My Family History Experience

Classes, Conferences and Expos

Lethbridge Family History Conference

-          2014

Logan Family History Center Conference for three years

–     2010

–     Two Legacy Classes

New Familysearch

- 2013

-Two Rootsmagic classes

-Personal Historian

Roots Tech for three years 2012, 2013, 2014

–     2013

–     Several classes on writing and recording personal histories.

–     2014

–     Class on how to get children involved in family history

–     Class on Blogging.

Several class at the Logan Family History Center.

–     Rootsmagic

–     writing personal histories

–     getting youth involved in family history

Family History Expo in Logan 2009

–     Rootsmagic

–     Legacy

–     Scottish research.

Online classes on familysearch.

            Beginning English Research (four parts)

Volunteer and Work Experience

-Temple Ready

-Family History Centers

            -Billings

            -Logan

                        Besides the on hands experience this included weekly, monthly and                                    quarterly training.

            -Cardston

-Phylis Smart

            -Imputing Data into PAF

-Jennifer Lugo

            -Research

-Blaine Worthen

            -Research

            Helped Design organization system for media folder, logs, numbering system and              paper work for family history.

            Supervised and taught others how to do research and how to use the system I                    helped design.

-Charlie Zisette

            -Research.

            Helped his family get names ready to go to the temple

-Chelsee Killorn Griffiths

            -Research

            -Organized the research

-McKenzie Asay Griffiths

            -same as above

gave the research, including the database, research log and media fold along with the instructions on how it is organized and how to continue the research, to her for Christmas.

Started the same project for another sister-in-law, McKenzie Asay Griffiths for Christmas this year

-Family History Coordinator and Consultant in three different wards

            -Taught the Family History Sunday School Class many times.

-Ward Indexing Coordinator

-Working one on one with several individuals of various ages to help them in a wide variety of areas of family history.

Teaching Experience

-Rootsmagic Class at the Cardston Family History Center

            2 four week sessions.

            2 three week sessions

-Family History Sunday class in a mid-single adult ward for about 2 years.

-Presentations on family history at family reunions to encourage people to get involved in family history any way they can.

Strengths and Skills

-Programs and Websites

            Roots Magic, PAF, Legacy, Ancestry, Family Search, Findagrave, Familysearch                -Familytree

-Areas of research

            Utah, Vermont, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, England, Early LDS Pioneers,                            Alberta, and a little bit in England.

-Organization, Sourcing and Documentation

            See examples of my organization system and the instructions

-Gathering information for and putting together personal histories.

            Grandpa and Grandma Griffiths' histories

            Grandpa and Grandma Purnell's blog (glenandonna.blogspot.ca)

            MWG Family and Glen and Donna Purnell, and Jesse Jr Griffiths facebook group pages