My cute roommate Tiffany is over Familysearch indexing for our
ward. Familysearch gathers, preserves, and shares geneological records worldwide. Indexing is done by volunteers who type in the data from original handritten records. Anyone can do it. Just go here to get started, or talk to the indexing person in your ward. It is really fun, and a great way to do service- from your own home, anytime. Warning: this can be addicting. Our ward is currently having a friendly competition with another single's ward, which make it even more fun. Seriously though, you really start to feel a connection to these people(the spirit of Elijah, perhaps?) I often start to wonder about their lives- why they immigrated to America, and how things turned out for them here, what happened to this young widow's husband, and how did she manage? I wonder if someday I will get to meet them, and share stories. And sometimes I think of my own future family and the legacy I might leave for them.Tiffany and I always pull out our laptops and index while watching our favorite shows. One of my favs to watch while indexing is Who Do You Think You Are? The show is a documentary that follows a different celebrity each week as they trace their family tree. Some of the stories are pretty amazing. You can go here to watch episodes online.
I know right? I love who do you think you are.
ReplyDeleteShane thinks its boring. I love the cool things they find out about how their ancestors ended up in the U.S.
It totally motivates me to search my family records and get the work done.
Yeah, it is really fun getting into this. I wish we could all take a long sabbatical and do family history and temple work. Have you read Alex Haley's Roots? It is kind of long, but I loved how he discovers and pieces together the story of his ancestors.
ReplyDeleteLove this show! I watched 4 episodes today while getting stuff done. Makes me want to do my Family History so much more!
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