We are keeping very busy is the Family History Center and loving it. We seem to be busy every day we are open and even most days that we are not open officially. It’s pretty neat.
The center is open 27 hours a week when everyone comes for their shift. It gets a little discouraging when someone doesn’t show and we have patrons that want to come in, but life happens.
It is exciting when someone comes in and thinks that you won’t be able to find anything and then all these documents start popping up. We get birth records and death records for children that they knew nothing about.
A sister came into the Sunday school class and we found 4 death certificates for little children that she knew nothing about. With the information she found she can have those four babies sealed to their parents, after their work is done.
It was a little frustrating today because I could not open one of the sister’s files and I can’t figure out what I did wrong and why we could not open her file. I am sure it has something to do with the way I saved it, but she ended up not staying which was not good.
The other patrons were able to work on their trees and add names and dates for several of their family members who have passed away.
Elder Olson is taking a water boy tank to Polacca tomorrow, so it will be another long day alone, but I have decided that they are the days to work on my own family history.
I found Deana and Dawna’s great grandmother and great grandfather on their Dad’s side. Julian Kostecki and Helen Mary Habowski. Two great Polish names. Their dad, David, was born in Stuebenville, Jefferson, Ohio.
I think there were 7 or 8 children, one of which was their grandmother, Veronica Kostecki, who has passed away. I hope to find out more about their line, but for now that is as far as I can go. Julian and Helen were born in Poland in the late 1800’s and until I can tie them to their parents, I am stuck, but I know miracles happen.
The pictures were taken in the Family History Center this last month. The one is of Rudy and Gloria Begay from Chinle. We met them the first week we came out here. They are salt of the earth people and very special friends, that we have grown to love a great deal. They are the Family History Directors in Chinle. I was able to show them some of the great things they can do to help their patrons find their ancestors.
One funny story I would like to share is about Sister Goldtooth. She is in the Pathways Program and right now they are doing a math class. She was really struggling and very frustrated because she could not figure out how to solve one of the problems. She decided to get down on her knees and ask Heavenly Father for help. Her little granddaughter, Lily, knelt beside her. Sister Goldtooth saw her and decided to pray out loud. Lily repeated the words. When she finished, Lily cocked her head and said, “Did you hear that, she said please?”
Within minutes she understood what she was doing wrong and was able to solve the problem. I am sure we smile sometimes at what children say, but what a great example of her simple faith and asking if God had heard her grandmother’s prayer.
I know you understand why we love being here so much.
Sister Olson
We are keeping very busy is the Family History Center and loving it. We seem to be busy every day we are open and even most days that we are not open officially. It’s pretty neat.
The center is open 27 hours a week when everyone comes for their shift. It gets a little discouraging when someone doesn’t show and we have patrons that want to come in, but life happens.
It is exciting when someone comes in and thinks that you won’t be able to find anything and then all these documents start popping up. We get birth records and death records for children that they knew nothing about.
A sister came into the Sunday school class and we found 4 death certificates for little children that she knew nothing about. With the information she found she can have those four babies sealed to their parents, after their work is done.
It was a little frustrating today because I could not open one of the sister’s files and I can’t figure out what I did wrong and why we could not open her file. I am sure it has something to do with the way I saved it, but she ended up not staying which was not good.
The other patrons were able to work on their trees and add names and dates for several of their family members who have passed away.
Elder Olson is taking a water boy tank to Polacca tomorrow, so it will be another long day alone, but I have decided that they are the days to work on my own family history.
I found Deana and Dawna’s great grandmother and great grandfather on their Dad’s side. Julian Kostecki and Helen Mary Habowski. Two great Polish names. Their dad, David, was born in Stuebenville, Jefferson, Ohio.
I think there were 7 or 8 children, one of which was their grandmother, Veronica Kostecki, who has passed away. I hope to find out more about their line, but for now that is as far as I can go. Julian and Helen were born in Poland in the late 1800’s and until I can tie them to their parents, I am stuck, but I know miracles happen.
The pictures were taken in the Family History Center this last month. The one is of Rudy and Gloria Begay from Chinle. We met them the first week we came out here. They are salt of the earth people and very special friends, that we have grown to love a great deal. They are the Family History Directors in Chinle. I was able to show them some of the great things they can do to help their patrons find their ancestors.
One funny story I would like to share is about Sister Goldtooth. She is in the Pathways Program and right now they are doing a math class. She was really struggling and very frustrated because she could not figure out how to solve one of the problems. She decided to get down on her knees and ask Heavenly Father for help. Her little granddaughter, Lily, knelt beside her. Sister Goldtooth saw her and decided to pray out loud. Lily repeated the words. When she finished, Lily cocked her head and said, “Did you hear that, she said please?”
Within minutes she understood what she was doing wrong and was able to solve the problem. I am sure we smile sometimes at what children say, but what a great example of her simple faith and asking if God had heard her grandmother’s prayer.
I know you understand why we love being here so much.
Sister Olson
