12 Ways to Contribute to Family History
Note: This post is from an LDS perspective using FamilySearch as the primary tool; however, many of the options in this list are available and helpful for those not of the LDS faith. FamilySearch tools, resources, and family trees are accessible and usable by everyone. FamilySearch accounts are free. In November 2009, I prepared my grandmother's name to take to the Temple. This action was the gateway to now almost five years of family history research and the performance of vital Temple work for hundreds of my grandcestors. As I share my experiences with others, many often state a desire to participate in family history work but follow-up with statements limiting their actions. Many are lost and don't know where to begin. Some assume that their dedicated grandmothers, aunts, uncles, and cousins have completed all the work there is to do within their family history and think they have nothing to contribute. Your family history work is far from done, even if the vicarious wor