Kadena Okinawa Temple and Family History

I recently saw the exciting news that there will be free family research help as part of RootsTech 2021 :  https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/RootsTech_Connect_Research_Help . You can receive help in two primary ways: by attending a group session: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/RootsTech_Connect_Research_Help#Group_Research_Sessions . by scheduling a personal online consultation:  https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/RootsTech_Connect_Research_Help#Online_Consultations . Group sessions, which will be held generally between midnight and 7am Japan time, are being offered on the following topics: British Isles Nordic Countries Asian Countries Germany Latin American Countries US and Canada FamilySearch Research Wiki Digital Library For the personal online consultations, the point is to get more customized help so there is a huge variety topics you can choose from. Consultations, which are mostly available in the mornings Japan time, are offered in four languages: English, Spanish,

   A month ago, I posted about an update on improving place names on FamilySearch . Well, I checked back on the feature, which is available online and via the FamilySearch app, and now there are over 90 different locations to choose from. (Specifically, there were a whopping 93 locales listed.) Some of the locations are nations/countries that no longer exist today, such as Prussia. This is definitely a welcome change. Based on this change, there appears to be plenty of work left to be done. So if you are looking for a "small and simple" way to help out or just  an opportunity to use your foreign language skills , try out the improving place names feature on FamilySearch.

I previously posted a basic introduction into indexing . Once you get the hang of it, indexing can be pretty simple and actually kind of fun. In fact, it is even something you can do together with kids, including elementary school children. Aside from the many spiritual blessings that come from spending time doing family history work , here are a few other benefits for my elementary school kids that I saw when I included them in my indexing efforts: Cursive Handwriting : Doing indexing is impossible without being comfortable with cursive writing. Since some people today never learn to fluently read and write in cursive, this is something new kids will learn while doing indexing. My kids still struggle at this point but they are getting more comfortable with cursive and starting to be able to read it some on their own. Typing : My kids had started learning to type, so indexing together gave them another opportunity to practice. This was nice because they only needed to type small chunks