Family Relationships
My mother's sister is my ______.
What is my aunt?
This ordinance allows living members to be baptized on behalf of deceased individuals who did not have the opportunity to receive baptism during mortality.
What is baptism for the dead?
What is one of the five platforms that you can use to log in to FamilySearch?
What is google, facebook, apple, lds account, or username/password?
If you have 2 parents, 4 grandparents, and 8 great-grandparents, how many great-great-grandparents would you have?
What is 16?
This Church President invited members to use technology and family history work to gather Israel on both sides of the veil.
Who is Russell M Nelson?
My father's father is my ______.
What is my grandfather?
This Old Testament prophet was promised to return and "turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers."
Who is Elijah?
This FamilySearch feature allows users to upload photos, stories, audio recordings, and documents about their ancestors.
What are memories?
A person from whom you are directly descended, such as a parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent.
What is an ancestor?
This Old Testament book contains the prophecy about Elijah that Moroni quoted to Joseph Smith.
What is Malachi? (Malachi 4:5–6)
My mother's brother's son is my ______.
What is my cousin?
The act of standing in for a deceased person to perform temple ordinances on their behalf is known by this term.
What is proxy work?
This FamilySearch feature helps users identify ancestors whose temple ordinances are available and ready to take to the temple.
What is Ordinance Ready?
A child, grandchild, or future generation member who comes from a particular ancestor is called this.
What is a descendant?
This New Testament prophet taught that "they without us cannot be made perfect; neither can we without our dead be made perfect," a scripture often quoted regarding temple and family history work.
Who is Paul? (Hebrews 11:40)
My grandfather's brother is my ______.
What is my great-uncle?
What temple ordinance comes after confirmation?
What is initiatory?
This volunteer activity on FamilySearch helps make historical records searchable by typing information from scanned documents into a database.
What is indexing?
The surname a woman has before marriage is known by this term.
What is a maiden name?
This apostle taught that family history and temple work provide protection against the influence of the adversary for youth.
Who is David A Bednar?
My mother's cousin's daughter is my ______.
What is my second cousin?
This section of the Doctrine and Covenants records the appearance of Elijah in the Kirtland Temple and the restoration of the sealing keys.
What is Doctrine and Covenants 110?
FamilySearch's global Family Tree contains information on billions of deceased individuals, making it one of the world's largest collaborative collections of this.
What is Family History? (or a family tree database)
This type of genealogy chart starts with one person and branches backward through parents, grandparents, and earlier generations.
What is a pedigree chart?
"The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead."
Who is Joseph Smith?