Midterm

Question 1

standard date format

Answer 1

day, 1st 3 letters of the month, year

ex. 09 Jan 1944

Question 2

standard place format

Answer 2

city, county, state, country

Question 3

estimating birth dates

Answer 3

• you can calculate the birth date from a known event
  ex. 1860 census says someone is 6 go back 6 years and you have an approximate birth year
• you can approximate a birth date based on other info
  ex. someone died during WWI put apt 1914, they died prior to the war then before 1914

Question 4

Saviors on Mount Zion

Answer 4

we become saviors on mt zion when we do saving ordinances for our ancestors

Question 5

minimum info needed for temple ordiancnes

Answer 5

name, sex, event date, event place (baptism and endowment), additionally need name of parents for sealing to parents, and spouse, marriage place and date for sealing to spouse

Question 6

what do you generally assume about estimating a birth date from a marriage event

Answer 6

assume the man is 25 and the woman is 21, then estimate from there and put abt and at the year

Question 7

estimating birth dates of children from a marriage date

Answer 7

the first child is a year after the marriage, then it goes every 2 years

Question 8

recording names of females

Answer 8

• use the maiden name

- if you don’t know her name at all, use mrs. and her husband’s name

Question 9

setting goals

Answer 9

• should be precise, quantifiable/measureable,

- could be finding a person’s name, a place name, or an event date

Question 10

jurisdiction

Answer 10

• authority within specific boundaries for specific purposes
• records in a specific location defined by borders
• you want to know who made the record and where they’re stored today - county, state, govt., church, archive, church library etc.

Question 11

inquiry

Answer 11

• step 1 of the FH research process

- it’s going over what is already known

Question 12

research

Answer 12

• where can I find the missing data?

- looking for records to look at

Question 13

content of a pedigree chart

Answer 13

• parents, grandparents, etc.
• birth date and place
• marriage date and place
• death place and date

Question 14

international genealogical symbol of birth

Answer 14

*

Question 15

international genealogical symbol of infant baptism

Answer 15

~

Question 16

international genealogical symbol of marriage

Answer 16

∞

Question 17

international genealogical symbol of death

Answer 17

†

Question 18

international genealogical symbol of burial

Answer 18

▢

Question 19

international genealogical symbol of divorce

Answer 19

⚮

Question 20

roots magic

Answer 20

• personal family history program
• can document sources
• print reports (pedigree and family group sheets)
• Display Names Uppercase” “LDS Support” “New FamilySearch Support
• import data from family search, pick 4 generations

Question 21

what is found on the first floor of the FHL

Answer 21

the discovery center

Question 22

what is found on the second floor of the FHL

Answer 22

US and Canada microfilms

Question 23

what is found on the 3rd floor of the FHL

Answer 23

US and Canada books and maps

Question 24

what is found on the B1 floor of the FHL

Answer 24

international everything

Question 25

what is on B2 of the FHL

Answer 25

British Isles everything

Question 26

gazateer

Answer 26

- place name dictionary | - details about specific localities, physical and geopolitical location, population, agencies, churches, industry

Question 27

5 step research process

Answer 27

1. figure out what you want to know 2. decide what you want to know 3. Identify records to search 4. get the record and search it 5. use the information you find

Question 28

what are some things you can do on puzzilla

Answer 28

- connections to family search - you can choose an individual and find where there are end of descendency lines - can't add anyone

Question 29

printing family group sheets

Answer 29

- the person you highlight will be the head of the family group sheet - print report, pick family group sheet - check print preparer and comments - pick no name and no place index

Question 30

preparer information

Answer 30

- tools, file, preparer | - put in information so they have one method of contacting you, and your name

Question 31

memories from family tree

Answer 31

- you can add photos - documents - stories - you can tag other family members in the various things

Question 32

descendency research

Answer 32

looking at descendants instead of ancestors

Question 33

yellow line in puzilla

Answer 33

shows the connection to you

Question 34

grey boxes in puzilla

Answer 34

they were born less than 110 years ago

Question 35

yellow boxes in puzilla

Answer 35

they died before 16

Question 36

Family History Catalog

Answer 36

search by place, surname, titles, author, keywords, call number, film/fiche number

Question 37

D&C 128: 24

Answer 37

theme scripture

Question 38

JSH 1: 3-4

Answer 38

tells Joseph's family history, dates, etc.

Question 39

1 Nephi 2:5

Answer 39

tells about Nephi/Lehi's family

Question 40

Matt 1: 1-17

Answer 40

the genealogy of Joseph/Jesus's family

Question 41

1 Nephi 5:14

Answer 41

the plates of brass have a genealogy of Lehi's family, descendant of Joseph/Jacob

Question 42

D&C 127: 9

Answer 42

all the records are in order and put in the archives of the temple, in remembrance from generation to generation

Question 43

D&C 128: 18

Answer 43

welding a link between the fathers and the children, otherwise there will be a curse, subject of baptism for the dead,

Question 44

Malachi 4: 5-6

Answer 44

send Elijah, turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and vice versa

Question 45

D&C 127: 6

Answer 45

there needs to be a recorder and witnesses to the baptisms of the dead