Saturday, November 14, 2009

Quote about getting started with Family History

"Get a cardboard box. Any kind of a box will do. Put it someplace where it is in the way, ...anywhere where it cannot go unnoticed. Then, over a period of a few weeks, collect and put into the box every record of your life, such as your birth certificate, your certificate of blessing, your certificate of baptism, your certificate of ordination, and your certificate of graduation. Collect diplomas, all of the photographs, honors, or awards, a diary if you have kept one, everything that you can find pertaining to your life; anything that is written, or registered, or recorded that testifies that you are alive and what you have done." Boyd K. Packer

Once you do this for yourself, you can use the same process to gather information about you ancestors.

I like this quote it makes family history seem less overwhelming. I am kind of doing what Brother Packer said to already, but instead of a box I have this blog.

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