2020-01 Jan Family History Goals

Jan 8, 2020 family history goals

Hello from your Ward Temple & Family History Consultants:

WHAT?

• Your 2020 Temple & Family History Goals

WHY?

• Because we all do better with goals. If goals make you feel stressed, you’re doing it wrong.

WHEN?

• January is often a goal setting month. What about today?

HOW?

1. Start with desire. Decide you want to do something for Temple & Family History in 2020.

2. Consider options. Perhaps pick from 2019 ward email messages or any other sources as food for thought for potential Temple & Family History goals.

3. Perhaps plan 4 smaller goals for family history in 2020 (1 goal for 3 months each). Or pick one goal. Your goals, your choice.

4. Think progress, not status. Be nice to yourself. By small and simple things, great things are brought to pass. Think Yay! rather than Oh nooo! Count time spent serving others in T&FH (indexing, etc.) if you hit a blocker on your own lines. If your efforts aid progress for God’s human family, it counts.

5. Look for which ancestors have little to no memories posted to familysearch.org. Is anyone still alive that might have some memories?

6. Where will you put your goals to remind yourself monthly? Write them down and review your goals monthly on fast Sundays. Make a habit that supports you.

7. Start a Temple & Family History journal and write what you learn in 2020 and write what you’re struggling with. Then pull out these notes when you find time to meet with the ward Temple & Family History consultants.

8. Ask ministering families what they plan for Temple & Family History this quarter. Remind them we have 9 Temple & Family History consultants in our ward.

9. Is there anyone in your extended family that is not yet a member that you might have a positive experience with this year by sharing genealogy information, efforts, or just paying attention to them through genealogy efforts?

10. Celebrate small steps that you can control. Don’t worry about things beyond your control. Include your Temple & Family History efforts in your prayers.

Recap:

• A lot of people felt good for their efforts in 2019. Join us!
  • 2019 people added 8.7 million new photos and stories! One of them may help you too. That will bless grandkids and future generations to know their ancestors.
  • 2019 people volunteered 10.9 million hours indexing! Woot!
  • See https://i1.wp.com/fh.familysearch.org/system/files/team/ait/images/blog/2019-Review-all-6.png for details.
  • 2019 familysearch scanned 7.6 million new books with people’s old genealogies. Search them at https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/?cid=bl-fsb-8007

HERE A LITTLE, THERE A LITTLE - Plan to do Temple & Family History efforts in small bite sized chunks. We can help you succeed little by little, one thing at a time. Feel better by doing small & simple things in small segments of time. Great things come to pass over time, so don’t give up. We can help you start! Contact one of us.

Your relatives beyond the veil will thank you for your efforts. Others will thank you for service beyond just your lines (for example, indexing or adding a record for someone else as you come across their data). Family History can be a service project too.

Your Ward Temple & Family History Consultants