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YouTube Videos On Making Family Trees Archives
The basics of genealogy beginning with downloading free forms, putting your data into genealogy programs, looking up information on the web, etc. This is an overall introduction with specific subject video tutorials to follow.
I used to think that genealogy was boring. But that was before I’d done anything with it yet. Now that it has become addicting to me…. I hear others who have the same complaints that I had (before I got into it). so, I wantedt to take a name from my pedigree sheet and try to bring it to life. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has the largest genealogical library in the world. This is evidence of the importance the Church puts on genealogical work (now more commonly referred to as Family History). The reason for such interest in ancestors comes from doctrines of the Church. Mormonism teaches that after death, a person’s spirit still has the opportunity to learn about the gospel, and accept Jesus Christ as his Redeemer. But in order for him to become a member of Christ’s Church, he must be baptized and have other saving ordinances performed in his behalf. This is the job of those who are still living. In temples, members are baptized, or have other ordinances done, on behalf of those who have passed away (such work is said to be done “by proxy”). This gives that person, if he chooses to accept it, the opportunity to become a member of the Church. Every person who has ever lived has a right to make such an important choice. Members of the Church are strongly encouraged to only perform ordinances for people from their own family lines, and to obtain permission from surviving descendants of the recently deceased. The LDS Church gathers genealogical information …
“How to Bring the Genealogy Goodies TO You” Question for every online genealogy and family tree researcher: Do you have a personal, customized “Starting Page” when you get on the Internet? This lesson shows you how to use iGoogle as a place to bring the genealogy goodies (news, information and blog posts) to you instead of you having to go to the different genealogy sites all of the time. One example shows you how to bring the genealogy goodies in from the Treasure Maps genealogy site. Treasure Maps Feed: feeds.feedburner.com
Watch as Dr. Dorothy Height (Chairman of the National Council of Negro Women) discovers her African roots. To trace your DNA and find your roots, visit www.africanancestry.com.
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Listen to Etan Thomas (Washington Wizards Center) talk about the importance of discovering his African roots. To trace your DNA and find your roots, visit www.africanancestry.com.
Here’s another Sims 2 tutorial, but this one’s on how to make a family. Now, if some of you have the Sims 2 expansion packs, you might notice that this one does not contain any of them from the lack of clothing it offers. This is because it is filmed at my dad’s, who only has the regular Sims. It’s good for people who don’t have any expansion packs, because it gives you the basics on how to build a family tree!
Another video for beginners. Where I’ve personally gotten the most bang for my genealogy buck. What sites and resources have paid off most for you?
In interviews conducted at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree in Burbank, California, Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak and Diahan Southard discuss the current and future use of DNA in genealogy. Trace Your Roots with DNA: Using Genetic Tests to Explore Your Family Tree, Megan’s latest book (co-authored with Ann Turner, MD), has been featured in Newsweek, The New York Times, on NPR, and in the Book of the Month Club. Megan is chief family historian with Ancestry.com and a principal in RootsTelevision.com. Diahan Southard is a molecular genealogist with Sorenson Genomics. Interviews were conducted and filmed at the 2007 Southern California Genealogy Jamboree in Burbank, California by Jim Killeen and the folks at GoogleMe. A special thank you to Snehal Patel for putting this together.