18 June 2013

Today for Personal Progress, continue searching familysearch.org for records about your ancestors. Have you had any success? Be sure to keep track of your time and record your experiences in your journal.

And record in your journal some notes about your experience with improving on the three standards (12/21).

  

17 June 2013

Today for Personal progress, go to FamilySearch.org and search for documents that verify the life of your ancestors. For example, search for your grandparents or great grandparents in 1940 census. It has been my experience that using a broader search is better than a more specific one. So if you know the exact town, county and state your ancestor was born it might be best to search using just the state and his or her name. Don’t forget for the women to search using their maiden name and their married name.

Be sure to set the timer so you can keep track of how long you work. It’s really easy to get carried away and spend all day searching and finding and searching and finding. And don’t forget to express gratitude to those with whom you work and record your experiences in your journal.

Keep working on those standards. (11/21)

16 June 2013

Today for Personal Progress, get out information from Individual worth 6. Assess what information you have and what information you need to find. If you are interested and have a family history center nearby, set up a day to visit and use ancestry.com. If this doesn't take the whole hour, begin searching for information.

Keep working on those standards for Choice and Accountability 2.

  

15 June 2013

Get ready to start your project tomorrow.

Record in your journal some notes about your experience with improving on the three standards for Choice and Accountability 2. (9/21)

14 June 2013

Today for Personal Progress, you need to get your project plan* approved. And you need to keep working on keeping standards for Choice and Accountability 2.

Here is my plan*, broken up into how I will spend each of the 10 hours.

I will spend at least 10 hours over 10 days working on my Family History. Each day, starting June 16, I will set a timer to be sure I work at least an hour. I will express my gratitude for those who help me and record my experiences in my journal. I will specifically think about my ancestors and their contributions and think about how I can bless the lives of others. I will also evaluate my project once it is complete. Here is my breakdown for each hour.

1. Get out information from Individual worth 6. Assess what information I have and what information I need to find. Set up a day to visit my local Family History Center to use ancestry.com. 
2. Search FamilySearch.org site for documents from deceased ancestors. 
3. Search FamilySearch.org site for documents from deceased ancestors.
4. Search FamilySearch.org site for documents. Also, Search FHL catalog for books and journals about ancestors or family lines.
5. Search ancestry.com at a family history center.
6. Search ancestor’s local vital records sources for documents.
7. Use Google to search for photos of ancestors. Also ask family members for any photos they have.
8. Use find-a-grave.com to search for burial sites. (GW EXPERIENCE TIP:If you know where some of your ancestors are buried and they are not on find-a-grave, consider contributing to find-a-grave.)
9. Visit local public libraries to search for ancestors who are from my area. 
10. Compile all my documents.

*Note: The personal progress program encourages seeking the guidance of the Holy Ghost to select a meaningful project. If you do not want to do this project or feel you would benefit from another project, please choose something different during this time.

 

13 June 2013

We are going to try something new for Personal Progress in a few days. We are going to try a project together. But first, you have to get the project approved by a parent or leader. That’s your personal progress task for today: to come up with your project plan*. The project we will be starting on the blog next week is the Individual worth Project and we will be working on our Family History. I will share my plan tomorrow.  

Don’t forget to keep working on Standards for Choice and Accountability 2.

*Note: The personal progress program encourages seeking the guidance of the Holy Ghost to select a meaningful project. If you do not want to do this project or feel you would benefit from another project, please choose something different during this time.

12 June 2013

How has it been going with improving three standards? Record in your journal some notes about your experience. (6/21)