Temples
The specific proxy ordinances that must be completed for a deceased individual (IN ORDER)
(1.) Baptism/confirmation
(2.) initiatory
(3.) Endowment
(4.) Sealing
The practice of researching and documenting family lineages, often through historical records.
Genealogy
Popular, widely used database for building family trees, preserving memories, and accessing historical records.
This fun FamilySearch feauture allows you to see how you're related to other people in the room, via Bluetooth.
Relatives Around Me
This prophet said, "Every sincere seeker of Jesus Christ will find him in the temple."
President Nelson
In this temple proxy endowments were performed for the first time.
Saint George temple
A personalized written account tracking your own daily experiences, thoughts and history for future generations.
A journal
A physical location featuring carved headstones that feature birthdates and death dates.
Cemetery
A government headcount conducted every ten years in the U.S, which provides a snapshot of an ancestor's household.
Census
This prophet said: “Anytime you do anything that helps anyone—on either side of the veil—take a step toward making covenants with God and receiving their essential baptismal and temple ordinances, you are helping to gather Israel. It is as simple as that.”
President Nelson
The location where Elijah returned to the Earth to restore the sealing keys to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery.
Kirtland temple
The best way to capture a living relative's stories, personality, and memories before they are lost to time.
An oral history interview
Family Search Center/Family History Center
This Old Testement prophet foretold that "the hearts of the children would turn to their fathers."
Elijah
This early prophet said, "The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead."
Joseph Smith
Because the Nauvoo temple construction wasn't finished yet, the Saints performed proxy baptisms here.
Mississippi river
This Family Search feature allows users to review historical records and help make them searchable.
Indexing
A commercial genealogy platform that allows users to research and build family trees, and can incorporate DNA testing.
This feature on FamilySearch allows you to input a traditional dish that your ancestors ate and cross-reference recipes to help your family cook historical meals.
Eat What they Ate
This modern apostle promised youth that doing family history work would "provide a shield against the temptations of the adversary".
David A. Bednar
Carved into the exterior walls of the Salt Lake temple, this constellation points directly to the North Star, symbolizing the path back to God.
The Big Dipper
A type of traditional gathering with ones current, living relatives, which could include a chance to honor ancestors and traditions of past.
A family reunion
The name of the official Church-sponsored global family history conference held annually in Salt Lake City and online.
RootsTech
The specific color of the icon on FamilySearch that indicates that your ancestor is ready for their temple ordinances to be completed.
Green
This woman said: "Family history work will bring miracles to your life and to the lives of those you love."
Wendy Watson Nelson (President Nelson's wife)