How To Do Family History Work
Published about 7 years ago
First Four Generations
If you haven't completed your first four generations, gather information about those ancestors, and add it to your family tree.
- Sign in to www.familysearch.org with your LDS Account, and then click
.
- If you are not already in landscape view, change the view to
.
- Look for green temple icons
, record hints icons
, and research suggestions icons
.
- Click the icons to view the records and research suggestions.
Finding and Gathering Records
- Sign in to www.familysearch.org with your LDS Account, and then click
.
- Find an ancestor who was born before 1830.
- Select the ancestor, and click
. Then change the view to
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- Expand the viewed descendants of your ancestor, and look for record hints
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- Look for both the record hints icon and the research suggestions icon together
![Research Suggestions alt text](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.samwholst.com/family-history/research-suggestions.png)
. The two icons together mean that there may be records for the person and possibly missing family members to add.
- Click the research suggestions icon
to view possible gaps or missing family members.
- Click the record hints icon
to view possible records about the person. Select a record, and then click Review and Attach.
- Compare the information from the suggested record tot he information already in your family tree.
- If the information is accurate, attach the record, and add any missing family members to your family tree.
- Click Return to Family Tree. Reserve ordinances for the newly added family members.
Taking and Printing Names
- Go to the Temple menu, and select All Reserved.
- Select the box of the ancestor for whom you want to perform ordinances. Click the Print button.
- Select
Print Family Ordinance Cards to print the ordinance card at home. Select
Print an FOR to print a Family Ordinance Request to bring to the temple and have the family ordinance cards printer there. Click Continue, and follow the instructions on the screen.
- Take the name to the temple to perform ordinance work, or share it with a family member.