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Benson Stake Fireside – September 26, 2010
Searching for Ancestors
Step-by-Step!!!
Family HistoryEn
joy
the
Journ
ey!
It’s like a treasure hunt!
It’s actually fulfilled my life!
It’s really interesting to think about all the people who came before me, who somehow did something that made me who
I am today and where I am today.
I felt like celebrating because this person had all of a
sudden come to life for me!
It’s saving the family by understanding how connected we really
are.
What is Family History…
How Do We FEEL the JOY?
• For some, the experience is like Laman and Lemuel returning for the brass plates --- arduous and unpleasant.
• For others, it is an adventure because they enjoy the journey.
What Makes the DIFFERENCE?
The pleasure comes from putting forth
effort…
and eventually
having success.
FamilySearch can help you have SUCCESS!
5 Basic Steps• Step 1: Gather and organize what you and other
family members already know.
• Step 2: Decide what additional information you need.
• Step 3: Search compiled and original records.
• Step 4: Analyze and evaluate your findings.
• Step 5: Record, document and share your findings
Step 1: What Do You Know?
• Select 1 family or individual to work on.
• On a family group sheet, enter everything you know about the family or individual.
Step 2: What Do You Want To Learn?
Sylvia’s Parents
How Do I Locate Sylvia’s Parents?
• Go Backward to go Forward • Find documents for Sylvia’s information
• How?• Consult a “Record Selection Table”
• Where?• FamilySearch Wiki
• Go to FamilySearch.org• Click on Research Helps > Search the Wiki
Enter Record Selection
Table
You can also add a specific locality
if you wish.
Search the Wiki
Select the appropriate
table.
• 1. If you need – PARENTS• 2. Look first in – VITAL RECORDS
• For more help, click on Vital Records!
• Guides you to the vital records for each state.
Sylvia was born in 1880 – too early for birth records.
Sylvia died in 1958 –
too late for the online
death records.
Father:Hans Peter Hansen
Mother:Angeline Deem
Verify Burial:1/29/58 – Riverview
Cemetery, Tremonton, UT
Verify Birth: 2/23/80 Bear River City, UT
Verify Death:1/25/58
Tremonton, UT
Record the information you found then ask:What Do I Know Now?
THEN: What Do I Want to Learn Next?
Other Children?
• Consult “Record Selection Table” at FamilySearch Wiki.
How Do I Locate Other Children?
Select a record type to get more help.
If you select census, it tells you:
• To follow your family through ALL available census records.
• Sylvia was born in Feb 1880, so we should start with the 1880 census.
• There is no census available for 1890
• We should then continue checking the 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 census.
Hansen, Hans P, 25 years old, born Denmark. Parents born Denmark
Hansen, Angeline, wife, 17 years old, born Denmark. Parents born Denmark
Hansen, Emaline, daughter, 4 mo. old, born in Utah
1880
Hansen, Hans P, born Dec 1844 Denmark, immigrated 1875
Hansen, Angeline, born Aug 1863 Denmark, immigrated 1876
Hansen, Sylvia E, daughter, born Feb 1880 in Utah, school teacher
Hansen, Camilla S., daughter, born July 1881 in Utah
Hansen, Eda M, daughter, born July 1887 in Utah
Hansen, Abigail A, daughter, born Mar 1890 in Utah
Hansen, Aaron E, son, born Mar 1897 in Utah
1900
Hansen, Hans P, 65 yrs old, 1st marriage, married for 31 years.
Hansen, Angeline, 46 yrs old, 1st marriage, 5/6 living children
Hunsaker, Edith, daughter, 22 yrs old, married, 1/1 living children
Hansen, Abigail A, daughter, 20 yrs old
Hansen, Aaron E, son, 17 yrs old
Hunsaker, Jessie R, grandson, 4 mo. old, born in Utah
1910
Hansen, Angeline, Head, 56 yrs old, widow, immigrated in 1876
Hunsaker, Edith H, Daughter, 32 yrs old, divorced
Hunsaker, Jesse R, grandson, 10 yrs old
1920
Christensen, Rudolph A, Head, 51 yrs old
Christensen, Sylvia H., wife, 50 yrs old
--- 4 children ---
Hansen, Angeline D, mother-in-law, 67 yrs old, widow, immigrated in 1875
1930
Record what you learned then ask: What Do I Know Now?
Then: What Do I Want to Learn? Death Dates
How Do I Locate Han’s Death?• Consult the “Record Selection Table”
Hans died between 1910-1920
Angeline died after 1930 (would be 93 in 1956)
Other children (Camilla, Edith, Abigail, Aaron)
Born Dec 6, 1844Died Jun 29, 1915
Parents:Mons Marker Hansen
& Cecelia Jensen
Buried in Honeyville Cemetery, Jul 1, 1915
Born Mar 12, 1897
Died Mar 8, 1918
Buried in Honeyville Cemetery, Mar 11, 1918
Middle name: Ethelbert
• We know Hans & Aaron were buried in Honeyville so we’ll start there.
More about Han’s Death?• Consult the “Record Selection Table”
USGenWeb, Utah, Archives, Cemetery records, Honeyville City Cemetery
Full birth & death dates for Angeline
Who is this?
Record what you know then ask:What Do I Know Now?
What Do I Want to Learn? Parent’s birth place
How Do I Locate Parent’s Birth?• Consult a “Record Selection Table”
• If you select “Obituaries”, it tells you:
Obituaries Hans Peter
Hansen
Aaron Hansen
How Do I Locate Parent’s Birth?• Consult a “Record Selection Table”
• If you select “Church Records” it tells you:
[Utah, Box Elder, Honeyville - Church]
Church Records
Eliza 1883-1892
Full birth dates and towns for all.
Brother of Angeline
How Do I Locate Parent’s Birth?
• Go to the WIKI - Denmark Record Selection Table
• If you select “Church Records” it tells you:
Tip: http://translate.google.com/
Hans Peter Marker born 6 Dec 1844, christened 4 Jan 1845, parents Mogns Marker Hansen and Sisilia Kristine Hansen
Engeline Jorgina Deem born 26 Aug 1863 to Jorgen Larsen Deem and Elizabeth Margrethe
Petersen
What Do I
Know Now?
AND
Now What Do I Want to Learn…