Presenting PASSPORT to learn and use FamilySearch.org

PASSPORT to learn and use FamilySearch.org

Presented by the Palos Verdes CA Stake to the Pacific Ward by Janae Davis

We brought our laptops to the cultural hall, refreshments served,    3/20/2016

Brother Graubard of the Pacific Ward High Priests conducted the meeting;

In attendance were President Ted Nelson, Bishop Ken Behring, and a dozen attendees.

Later, the Marci/Roger Greenwood family came and boosted attendance up to 20 .!.

They brought a young gal about age seven with roots in Norway, worth the whole eve.

Brother Graubard welcomed us and introduced the topics, formats, deserts, and facilities. We had round tables for the ward Family History Consultants to show attendees FHS.  Great to see Sister Karin Graubard is fine!

Time was given to Bishop Behring.  He thinks of temple work and its importance.  The amazing story, intriguing to young and old attending, of James Holt and his wife (Parthenia Overton Holt) coming west with the pioneers.  Crossing the river, she went into labor, delivered her baby, and traveled on.  Can we even imagine and appreciate?

Bishop Behring spoke of the advance of software in FamilySearch; 

And also of the research in Indianapolis Indiana of Barbie Behring.

Janae Davis, director of PV Stake Family History Ctr, told of the priorities President Gazdik has given this work, for both adults and youth.  We can all complete four generations in FamilySearch.org.  For her presentation, she went through the nine task/steps of the PASPORT.  The first and main task is to research and take a family name to the Los Angeles Temple on April 19^th, stake temple day.

1.       Find one name to take to the temple by June 19^th, 2016.       ü

2.       Identify and contact your ward family history consultants.     ü

3.       Log onto FamilySearch.org, using your LDS user account.         ü

4.       Fill out the MyFamily Booklet and enter info into FamilySearch.org      ß

5.       Add a picture, document, story for yourself, parents, grandparents to FamilySearch. ß

6.       Use your closest stake ‘cousin’ in RelativeFinder.org       ü

7.       Link your FamilySearch account to the four partner access websites (like Ancestry) 

8.       Visit the stake family history center and use one of the portal websites   

9.       Teach someone else how to find a name to take to the temple.        ü

The Greenwood family did this by bringing a young friend—you can too.  Consider family organizations, friends, relatives, neighbors, and your visiting and home teaching people.

From this point we broke into groups and logged on for work with FamilySearch.org   And we did have time also for great deserts and visiting.  We discussed future training and temple work.

We will add more detail into our website: http://FamilySearchHopeChest.blogspot.com

Sincerely,  Carrie Lynnette Sims Shipp and Charles.Edwin.Shipp@gMail.com

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