or a friend, or famous person! RelativeFinder: Are You Related to Your Spouse? By Maurine Proctor  · August 31, 2017 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE This summer, my husband Scot and I led a British Church History tour. Many of the people who came on that tour had British ancestry and clutched their family trees and pedigree charts to them with great glee, particularly if we came close to the winding byways of their ancestral homes where ancient homes still stand. We told them that being in the land of your forebears makes your genes “jump around” with mysterious excitement, and it was true. It’s the DNA dance. You just feel something when you are in the places your great, great grandparents came from. The history belongs to you and you can almost feel the passion and drama of their lives as they played in scenes across time. Some o...