Kadena Okinawa Temple and Family History

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...

Probably the most well-known alternative family history project among Church members is indexing. Most members have heard of indexing and many have participated in it.  What Is Indexing? For anyone unfamiliar or unsure, indexing is a way to digitize documents. Specifically, you type up the contents of historical documents so as to make those contents searchable. A variety of documents have been or could be indexed; some of the most common document types include census records, marriage certificates, and voter records. Traditionally, these documents were maintained in hardcopy and later on microfilm or microfiche . While microfilm/microfiche allowed the documents to preserved in a more space-efficient manner, be distributed far wider than the original hardcopies, and even potentially be uploaded online, there was still a critical shortcoming: the information was still generally inaccessible. Finding information would require a person searching through literally thousands or millions...

President Nelson Reviewing Items from Salt Lake Temple Capstone Photo Credit: Deseret News Even though currently we are not able to attend the temple, we can help the work move forward in many ways, such as the following: Live worthy of and keep a current temple recommend; Work on your family history--President Nelson mentioned this during the April 2020 General Conference. This will enable you to prepare names to take to the temple and share family history with others, especially your family; Help others do family history work, including through indexing projects on FamilySearch—this was also mentioned by President Nelson during the April 2020 General Conference; Pray that the Okinawa temple will be completed quickly. Here are the invitation and promise given by President Nelson during the April 2020 General Conference: "While worshiping in the temple is presently not possible, I invite you to increase your participation in family history, including family history research and i...