This is a presentation I gave for a combined activity at our local LDS Mutual. I gave the kids candy for every question they answered. The youth were really involved and had a lot of fun. Activity lasted about an hour.

1. Family History using
Family Tree
presented by
Jared Decker

2. Housekeeping
• Does everyone have a LDS.org account?
– If not, please see <insert ward clerk’s name here>
immediately to get your member number
• Does everyone have a computer?
• Is the computer connected to the internet?
– Network: LDSAccess
– Password: *********

3. What do you do if…
• You meet a new friend at a stake activity?
• You need to fix your bike and don’t know how to do it?
• What do you do if you want to buy the cool new song?

4. The Web
• We do a lot of stuff on the web!
• The Church has a redesigned website to do family
history on the Web

6. Discover Your Story
Challenges
• Talk with your family
– What family history is already available?
– What names, dates, and stories need recorded?
• Gather your photos and stories
• Go to familysearch.org/photos

7. Discover Your Story
• Your family isn’t here tonight, so these challenges
are home work!

8. Discover Your Family Tree
• Open your browser
• Go to:
https://familysearch.org/tree/
• Click on Sign In with LDS account
There is your pedigree!

10. Discover Your Family Tree
Challenges
• Go to familysearch.org/tree
• Sign in and click on family tree
• Explore your family tree
• Look for temple icons and green arrows

11. Discover Your Family Tree
• The Green Arrows are Key!
• Allows you to easily do work for your own ancestors

12. Discover Your Family Tree
Exercise: Green Arrows
1. Everyone, close your browser
2. When I say go, open your browser and sign into
familysearch.org/tree/
3. The first person to find a green arrow on their pedigree
and show it to a leader wins!
4. When you complete the task, you get your choice of
candy

13. Discover Your Family Tree
Exercise: Temple Opportunities
1. Everyone, close your browser
2. When I say go, open your browser and sign into
familysearch.org/tree
3. The first person to find the Temple Opportunities page
and show it to a leader wins!
4. When you complete the task, you get your choice of
candy

15. Find and Serve Your Ancestors
Challenges
• Find a hole in your tree
• Find a new ancestor
– Talk to family members
– Look at historical records
• Take name to the temple!
• Visit family history center for help

16. Find and Serve Your Ancestors
Exercise: Hole in the Pedigree
1. Everyone, close your browser
2. When I say go, open your browser and sign into
familysearch.org/tree
3. The first person to find a hole in their tree and show it
to a leader wins!
4. When you complete the task, you get your choice of
candy

17. Find and Serve Your Ancestors
Exercise: Record Search
1. Pick a name in your pedigree (perhaps the person
before the hole)
2. Click on the person’s name
3. Click on “Search Records”
4. The first person to find a document containing that
ancestor (census, marriage certificate, etc) and show it
to a leader wins!
5. When you complete the task, you get your choice of
candy

18. Why is Family History important?

19. My Experience
• Hatfields and McCoys
– William McCoy is my 6th great grandfather
• Jens and Elsie Nielsen

20. Discover Your Family Tree
Exercise: Earliest Birth Date
• Who is the relative with the earliest birth date you
can find in your tree???

21. More Information
• PDF User Guide online about the redesigned website
• http://broadcast.lds.org/eLearning/fhd/Community/e
n/FamilySearch/FamilyTree/pdf/familyTreeUserGui
de.pdf
• Help and Learn homepage
• https://familysearch.org/ask/