1. Look for photos and stories to help “turn hearts.” A. Check Family Tree “Memories” often. B. Add photos and stories to your family trees. 2. Check the “What’s New” link on FamilySearch often. 3. Work from general to specific – start with what you know. 4. Do Descendancy Research – A great place to begin. A. Look for children w/o spouses or other missing info. B. Look for gaps of 3-5 years between children. 5. “Triangulate” information using multiple sources – hints, search records, Ancestry.com, Google.com, etc. A. Adding or correcting data will open up additional hints. B. Adding stories and photos helps connect with others working on your family lines.

1. To Turn the Hearts
 …it is about the hearts first, not the charts;
that will come later… …Start by touching
their hearts with stories and pictures of their
ancestors to help members have a spiritual
experience to feel the spirit of Elijah.
 Elder Allan F Packer

2. Overview of Principles Related to
Family History Research
 1. Look for photos and stories to help “turn hearts.”
 A. Check Family Tree “Memories” often.
 B. Add photos and stories to your family trees.

2. Check the “What’s New” link on FamilySearch often. (located on the “Get Help”
drop down menu in the upper right corner of the screen)
3. Work from general to specific – start with what you know.
4. Do Descendancy Research – A great place to begin.
A. Look for children w/o spouses or other missing info.
B. Look for gaps of 3-5 years between children.
5. “Triangulate” information using multiple sources – hints, search records,
Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, Google.com, etc.
A. Adding or correcting data will open up additional hints.
B. Adding stories and photos helps connect with others working on your family
lines.

3. “To turn the hearts”
means that
individuals and
families feel a
spiritual awakening
as they serve their
deceased relatives
and experience the
joy of being active
participants in a
fundamental part of
Heavenly Father’s
plan of salvation (see
D&C 138:56).
Participation in
temple and family
history work touches
the soul as the Holy
Ghost bears witness
to the eternal nature
of families.

4. The booklet can be access or ordered online at https://familysearch.org/campaign/myfamily
The Lesson page is here: https://www.lds.org/callings/temple-and-family-history/sunday-lesson?lang=eng

5. L to R - Ann Pickles, Abraham
Hanford and Harriet Hanford
This is a family history page about
Sister B’s great grandmother.

6. Harriet Louise Noyce Christiansen
(The one who hid under the bed from the Indians)
Memories of Harriet Louise Noyce's Death
(Found on FamilySearch.org, uploaded by a relative of Brother B’s)
You can go here to listen to her grandson’s telling of the circumstances surrounding her death:
https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=KWCD-GGZ&section=memories

7. Click on the plus sign in the green box to add memories to your ancestor.

8. The “Memories” page will show all memories related to a person. The yellow diagonal in
the corner indicates that they were uploaded by someone else.

10. A public tree on Ancestry.com is a great way to connect with cousins and share family
history knowledge and treasures.

11. Ane Sorensen (middle)
and her three brothers
A great family history story
preserved and shared with
the extended family.

12.  This is a letter from
an early convert
from Denmark who
left home and
family and
immigrated to Utah.
He shares their
current fortunes
and hopes to be
reconciled to his
family.

13. Check the “What’s New” link on FamilySearch
Often.

15. A possible match shows up for John D Barrett, but further investigation shows that it is not a match.
Marking it as “Not a Match” prevents further recurrence of the hint and a possible erroneous
attachment.

16. * Work from General to Specific
* Do Descendancy Research
This 4-minute lesson can be accessed at
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/easy-steps-to-descendancy-research/877

17. Sample Family Line
and possibilities for research
Note the lack of an arrow by most of the children, which indicated that there are no spouses or
children on record. The temple icon in a green square indicates opportunities for temple work,
the brown icon represents record hints available for that person, and the blue icon indicates
research suggestions.

18. Gefrom Family Line

19. Look for children w/o spouses of for gaps of 3-5
years between children.

20. * “Triangulate” information using multiple
sources
 Triangulation is a powerful technique that facilitates
validation of data through cross verification from two or
more sources.

21. This drawing represents the “fleshed out” version of the previous sketch and
triangulation efforts.

22. These are two representations of one family: one from Ancestry.com and the other
from FamilySearch.org. Brother B merged duplicate records and corrected birthdays
based on found obituaries, headstones, and census records, some of which are
shown on the following pages.

25. This obituary for Robert G Barrett was found on Ancestry.com and copied to FamilySearch.org, giving credit
to the person who originally posted it. It confirms that he remarried several times on the decease of his
spouse, interestingly enough, to sisters of his deceased spouse!

26. A record of Robert in his later years, living with his son-in-law and daughter, Margaret
(Maggie), whose record is on the following page as well as her husbands on the page after
that.

29. Additional information on Charles Hyams, the
sum of which enables his temple work to be
reserved and performed.

31. This is a marriage record for Margaret and her second husband, and his
parents, further expanding the family tree.

32. Recap of Principles Related to
Family History Research
 1. Look for photos and stories to help “turn hearts.”
 A. Check Family Tree “Memories” often.
 B. Add photos and stories to your family trees.

2. Check the “What’s New” link on FamilySearch often.
3. Work from general to specific – start with what you know.
4. Do Descendancy Research – A great place to begin.
A. Look for children w/o spouses or other missing info.
B. Look for gaps of 3-5 years between children.
5. “Triangulate” information using multiple sources – hints, search records,
Ancestry.com, Google.com, etc.
A. Adding or correcting data will open up additional hints.
B. Adding stories and photos helps connect with others working on
your family lines.