Temple and Family History Lesson 8: Research in Family Search
Temple and Family History Lessons Lesson 8 Research in Family Search The admonition from the Lord through the Prophet Joseph Smith is to “Seek after our dead”. So far in these lessons we have reviewed how to record and preserve the evidences of our ancestors. In this lesson we will look at the task of “seeking” them, or doing research. Seeking out our dead involves looking for their names in records that generally were created during their lifetimes. Many of life’s events result in a record being made. Birth, starting and finishing school or other training, starting or changing employment, dealings of employment, land sales and purchases, major moves, marriage, divorce, military service, death, burial, all may be accompanied by some record creation. Many such records are still in existence for about the last 400 years. Before that time records are scarce and difficult to find. Organizations like Family Search and many others like them make it their business to