The spring equinox is March 19th. It's time to start thinking about getting things planted in the ground so they can "grow."
How about "growing" love and appreciation deep in your hearts for your ancestors? What have you done, or what do you plan to do to "grow" closer to your ancestors?
- Attend some classes at the center. Check out our calendar for more information. And, we have some classes being offered for the CSI Continuing Education. Check out their website for information. From Charts to Hearts and/or FamilySearch Basics
- Check out RootsTech. Online registration is free. On Demand Classes are also available. There are hundreds of options to learn more about family history and connecting with family. The theme this year is "Remember."
- FamilySearch has a new campaign called Photo Collage Creator. Try it here
- Looking to get your things organized. FamilyTree Magazine posted an article about making a Family History Binder
- Using Google for Genealogy 7 Free Google Search Features by Lisa Louise Cooke
- Genealogy and Geography. Learn to use Dave Rusmey's Maps to see where your ancestors lived.
- Family Tree Chart Types from Family Tree Magazine.
- How to Do Genealogy - 10 Steps for Beginners by Family Tree Magazine.
- A great help for anything Family History related - The Family History Guide.
Additional Youth Options for Wednesday Evening
We are offering some more options for youth to learn about family history. The following options are available for Wednesday evening groups. To schedule a youth group on Wednesday, call Heather at 208-312-2514. If you need another time, call the center 208-878-7286 for contact information to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.
- Know Your FamilySearch Center - Learn how to use Ordinances Ready, use the family history activities on FamilySearch, and use the Recording Room
- Ancestral Hometown Project - Choose a hometown from an ancestor in your tree using the fan, chart, use the map feature, then use Google to learn 3 things about that hometown. Use Goldie May to attach records from that town, county, state, or country.
- Connecting Families - Learn how to attach sources and the information found in them to your family, thus assuring that ALL members of a family are found.
- Help with the current FSC project - We are helping our local museums and FamilySearch find people and connect their documents and stories to them. Ask what the current project is.
- Love Your Cousins - Learn to use Ordinances Ready to connect families and how to do descendancy research to ensure that all members of a family have their temple work done. You can also learn to use Family Groups to help with temple work.
- Family Heirlooms - Learn how to use the free FindMyHeritage photo tools, i.e. enhance, colorize, repair, animate, PhotoDater, AI Time Machine and Photo Storyteller. Take pictures and tell stories of family heirlooms so that those precious memories are preserved for the entire family. Bring 1-5 photos on a flash drive or scan them to your empty flash drive at the FamilySearch center.
Youth Summer Program
This summer we are making some adjustments to our youth summer program. We have some spots for youth who are seeking to be youth consultants for the summer session. If you are interested, contact Tammy at 208-431-4504 for more information.
The program will be on Thursday afternoons from 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm, starting June 13th and continuing through August 8th. We will start each week with a short family history lesson at 2:00 pm. Then we will work on a community project together. Then it's party time - food and fun for everyone! For the rest of the time, youth may work on whatever project they wish to do until 5:00 pm. All youth are welcome to come for whatever part of the day they can, and for whichever weeks they wish to attend. Come with your friends and enjoy the good food and good times together. Bring your youth group or your family group and let the youth help you learn more about your family!
