Temple and Family History
Family Search Helps:
Sign up for a free account - Click here
Help a child (8-13) sign up for an account - Click Here
How to print a name for the Temple - Click here
Get More specific help - email folsom3rdward.tfh@gmail.com
A Family History consultant can help you get basic training, answers to questions, or help with anything related to Temple and Family History work
Easy ways to get started:
1. Download the Family Tree app - Google Apple
2. Log-in (know how to) - (same login as seminary/church account - Click HERE to learn how to create an account - it has directions for all ages - kids accounts are a little more involved. Don't worry we can help you with this step at the linger longer!)
3. Enter Family Info. Click HERE for instructions on how to add names to your family tree
Questions to consider during the 21 Day Challenge:
What does my covenant path journey look like?
How are my connections with?:
Our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ
My family
My ancestors
Here are some blessings Sister Wendy W. Nelson mentioned we can have by making this sacrifice of time to the Lord:
Greater access to God’s power
Decrease in stress
Increased energy
More and clearer revelation
Renewed focus
Courage to make changes
Increased patience
More time for what matters most
Feeling of greater purpose
Sample of Activities for the 21-Day Challenge:
Write in your journal
Pray for your ancestors to accept the Gospel
Log in to FamilySearch, Ancestry, or MyHeritage
Help someone else with family history
Review maps of where your ancestors lived and in what time period
Review ancestor’s names in a record (e.g. consensus, birth, death) or gravestone
Take a friend with you to the temple
Go on a temple tour
Make a temple screen saver or lock screen on your computer or device
Read a book or a conference talk about temples or family history
Bear your testimony about the temple or family history
Give a lesson about temples or family history
Walk around the temple grounds with your family
Take a picture of your family in front of a temple
Hang a picture of a temple in your bedroom or office
Find and print a name to take to the temple
Go to the temple by yourself or with your spouse
Go to the temple with your youth-aged children
Sing “I Love To See the Temple” with your family
Talk to an ordinance worker about their experiences serving in the temple
Help with temple cleaning
Add a name to your family tree
Add a memory or photo to FamilySearch, Ancestry, or MyHeritage
Talk to relatives and record their life stories
Review old photo albums by yourself or with your family
Participate in an index project, if available
Attend a training or watch an archived RootsTech session on family history
Have a family home evening or family council on temples or family history
Submit DNA from Ancestry, 23andMe, or another DNA provider
Link MyHeritage or Ancestry to FamilySearch
Encourage each other to participate in the 21-day Challenge
