It’s Mother’s Day 10 May 2015. It’s 4:00 P.M. I left for church at 8 this morning, got back to the apt about an hour ago.
We are holding a Family History class during Sunday School in both Wards now. It is so much fun. During 2nd Ward Brother Terry and Brother Nez came in and we found that Brother Terry’s family has done a tremendous amount of Family History, so he has his four generations, plus several more on family search. He is feeling comfortable helping others. We are now going to focus on helping his wife who was not here today.
I found out that his wife is related to Brother Nez, and since he has limited information, they are going to come in later this week and work on “their family” together. It was fun to have Brother Terry answering questions that Brother Nez had about his family.
During 1st Ward one of the sisters who had been coming had to go somewhere this weekend, so we asked Sister Polacca if she would like to come in. She had to leave with her daughter, so they could not stay. Her daughter’s newborn has to have special treatment of some sort and it has to be done on a regular time schedule.
So, we asked Sister Watson, who has been coming out to church for almost 2 years now. I truly love her, she has a grand daughter who usually comes with her, but did not come today. She is in the YW program and I wanted both to work together, but I will take what I can get. It did not take us long to get 3 generations into the computer and then start adding siblings. I know she was a little hesitant when she first came in, since it is all really new, but when it was time to leave she was dragging her feet. The “Elijah virus” can work pretty darn fast in the FHC.
Sister W mentioned that her sister had a lot of the information she needed, but she wasn’t sure she would share it with her, so I suggested she visit the family cemeteries and copy the information from the headstones or plaques. I also invited her to come in this week with what she found.
While we were working with Sister Watson and Sister Moreno, Sister Yazzie asked if I was going to be available after the block. She said she needed her husband to get going on his tree. So, after we were treated to cheese cake since it was Mother’s Day, we went into the FHC.
Brother Yazzie has only been a member for a few months. They had both come in a few weeks ago and I sent them home with pedigree charts and family group sheets. Well, he had done his assignment and filled out almost every blank on the pedigree chart. He typed while I search on ancestry for some of the names on his chart. We found several birth dates, and death dates for his family members. It was like a chain reaction.
When we went to genealogy.az.gov we found death certificates for children that he was unaware of for his grandparents and other relatives that he recognized as siblings to his direct line ancestors. Bishop Allen came in as we were finding all this information, it was so amazing.
Since it was Mother’s Day, I told him that his great grandmother was waiting to have her name added and then I would have to head back to the apt. You could actually feel her there patiently waiting for him to type her name in. We will be able to add a lot more names that we found, but he wanted to ask his grandfather about some of the children’s names that we found. He was so intent on reading everything I found on ancestry.com and then the certificates we found on genealogy.az.gov, he had not added the last name on his chart, which was his great grandmother, Mae Gishie . Actually, I am not sure which of us was more excited. Bishop Allen was kinda laughing at us, since we were acting like kids in a candy store for the first time.
Brother Yazzie is already planning trips to Page and Cow Springs to talk with family members and visit family cemeteries.
You can’t really describe what you feel when all this information starts raining down on you. Sister Yazzie and her sister were sitting there watching and since they have limited information on their family I told them that they have no idea how their help will come, but come it will as they start their tree. I always find it interesting to see how each story unfolds and families are found and united forever.
I have a strong testimony that the Lord does provide a way when he asks you to do something. Trusting Him is perhaps difficult at times, since we can’t always see how He will make things happen, but they do indeed happen and thankfully we can play a small part in solving the puzzle that He knows will come together in His time and in His way.
Sister Olson
It’s Mother’s Day 10 May 2015. It’s 4:00 P.M. I left for church at 8 this morning, got back to the apt about an hour ago.
We are holding a Family History class during Sunday School in both Wards now. It is so much fun. During 2nd Ward Brother Terry and Brother Nez came in and we found that Brother Terry’s family has done a tremendous amount of Family History, so he has his four generations, plus several more on family search. He is feeling comfortable helping others. We are now going to focus on helping his wife who was not here today.
I found out that his wife is related to Brother Nez, and since he has limited information, they are going to come in later this week and work on “their family” together. It was fun to have Brother Terry answering questions that Brother Nez had about his family.
During 1st Ward one of the sisters who had been coming had to go somewhere this weekend, so we asked Sister Polacca if she would like to come in. She had to leave with her daughter, so they could not stay. Her daughter’s newborn has to have special treatment of some sort and it has to be done on a regular time schedule.
So, we asked Sister Watson, who has been coming out to church for almost 2 years now. I truly love her, she has a grand daughter who usually comes with her, but did not come today. She is in the YW program and I wanted both to work together, but I will take what I can get. It did not take us long to get 3 generations into the computer and then start adding siblings. I know she was a little hesitant when she first came in, since it is all really new, but when it was time to leave she was dragging her feet. The “Elijah virus” can work pretty darn fast in the FHC.
Sister W mentioned that her sister had a lot of the information she needed, but she wasn’t sure she would share it with her, so I suggested she visit the family cemeteries and copy the information from the headstones or plaques. I also invited her to come in this week with what she found.
While we were working with Sister Watson and Sister Moreno, Sister Yazzie asked if I was going to be available after the block. She said she needed her husband to get going on his tree. So, after we were treated to cheese cake since it was Mother’s Day, we went into the FHC.
Brother Yazzie has only been a member for a few months. They had both come in a few weeks ago and I sent them home with pedigree charts and family group sheets. Well, he had done his assignment and filled out almost every blank on the pedigree chart. He typed while I search on ancestry for some of the names on his chart. We found several birth dates, and death dates for his family members. It was like a chain reaction.
When we went to genealogy.az.gov we found death certificates for children that he was unaware of for his grandparents and other relatives that he recognized as siblings to his direct line ancestors. Bishop Allen came in as we were finding all this information, it was so amazing.
Since it was Mother’s Day, I told him that his great grandmother was waiting to have her name added and then I would have to head back to the apt. You could actually feel her there patiently waiting for him to type her name in. We will be able to add a lot more names that we found, but he wanted to ask his grandfather about some of the children’s names that we found. He was so intent on reading everything I found on ancestry.com and then the certificates we found on genealogy.az.gov, he had not added the last name on his chart, which was his great grandmother, Mae Gishie . Actually, I am not sure which of us was more excited. Bishop Allen was kinda laughing at us, since we were acting like kids in a candy store for the first time.
Brother Yazzie is already planning trips to Page and Cow Springs to talk with family members and visit family cemeteries.
You can’t really describe what you feel when all this information starts raining down on you. Sister Yazzie and her sister were sitting there watching and since they have limited information on their family I told them that they have no idea how their help will come, but come it will as they start their tree. I always find it interesting to see how each story unfolds and families are found and united forever.
I have a strong testimony that the Lord does provide a way when he asks you to do something. Trusting Him is perhaps difficult at times, since we can’t always see how He will make things happen, but they do indeed happen and thankfully we can play a small part in solving the puzzle that He knows will come together in His time and in His way.
Sister Olson
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