Relative Finder

My dad sent me a link to this website, it is awesome for introducing new genealogist. It shows you how you are related to the prophets of the church. It also shows you what "path" to take on family search. Did I mention how easy it is? You click on the link I will provide and then it will prompt you and eventually take you to family search. You sign in with your family search account and a couple minutes later you have it all charted out. I love it! The website is: roots-fb.cs.byu.edu

Thomas S Monson is our 11th cousin 6 times removed. I just told my sister about Thomas S Monson and she said: "What does that mean" Me: I don't know how to explain it. But isn't it awesome?

DNA kit!

For Christmas I got a DNA kit! I just took my DNA and I am going to send the kit back to Ancestry today for testing! It takes a LONG time to capture 1/4 a teaspoon of spit, 6 minutes to be exact. I am super excited and hope the results will be back by Christmas.

 Christmas Morning

 Activating the test

 Getting ready to take it

 All done, ready to send in.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

1 MONTH AND 11 DAYS TILL ROOTS TECH

Roots Tech early bird pricing ends January 23rd so sign up fast!

RootsTech list

Roots Tech is coming up. I prepared a pack list today. RootsTech is always lots of fun and I get to stay at my grandparents house to! My list is very basic. I have 3 sections.

Clothes:(For staying at my grandparents house)
PJ's
2 Outfits
Jacket/gloves
2 pairs of socks

RootsTech bag:( To carry at Roots Tech)
Family history documents
Laptop
Phone
Folder for handouts
Waterbottle
USB

Other:(For when Roots Tech is not in session)
Book
Temple recomend
Family names
Scriptures
Journal
Scripture journal
Hair stuff

I am super excited I just signed up today and can't wait.

RootsTech and a ice cream sundae

RootsTech can be compared to a Ice Cream Sundae:

The Ice cream and delicious syrups are the base. But no Sundae is complete without the cherry.  

          The cherry is not a necessity but adds just the right touch to an amazing desert. 

The Ice cream stands for the classes

The Syrups  and whipped cream stands for the expo hall

The Cherry stands for the events

The whole amazing desert stands for an amazing conference.

The cherry ends the day perfectly. Roots Tech has really awesome events:

Thursday: Alex Boye and his one voice children's choir, if you have not heard them look it up on YouTube. It is amazing.

Friday: Cultural event and extended hours at the expo hall

Saturday: Studio C and  other popular entertainers. I love studio c, one of my favorites is prop switch, look it up on YouTube. 

Comparisons

As I was sitting in science waiting for the bell to ring I thought that genealogy is not so different from the scientific method. For me religion is also involved, I am not saying genealogy is purely scientific.  But think about it. Here are the steps to it along with example of how you might use it.

Ask a question: Who is Mary Jane's spouse?

Do background research: Check different sources

Construct a Hypothesis: My Heritage says he is Robert James but Ancestry says it is James Jones

Test your hypothesis by doing at experiment: Genealogy is not about experimenting but finding
evidence to back it up so I changed this one to, Test you hypothesis by gathering evidence:James and Mary have the same kids and Family Search has James listed as Mary's spouse.

Analyze data and get a conclusion: James must be Mary's Spouse

Communicate your results: Add James to your family tree

The Scientific method is the method that most people use while researching, except they have a PURPOSE not a QUESTION.



Keep in mind RootsTech is in 3 months and is an event you won't want to miss! Remind all your friends and family about the FREE family discovery day.

Ancestor Cloud

For those of you who love genealogy and pintrest this new website will be heaven. Ancestor Cloud is the Pinterest of the genealogy world. I saw a demo at the BYU family history conference. I just got this link that you can sign up with and be notified when Ancestor Cloud is officially launched. Use this link, type in your email and get notified when it comes out.

Link:
http://prelaunch.ancestorcloud.com/?key=bcRD7MqXqpJd6WS

Have fun with this. I saw the beta and it will be great!!!!!