Benson Stake Fireside – September 26, 2010

Searching for Ancestors

Step-by-Step!!!

Family HistoryEn

joy

the

Journ

ey!

It’s like a treasure hunt!

It’s actually fulfilled my life!

It’s really interesting to think about all the people who came before me, who somehow did something that made me who

I am today and where I am today.

I felt like celebrating because this person had all of a

sudden come to life for me!

It’s saving the family by understanding how connected we really

are.

What is Family History…

How Do We FEEL the JOY?

• For some, the experience is like Laman and Lemuel returning for the brass plates --- arduous and unpleasant.

• For others, it is an adventure because they enjoy the journey.

What Makes the DIFFERENCE?

The pleasure comes from putting forth

effort…

and eventually

having success.

FamilySearch can help you have SUCCESS!

5 Basic Steps• Step 1: Gather and organize what you and other

family members already know.

• Step 2: Decide what additional information you need.

• Step 3: Search compiled and original records.

• Step 4: Analyze and evaluate your findings.

• Step 5: Record, document and share your findings

Step 1: What Do You Know?

• Select 1 family or individual to work on.

• On a family group sheet, enter everything you know about the family or individual.

Step 2: What Do You Want To Learn?

Sylvia’s Parents

How Do I Locate Sylvia’s Parents?

• Go Backward to go Forward • Find documents for Sylvia’s information

• How?• Consult a “Record Selection Table”

• Where?• FamilySearch Wiki

• Go to FamilySearch.org• Click on Research Helps > Search the Wiki

Enter Record Selection

Table

You can also add a specific locality

if you wish.

Search the Wiki

Select the appropriate

table.

• 1. If you need – PARENTS• 2. Look first in – VITAL RECORDS

• For more help, click on Vital Records!

• Guides you to the vital records for each state.

Sylvia was born in 1880 – too early for birth records.

Sylvia died in 1958 –

too late for the online

death records.

Father:Hans Peter Hansen

Mother:Angeline Deem

Verify Burial:1/29/58 – Riverview

Cemetery, Tremonton, UT

Verify Birth: 2/23/80 Bear River City, UT

Verify Death:1/25/58

Tremonton, UT

Record the information you found then ask:What Do I Know Now?

THEN: What Do I Want to Learn Next?

Other Children?

• Consult “Record Selection Table” at FamilySearch Wiki.

How Do I Locate Other Children?

Select a record type to get more help.

If you select census, it tells you:

• To follow your family through ALL available census records.

• Sylvia was born in Feb 1880, so we should start with the 1880 census.

• There is no census available for 1890

• We should then continue checking the 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 census.

Hansen, Hans P, 25 years old, born Denmark. Parents born Denmark

Hansen, Angeline, wife, 17 years old, born Denmark. Parents born Denmark

Hansen, Emaline, daughter, 4 mo. old, born in Utah

1880

Hansen, Hans P, born Dec 1844 Denmark, immigrated 1875

Hansen, Angeline, born Aug 1863 Denmark, immigrated 1876

Hansen, Sylvia E, daughter, born Feb 1880 in Utah, school teacher

Hansen, Camilla S., daughter, born July 1881 in Utah

Hansen, Eda M, daughter, born July 1887 in Utah

Hansen, Abigail A, daughter, born Mar 1890 in Utah

Hansen, Aaron E, son, born Mar 1897 in Utah

1900

Hansen, Hans P, 65 yrs old, 1st marriage, married for 31 years.

Hansen, Angeline, 46 yrs old, 1st marriage, 5/6 living children

Hunsaker, Edith, daughter, 22 yrs old, married, 1/1 living children

Hansen, Abigail A, daughter, 20 yrs old

Hansen, Aaron E, son, 17 yrs old

Hunsaker, Jessie R, grandson, 4 mo. old, born in Utah

1910

Hansen, Angeline, Head, 56 yrs old, widow, immigrated in 1876

Hunsaker, Edith H, Daughter, 32 yrs old, divorced

Hunsaker, Jesse R, grandson, 10 yrs old

1920

Christensen, Rudolph A, Head, 51 yrs old

Christensen, Sylvia H., wife, 50 yrs old

--- 4 children ---

Hansen, Angeline D, mother-in-law, 67 yrs old, widow, immigrated in 1875

1930

Record what you learned then ask: What Do I Know Now?

Then: What Do I Want to Learn? Death Dates

How Do I Locate Han’s Death?• Consult the “Record Selection Table”

Hans died between 1910-1920

Angeline died after 1930 (would be 93 in 1956)

Other children (Camilla, Edith, Abigail, Aaron)

Born Dec 6, 1844Died Jun 29, 1915

Parents:Mons Marker Hansen

& Cecelia Jensen

Buried in Honeyville Cemetery, Jul 1, 1915

Born Mar 12, 1897

Died Mar 8, 1918

Buried in Honeyville Cemetery, Mar 11, 1918

Middle name: Ethelbert

• We know Hans & Aaron were buried in Honeyville so we’ll start there.

More about Han’s Death?• Consult the “Record Selection Table”

USGenWeb, Utah, Archives, Cemetery records, Honeyville City Cemetery

Full birth & death dates for Angeline

Who is this?

Record what you know then ask:What Do I Know Now?

What Do I Want to Learn? Parent’s birth place

How Do I Locate Parent’s Birth?• Consult a “Record Selection Table”

• If you select “Obituaries”, it tells you:

Obituaries Hans Peter

Hansen

Aaron Hansen

How Do I Locate Parent’s Birth?• Consult a “Record Selection Table”

• If you select “Church Records” it tells you:

[Utah, Box Elder, Honeyville - Church]

Church Records

Eliza 1883-1892

Full birth dates and towns for all.

Brother of Angeline

How Do I Locate Parent’s Birth?

• Go to the WIKI - Denmark Record Selection Table

• If you select “Church Records” it tells you:

Tip: http://translate.google.com/

Hans Peter Marker born 6 Dec 1844, christened 4 Jan 1845, parents Mogns Marker Hansen and Sisilia Kristine Hansen

Engeline Jorgina Deem born 26 Aug 1863 to Jorgen Larsen Deem and Elizabeth Margrethe

Petersen

What Do I

Know Now?

AND

Now What Do I Want to Learn…