Bishop here, just wanting to say hi and let you know about the new FamilySearch program that the church as made available. It's really awesome. All you have to do is sign in, and it will tell you your ancestors, where they lived, and even show you maps. The best part is that it will show you which of your ancestors need temple work done for them. So you youth, we can take YOUR family names to the temple when we go to do baptisms for the dead, and you can do work for your own ancestors. Believe me, that is awesome, and you will be like the Savior, bringing needed work to your ancestors.
Here's what you need to do:
1. Find out your membership number and your confirmation date
a. Your membership number is on your temple recommend, or you can get it from the ward clerk or bishopric
b. Your confirmation date (like when you were confirmed when you were baptized) is either available from your parents or from the clerk or bishoprice
2. Go to http://new.familysearch.org and sign in as a new user.
3. That's it!!! You will be able to look at all of your ancestors!
Then you can find out if you and your friends have any of the same ancestors, or if they came from the same places! Maybe you are related to your friends and you don't even know it! :)
I hope you guys will do this, it is really important, and also a lot of fun.
My ancestors come from England, Switzerland, Germany, Norway, and Denmark. Some of the ones from England then were in New York (upstate, not NYC) for some generations before they came to Utah. What about you guys?
Bishop Moore
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