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The Family History Guide Turns 9! – The Family History Guide Blog
On July 25, 2015 The Family History Guide debuted at the BYU Family History Conference in Provo, Utah. It has been a great adventure since then, and continues to be. The Management Team for The Family History Guide Association has put in countless hours, all unpaid, to build and promote The Family History Guide website. Here's a look at each of the Management Team members, taken from the TFHG Association page on the website. Chairman: James Tanner James L. Tanner has spent over 34 years in genealogical research and is the avid Blogger of Genealogy’s Star and Rejoice, and Be Exceeding Glad. He spent eight years as a missionary at the Mesa, Arizona FamilySearch Library and is presently serving at the BYU Family History Library. James is a frequent presenter at family history expos and conferences around the U.S. and Canada. James previously owned a retail computer business and an Apple Macintosh software company, and he is a professional photographer. He holds a B.A. in Spanish and an M.A. in Linguistics from the University of Utah, as well as a J.D. in Law from Arizona State University. He spent two years as an Intelligence Analyst in the U.S. Army and 39 years as an Arizona trial attorney. James and his wife Ann have seven children and 33 grandchildren. Vice President and Executive Director: Bob Ives Bob Ives, Executive Director for the Family History Guide Association, received a Master's Degree in computerized curriculum design and went to work as the Director of Instructional Technology for the Utah State Office of Education. Bob was instrumental in the spread of technology in the state and the development of cutting edge programs such as satellite distance learning with IBM. He later formed his own technology consulting and training company, Educational Renaissance, Inc. and worked as an IBM business partner for 15 years. He has traveled across the U.S. and the Pacific as a trainer for IBM Educational Systems, as well as McGraw-Hill and Allyn & Bacon. Bob has served on state and national committees such as the NCTM Technology Committee and the Governors' Computer Literacy Task Force. He has given presentations across the United States, Canada, Singapore, Australia and Malaysia. Bob is currently the Technology Coordinator for the Sandy Utah Granite Family History Center, the third largest FamilySearch center in the Salt Lake Valley. He and his wife Dawn have two sons and four grandchildren. Bob has a B.S. from Brigham Young University, an M.Ed. and Administrative Certification from the University of Utah. He has also served as an adjunct professor for Utah State University. Director of Development: Bob Taylor Bob Taylor has been actively doing family history for over 25 years. He has combined his passion for genealogy with his background in instructional design to produce an industry-leading learning resource for family history—The Family History Guide website. Bob earned his BA degree from Brigham Young University and MA degree from California State University, Los Angeles, both in Music Education. A career change led him to instructional design and technical writing, where he has worked for large technology corporations such as Intel and Western Digital. At Intel University, he redesigned key training courses for employees and managers worldwide, as well as teaching management courses in Washington, Arizona, Oregon, California, and Utah. He has authored many online and written learning systems, helping others accelerate learning in technology, music, and family history. Bob has been a featured presenter five times at the RootsTech Conference in Salt Lake City, as well as the WikiTree International Symposium for 2022. Bob has presented at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Riverton FamilySearch Library, and the BYU Family History Conference. He has also presented to genealogical societies in fifteen U.S. states and in Canada. Secretary/Treasurer: Ann Tanner Ann Wessman Tanner was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, graduated from the University of Utah and taught English. She married James Tanner many years ago and is the mother of five daughters and two sons, all of whom are married and living around the country. Ann and James lived in Arizona for the past 43 years, then moved to Provo, Utah two years ago. Ann served two Church Service missions at the Mesa FamilySearch Library and currently serves at the BYU Family History Library where she coordinates the Sunday classes, teaches, and prepares training for the missionaries at the Library. She owns a printing and computer design company in the Provo, Utah area. Scott Anderson: Director of Public Relations and Funding Scott Anderson attained a BA degree from the University of Utah in Psychology, a Master's degree in Counseling and Guidance and a PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy both from BYU. He taught in the Church Education System beginning in 1972, with the majority of his career as a faculty member at the Orem Institute of Religion. He is a published author and lectures for BYU Education Weeks, Especially for Youth, and various other venues, including the Governor's Conference On Families and the Utah Freedom Academy. Dr. Anderson recently retired from working as a therapist at Suncrest Counseling Center. He enjoys home improvement projects, family history, humanitarian service, and had a great time running a marathon with his daughter. He and his wife, Angelle, reside in Bluffdale, Utah. Industry Relations: Sue and Paul Maxwell Sue Maxwell is an experienced genealogist, speaker, trainer and mentor, with an emphasis in technology and social media. She publishes the Granite Genealogy blog site and has been actively involved in the genealogy community since retiring from her management career. Sue has served as Vice President of the Utah Genealogical Association and currently serves as an Area Temple and Family History Consultant under FamilySearch direction. Paul D. Maxwell retired after working 30 years in the IT industry. His areas of expertise included database administration, systems performance, and network management. Paul also serves as an Area Temple and Family History Consultant under FamilySearch direction. Paul and Sue have one son and six granddaughters. In addition to spending time their family, they love to travel. Angelle Anderson: Director of Marketing Angelle Anderson is a certified family historian (BYU-Idaho) and attained a BA degree in Elementary Education from BYU. She is serving as a Temple and Family History Consultant in the Riverton YSA Stake. Angelle has presented for BYU and BYU-Idaho Education Weeks, Especially for Youth, and BYU Women's Conference. She enjoys hosting several family history Facebook groups, including Ideas for Family History Fun and sharing Friday Fun posts in The Family History Guide - Trainers, Consultants, Directors. Angelle and her husband, Scott, are parents to seven children and grandparents to thirty grandchildren (currently being trained as future family historians!). Miles Meyer: Director of Education Miles is a scientist by training and has been active in genealogy for over 25 years in a variety of ways. His expertise revolves around new technologies, internet research and FamilySearch. He is the principal researcher for OurAncestories Genealogy, a Family History Consultant, and current Director of the Vero Beach Florida FamilySearch Center. He has presented at a variety of international genealogy conferences, including RootsTech Salt Lake (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024), RootsTech London (2019), The Genealogy Show UK (Spring, Summer and Winter 2022), The Society of One Place Studies Conference UK (2023), and the One World One Family Conference Toronto (2021). Additionally, Miles has been a beta tester for several genealogy companies. And when he has time, Miles also manages several blogs on genealogy-related activities. Brent Bunker: Content Specialist Brent Bunker has been active in doing genealogy for the past 50 years. He has been a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist for the past 39 years and is living in Newport Oregon. Brent has served as a volunteer in the Newport Oregon FamilySearch Center, and he has travelled to Scotland, New England and Switzerland researching his family history. He writes a weekly newsletter for Family History Consultants giving training and inspiration. He is the father of 8 children and 29 grandchildren.
Maribel’s Story – The Family History Guide Blog
Maribel Medina is a popular family history trainer and consultant in the San Diego area. As we mentioned in a previous blog article, she will participate with other representatives from The Family History Guide Association in the upcoming Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid project about family history in the United States, for broadcast nationwide. Recently Maribel was featured in a blog article published by FamilySearch. The article focuses on how she was able to reach out to a significant number of elderly and isolated people in her church congregation to help them connect with their ancestors. Her efforts included helping them find and share family photographs and documents, conducting oral inteviews to capture information, and more. This led to many other family members gaining an increased interest and involvement with family history. You can read the full story about Maribel on the FamilySearch blog site: https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/maribel-story-consultant-elderly-99-1 Maribel conducting a training session in San Diego, on learning FamilySearch basics
The Poor Man from Nippur
By Owain Williams The Poor Man of Nippur is a story from ancient Mesopotamia, dated to 700 BC, recorded upon a number of tablets. Several fragmentary tablets were from the Library of Ashurbanipal in Nineveh, but the main text comes from two tablets from Huzirina (modern Sultantepe). It tells of how a poor man, Gimil-Ni
Design Tells a Story: Oral History and Campaign Buttons | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives
Campaign buttons have been part of America’s congressional elections since the late nineteenth century. Whether affixed to a coat or a backpack, they advertise a voter’s preferred candidate, policy, or position. Cleverly designed and notable buttons have, at times, even had a lasting influence on America’s political culture. The House Collection contains more than 1,500 lapel pins and tabs, most of which are campaign buttons from candidates who ran for Congress.In a series of interviews conducted by the Office of the Historian, former Congresswomen talked about buttons their campaigns produced at different times during their careers. They described how and why they chose certain layouts, themes, and slogans. As these oral histories show, design tells a story.MotifCandidates often combine color, shape, and typography on campaign buttons to convey messages about their platform. For Representatives Shelley Berkley and Nancy Johnson, the imagery they used both alluded to their home states and symbolized their candidacy.Shelley Berkley of Nevada Nevada Representative Shelley Berkley’s 2000 campaign button features a red, white, and blue color scheme and few words. In block, uppercase white letters against a rectangular blue background, her name takes up most of the space. Between the “K” and “L” of “Berkley,” the shape of Nevada snugly nestles into the typography. As she explained in her oral history, the blue rectangular border was purposeful: “I’m very definite,” she explained. “I’m not wishy-washy.”Nancy Lee Johnson of Connecticut Using blue, gold, and white, Connecticut Representative Nancy Johnson’s campaign button adopted the colors of her state flag. Three white stars underscore Johnson’s name, and a gold star extends past the right edge. The stars, Johnson remembered, were suggested by a political consultant because, she said, she “was seen as quite the star.”NameThe decision to include a candidate’s name is perhaps an obvious choice in campaign button design. But for some lawmakers—like Representatives Sue Myrick and Connie Morella—the name they chose and the way it appeared on the button held significance.Sue Myrick of North Carolina “For Congress SUE Myrick” appears emblazoned in red letters against a white background on this 1994 campaign button. The North Carolina Representative’s first name, “Sue,” is twice the size of the other words and draws the eye. For Myrick, that detail was important. “When we did our advertising, we just always did ‘Sue,’ ” she recalled. She said it was a way for her to remain grounded. “I was Sue before I got elected. If I’m elected, I’ll be Sue in office, and I’ll be Sue when I leave. And if I’m not, I don’t deserve to be here.”Constance A. Morella of Maryland One of Connie Morella’s congressional campaign buttons features just her signature in white lettering against a red background. Key to the design was its simplicity. The Maryland Representative wanted her button to seem friendly and approachable. “It’s a personal element,” she described.SloganIn just a few words, campaign slogans can convey something unique or memorable about candidates. A slogan can help them stand out in a packed special election or invoke a candidate’s personal history, as was the case for slogans selected by Representatives Eva Clayton and Susan Molinari. For Representative Claudine Schneider, however, a campaign slogan came not from the candidate, but from the community the aspiring lawmaker hoped to represent.Eva M. Clayton of North CarolinaEva Clayton’s campaign button includes the number of her North Carolina district, her name, and the slogan: “The Best for the First.” In her special election in 1992, she faced six other candidates. Instead of attacking her opponents, she used her slogan to promote and uplift herself. “We had no apologies for thinking we were the best,” she remembered.Susan Molinari of New York New York Representative Susan Molinari’s rectangular 1990 campaign button used bold text to emphasize her last name and featured the slogan “A New Generation of Leadership.” The slogan called attention to the fact that her father, Representative Guy Molinari, had served in Congress for a decade, while also helping her establish her own identity and perspective.Claudine Schneider of Rhode Island Representative Claudine Schneider’s 1980 campaign pin reads “This Time Claudine” printed in white text against a deep blue background. After losing her first election bid, Schneider spotted “Next Time Claudine” bumper stickers in her community. She adopted that message from her voters to develop this slogan when she ran again two years later.For more about how candidates have used visual elements to appeal to voters, explore our digital exhibition Campaign Collectibles: Running for Congress. And for more oral histories about running for Congress, visit our oral history section.
Date with Dad – The Family History Guide Blog
Note: This article was published previously on the Granite FamilySearch Center blog site. My dad got his first 8 mm movie camera as a teenager in about 1937. He loved it and used it a lot to document his life. When he passed away in 2010, he left a large container of his movies and slides that ended up in my brother’s basement. As a FamilySearch consultant, I have easy access to all the scanning equipment at the center. I decided that as long as I was there for my shift each week, I should scan my dad’s collection of home movies. At some point my dad had consolidated all the little reels into at least 20 large 8-inch reels of film that were no longer labeled. Each time I came to the FamilySearch center, I would grab one random reel and put it on the scanner machine. As I looked at the tiny screen on the scanner to see what was on the film, I could almost hear my dad speaking to me. He was saying, “Today Beth Ann, we’re going to look at…….” What a treasure it was to find the movie from Easter and Christmas 1938. I was able to see my great grandparents that I had never met, as well as see my grandparents as young parents. One day he said, “Beth Ann, today you’re going to see what it was like to be in the army at the end of WWII in France.” I saw Paris with its Eiffel Tower, young children scrounging in the garbage for food, other soldiers and the planes he helped service. My special treat was seeing a picture of his fiancé – my mother – on his cot. I was also able to experience his mission in Hawaii and see the beautiful people and places he loved. As the oldest child, I was in all the family movies (I was the “star” in all the early ones). It was a blessing to feel the love he had for me and my other siblings as he chronicled our lives. I have memories of building an igloo with my dad when I was about 10 and I was thrilled to see it appear in our movies – and it really was a big igloo, taller than me and could hold several of us kids standing up in it. On the same reel were the memories of us connecting several of our sleds together and careening down our front hill and then down the street. What a great date with dad laughing and loving those fun memories together. There were memories to see of the many Christmases at our grandparents with the cousins, all of us squinting because of the blinding spotlight he used when filming indoors. As well as Christmas mornings at home with my siblings rushing in to see what Santa had left for us. Obviously, my dad was a devoted U of U fan because there was an entire reel devoted to a U of U Football game in about 1940. Pregame, game, halftime, etc., with the marching band and a live Indian Chief on a horse. That love for the U was passed down to me and our family. One of the last dates with my dad was scanning the film of my wedding day. How wonderful to see us and our families at the Salt Lake Temple as we began our own family together. I could feel my dad’s joy and love for me on my wedding day. What a blessing it has been for me to spend this time on dates with my dad and to experience what he filmed. It was easy to see and feel his love for me and my siblings. Now that I’ve digitalized these movies, I will be sharing them with my siblings and my children so they can have dates with dad too. Hopefully, they will learn about him, be touched by the memories he shared and feel his love for us. I hope that we can all feel a connection to our ancestors as we scan and digitalize memories to share with others. Invest your time and connections with your family by visiting The Granite FamilySearch Center. Enhance your blessings by utilizing the center’s multitude of media equipment and services that allow for digital conversion. The center includes high speed photo scanners, flatbed scanners up to 11″ x 17″, slide scanners, and a book scanner for digitization of photographs, photo albums, documents, scrapbook pages, etc. They have VHS/8mm Video Tape converters, 8mm/Super 8 film converters, and Standard Audio Cassette converters. In addition, there are trained consultants available to assist in your learning process of digitalizing audios/film, slides, and photos. – Beth Ann Hammer, consultant, Granite FamilySearch Center Editor's Note: There are quite a few FamilySearch centers that offer free digitizing services, from photos to audio cassettes to movie reels and more.
Meet Lydia Gallagher of Beyond Shattered Dreams by Cynthia Roemer – Novel PASTimes
After months in a Confederate prison camp, Private Will Everett boards the Sultana eager to return home and leave behind the horrors of war. One day into the voyage, the overcrowded steamboat explodes, rendering Will injured and unable to recall his identity. With only a pocket watch and the name Will E. etched inside to guide him,…