Should have added… My love genealogy came from my two grandmothers, neither were Mormon. They taught me about my family long before I joined the church as they worked to identify and document their ancestors. Thanks Grandma Hazel and Grandma Georgette! ❤
I love genealogy and I'm not a Mormon, however the more I research the more I discover many many Mormons that are in my tree, back in the 1800's. The Young and Harris families are just to name a couple. I read somewhere where they traveled across several states together with other Mormons. I think traveling for religion seems to be a trend with my people. I am descended from 3 that came over on the Mayflower in the early 1600's, then two other known ancestors who came from Wales in 1700, and they were protestant preachers. And somewhere, I also found awhile back that I am related to St.Patrick and reading his story blew my socks off! Genealogy is fascinating, and in my opinion is the best hobby out there. Not only do you garner an understanding of what your forefathers went thru, but from where you came. And if written down with information to back up your findings, it's an incredible gift to pass down to subsequent generations.
Genealogy was what brought me to the Church, I've been doing genealogy since my first visit to an archive in the summer of 1977. It's much earsier by now with internet and computers.
Wow! A beautifully candid, open, honest video explaining your beliefs and the role of genealogy in your faith. Very helpful in understanding the church, Ancestry, Family Search, and your own videos. Thank you!
As you know, I'm Southern Baptist. Thanks, Aimee for this video. I think it explains the whys. I have always said we owe the LDS a HUGE debt of gratitude for saving records and allowing people to trace their lineage, no matter what your denomination is or isn't.
Thank you for this informative and heartfelt video Aimee!! I am not Morman but I definetly feel a connection to my ancestors and my Christian faith informs me that I will see them in heaven. Maybe we will sit down and I can ask them all the questions I had not been able to ask here.
Hi Aimee, thank you for your videos, I learn so much from them! My situation is kinda unique. I grew up in the LDS church and many of my ancestors were early converts to the church. So family history was important to me early on. However, I struggled with the teachings and eventually left the church. Since retiring a couple of years ago I've become much more interested in family history. I feel I need to honor my ancestors and basically all humans who have lived here because they are apart of us. Their lives mattered as do ours. I can feel them supporting me in this work. My husband went back to church a few years ago and his current calling is the ward temple and family history coordinator. Although I'm not going to renew my membership, I've been able to overcome my personal negative feelings for the church and I help him with his calling. Helping people use FamilySearch and work on their family history. I also take advantage of the free sites he gets by being a member such as Ancestry and MyHeritage. So, I appreciate the support the church provides those doing family history.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience and love of genealogy. I agree about honoring our ancestors. It’s generous of you to help others through your husband’s calling (and I’m sure other ways too). Thank you!
Very good answer to the question, Aimee. My husband and I are also members of the church (much later in life converts than you were though). Like you I've had a love for genealogy since I was a 7th grader and got an assignment to ask our parents about what they knew of their family history and draw it on a chart. I was hooked!
Thanks for sharing, Aimee. I am not a Mormon but appreciate the incredible work they’ve done and continue to do! And I appreciate what I learned from this video. (I am a Protestant Christian and believe in the Bible.) I also appreciate all of my incredible Mormon friends who are great genealogy teachers! I hope we can meet in person. (Are you going to RootsTech?)
I am going to Rootstech and would love to meet you in person! Thank you so much for all you’ve done for the genealogy community with your DNA helps. I’ve spoken of the Leeds method in videos and with coaching clients. It’s so simple and clear. Let’s get together at Rootstech!
My 2GGF Robert immigrated from the Scottish borders area in Northumberland, to Delaware County, New York. I found a map from the 1850s with his name and location. I travelled to that spot; there was no residential or farm building, but there was a stone fence still remaining near the road. I looked at that land area, with next-to-nothing special to see, and I felt something that I had never experienced in my previous six decades of living. Sublime
I am not Mormon but feel connected to my ancestors when I learned about them. I took what my Aunt started, she married into the Mormon faith and did some genealogy, and have continued the research.
I broadly agree with Aimee. But what resonates with me (as I've done >20 years of genealogy) is that we ALL are cousin to one another; we are ALL family together. If more people truly appreciated that fundamental truth (I feel) we might have less conflict in the world. Image that ... peace.
Awesome baptismal count! I was raised in a southern Baptist preaching family. My religious beliefs are very non-traditional now. But I do feel a certain sense of all when I've made a connection with the real life of one of my ancestors. So I really can understand how this belief and this ordinance may have formed.
Not exactly sure about the changes that you’re talking about, but I know they’ve been working to make sure that the next of kin has the right of refusal
Thank you, Aimee. I'm not a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but I LOVE my family history, and do feel connected to my ancestors and feel that wonderful thrill when I learn more of their lives. I appreciate your explanation and transparency. God bless 🤍🕊
First time viewer...Mom was from a very early LDS family, converted by Orson Pratt in the 1830s (Pratt was married to my 3rd great grandfather's sister), three polygamist lines, connections with offshoot groups like the RLDS, the Strangites etc. Dad's family was not LDS but also a very early western family with connections to many old west notables. Back in the day Mom obtained the old TIB sheets for her side of the family and had a stack of blank family group sheets...she wasn't that into it but I decided I wanted to work on my typing so I started transferring the information from the TIBs to the FGSs and by the time I was done I was completely hooked. Amusingly I later learned that dad's family was actually involved in the persecution of the Mormons in Missouri...often wonder what the ancestors would have thought about the two side connecting ha ha!
@@AncestryAimee...you might be interested in my old west connections...Kit Carson is an uncle and my 2nd gr grandfather worked on his ranch and knew another famous trapper Tom Tobin. Some other uncles owned a 2.5 mil acre free range cattle ranch 1869-1885 (Colo)...their lives are reportedly the basis for characters in Michener's book Centennial. Another uncle was in a bar in CO when gunman Clay Allison shot a sheriff, Cattleman Charles Goodnight was distantly related by marriage. Sounds like tall tales but its all fully documented.
I do believe that a knowledge of ancestors gives us a better understanding of who we are and where we come from. However I have NO traditional religion despite being brought up within a strong Methodist area. Although I do have a strong sense of right and wrong which guides how I behave. i object strongly to anyone that dictates how I should think etc. i still though am grateful for the work your church has done for us Family Historians. i do Family History because I'm curious about my ancestors and I find it a good brain exercise. plus I enjoy research. The religious side leaves me totally cold I'm afraid but that is people's choices, just not mine.
Would you consider doing a video about the family history centers? I've always been to intimidated to go to one. For when I don't want to offend someone by doing something that I don't realize is not acceptable. I don't know if there are people there that help you find records or help you figure out where to look for the records. So what can I expect if I go?
I went once and it's a little library that's part of the church. I called ahead and they told me where to park. I brought stuff to do. They will order records for you and you can look at them next visit. I did go to an all day conference and took classes. It's all free. The hours may be limited too. I'm Susan from Houston Texas and I would hope you give it a try.
I actually did one quite a while ago but it should still be accurate. You Likely Have a Family History Center Near You! th-cam.com/video/dNjjNsmV39U/w-d-xo.html. Don’t be intimidated. They’ll be thrilled to have someone come in. With digitization they have fewer visitors. Let me know how your visit goes.
The church digitised records from the Isle of Man and these records are free on Family Search. they include not only BDM but wills and probate. I have found some back to 1690 and it's like the people are talking to me. thanks for the work.
Thank you for the explanation. My great grandmother, Coralee belonged to the church, and I was fortunate enough to have been able to talk to her about our family history. I didn't fully understand the "sealing" a person to another person when I saw my grandfather was sealed to his stepfather. It's my understanding that Coralee was a Mormon because of the Mormon missionaries that converted the Catawba. Are you aware of any records of these conversions?
That's all well and good, but when certain members of your church use genealogical records to retroactively baptize ancestors that were members of other faiths, we find that offensive.
I appreciate your feelings. Thank you. Please know our belief in agency or choice is extremely important meaning it means nothing to one who doesn’t want that baptism. They can reject it.
They cannot reject it if they have passed, and are in repose awaiting the second coming of our Lord. I suppose they could reject it once that happens but then what would be the point of it, since all churches will be finally reunited? You only need to be baptized once, and if they have already been baptized, your practice is pointless and hurtful to those who knew them and their fervent belief in the faith they lived under. You only antagonize their loved ones who still live.
Should have added… My love genealogy came from my two grandmothers, neither were Mormon. They taught me about my family long before I joined the church as they worked to identify and document their ancestors. Thanks Grandma Hazel and Grandma Georgette! ❤
I love genealogy and I'm not a Mormon, however the more I research the more I discover many many Mormons that are in my tree, back in the 1800's. The Young and Harris families are just to name a couple. I read somewhere where they traveled across several states together with other Mormons. I think traveling for religion seems to be a trend with my people. I am descended from 3 that came over on the Mayflower in the early 1600's, then two other known ancestors who came from Wales in 1700, and they were protestant preachers. And somewhere, I also found awhile back that I am related to St.Patrick and reading his story blew my socks off! Genealogy is fascinating, and in my opinion is the best hobby out there. Not only do you garner an understanding of what your forefathers went thru, but from where you came. And if written down with information to back up your findings, it's an incredible gift to pass down to subsequent generations.
I couldn’t have said it better! What a fascinating history your family has! Thanks for sharing.
Genealogy was what brought me to the Church, I've been doing genealogy since my first visit to an archive in the summer of 1977. It's much earsier by now with internet and computers.
Wow! A beautifully candid, open, honest video explaining your beliefs and the role of genealogy in your faith. Very helpful in understanding the church, Ancestry, Family Search, and your own videos. Thank you!
Thank you!
And thanks so much for being a channel member.
As you know, I'm Southern Baptist. Thanks, Aimee for this video. I think it explains the whys. I have always said we owe the LDS a HUGE debt of gratitude for saving records and allowing people to trace their lineage, no matter what your denomination is or isn't.
Thanks Carly! I love all YOU do to help the genealogy community! Can’t wait to see you at Rootstech.
So beautifully said Aimee! I get asked this question frequently as well. Thank you for sharing Ü
Thank you!
Thank you for this informative and heartfelt video Aimee!! I am not Morman but I definetly feel a connection to my ancestors and my Christian faith informs me that I will see them in heaven. Maybe we will sit down and I can ask them all the questions I had not been able to ask here.
I cannot wait for that day to pepper them with questions!!! 😄
Hi Aimee. I'm LDS and you presented that so well. Great job.
Hey, thanks!
Thank you for this explanation. Very nice information.
Thanks Cynthia. And thank you for being a channel member. It is much appreciated!
Hi Aimee, thank you for your videos, I learn so much from them! My situation is kinda unique. I grew up in the LDS church and many of my ancestors were early converts to the church. So family history was important to me early on. However, I struggled with the teachings and eventually left the church. Since retiring a couple of years ago I've become much more interested in family history. I feel I need to honor my ancestors and basically all humans who have lived here because they are apart of us. Their lives mattered as do ours. I can feel them supporting me in this work. My husband went back to church a few years ago and his current calling is the ward temple and family history coordinator. Although I'm not going to renew my membership, I've been able to overcome my personal negative feelings for the church and I help him with his calling. Helping people use FamilySearch and work on their family history. I also take advantage of the free sites he gets by being a member such as Ancestry and MyHeritage. So, I appreciate the support the church provides those doing family history.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience and love of genealogy. I agree about honoring our ancestors. It’s generous of you to help others through your husband’s calling (and I’m sure other ways too). Thank you!
Very good answer to the question, Aimee. My husband and I are also members of the church (much later in life converts than you were though). Like you I've had a love for genealogy since I was a 7th grader and got an assignment to ask our parents about what they knew of their family history and draw it on a chart. I was hooked!
Love it! Those family tree assignments are the best!
Thanks for sharing, Aimee. I am not a Mormon but appreciate the incredible work they’ve done and continue to do! And I appreciate what I learned from this video. (I am a Protestant Christian and believe in the Bible.)
I also appreciate all of my incredible Mormon friends who are great genealogy teachers! I hope we can meet in person. (Are you going to RootsTech?)
I am going to Rootstech and would love to meet you in person! Thank you so much for all you’ve done for the genealogy community with your DNA helps. I’ve spoken of the Leeds method in videos and with coaching clients. It’s so simple and clear. Let’s get together at Rootstech!
My 2GGF Robert immigrated from the Scottish borders area in Northumberland, to Delaware County, New York. I found a map from the 1850s with his name and location. I travelled to that spot; there was no residential or farm building, but there was a stone fence still remaining near the road. I looked at that land area, with next-to-nothing special to see, and I felt something that I had never experienced in my previous six decades of living. Sublime
Wow. I felt similarly when I visited a family property in Kansas. Thank you so much for sharing. And thanks for being a channel member.
I am not Mormon but feel connected to my ancestors when I learned about them. I took what my Aunt started, she married into the Mormon faith and did some genealogy, and have continued the research.
I love that connection as I learn too!
I broadly agree with Aimee. But what resonates with me (as I've done >20 years of genealogy) is that we ALL are cousin to one another; we are ALL family together. If more people truly appreciated that fundamental truth (I feel) we might have less conflict in the world. Image that ... peace.
Well said! Thanks so much for adding these thoughts. I completely agree. Let’s be peacemakers.
Awesome baptismal count! I was raised in a southern Baptist preaching family. My religious beliefs are very non-traditional now. But I do feel a certain sense of all when I've made a connection with the real life of one of my ancestors. So I really can understand how this belief and this ordinance may have formed.
Love that!! Thanks! And thanks for your channel membership. 😄
What have they done with FamilySearch? Further restrictions on requesting ordinances in December 2024. That's me done.
Not exactly sure about the changes that you’re talking about, but I know they’ve been working to make sure that the next of kin has the right of refusal
Thank you, Aimee. I'm not a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but I LOVE my family history, and do feel connected to my ancestors and feel that wonderful thrill when I learn more of their lives. I appreciate your explanation and transparency. God bless 🤍🕊
Thank you so much. I appreciate that and love that thrill! That’s a good descriptive word!
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First time viewer...Mom was from a very early LDS family, converted by Orson Pratt in the 1830s (Pratt was married to my 3rd great grandfather's sister), three polygamist lines, connections with offshoot groups like the RLDS, the Strangites etc. Dad's family was not LDS but also a very early western family with connections to many old west notables. Back in the day Mom obtained the old TIB sheets for her side of the family and had a stack of blank family group sheets...she wasn't that into it but I decided I wanted to work on my typing so I started transferring the information from the TIBs to the FGSs and by the time I was done I was completely hooked. Amusingly I later learned that dad's family was actually involved in the persecution of the Mormons in Missouri...often wonder what the ancestors would have thought about the two side connecting ha ha!
Wow! What a story!! Crista Cowan of Ancestry got into family history typing up her family group and pedigree sheets too! How fun.
And thanks for becoming a channel member!
@@AncestryAimee...you might be interested in my old west connections...Kit Carson is an uncle and my 2nd gr grandfather worked on his ranch and knew another famous trapper Tom Tobin. Some other uncles owned a 2.5 mil acre free range cattle ranch 1869-1885 (Colo)...their lives are reportedly the basis for characters in Michener's book Centennial. Another uncle was in a bar in CO when gunman Clay Allison shot a sheriff, Cattleman Charles Goodnight was distantly related by marriage. Sounds like tall tales but its all fully documented.
@douglasw9624 love it!
Informative.
I do believe that a knowledge of ancestors gives us a better understanding of who we are and where we come from. However I have NO traditional religion despite being brought up within a strong Methodist area. Although I do have a strong sense of right and wrong which guides how I behave. i object strongly to anyone that dictates how I should think etc. i still though am grateful for the work your church has done for us Family Historians. i do Family History because I'm curious about my ancestors and I find it a good brain exercise. plus I enjoy research. The religious side leaves me totally cold I'm afraid but that is people's choices, just not mine.
Thanks for sharing your point of view. Genealogy is good brain exercise! I appreciate your comment.
Would you consider doing a video about the family history centers? I've always been to intimidated to go to one. For when I don't want to offend someone by doing something that I don't realize is not acceptable. I don't know if there are people there that help you find records or help you figure out where to look for the records. So what can I expect if I go?
I went once and it's a little library that's part of the church. I called ahead and they told me where to park. I brought stuff to do. They will order records for you and you can look at them next visit. I did go to an all day conference and took classes. It's all free. The hours may be limited too. I'm Susan from Houston Texas and I would hope you give it a try.
I actually did one quite a while ago but it should still be accurate. You Likely Have a Family History Center Near You!
th-cam.com/video/dNjjNsmV39U/w-d-xo.html.
Don’t be intimidated. They’ll be thrilled to have someone come in. With digitization they have fewer visitors. Let me know how your visit goes.
I always understood it to be part of the long list of temple work that members abide by.
Not a member, I was raised Catholic. However, I grew up a half hour from Palmyra, New York.
I love that area!
The church digitised records from the Isle of Man and these records are free on Family Search. they include not only BDM but wills and probate. I have found some back to 1690 and it's like the people are talking to me. thanks for the work.
Thanks for adding that!
Thank you for the explanation. My great grandmother, Coralee belonged to the church, and I was fortunate enough to have been able to talk to her about our family history. I didn't fully understand the "sealing" a person to another person when I saw my grandfather was sealed to his stepfather. It's my understanding that Coralee was a Mormon because of the Mormon missionaries that converted the Catawba. Are you aware of any records of these conversions?
I’m not aware of those records. You might want to try the FamilySearch wiki page and catalog. Thank you for your comment!
So much of genealogy is steeped in religion. I am thrilled that, for example, the Catholic Church have documents for me to find my relatives with. 🙏☀️
Great example! Me too. Thanks for commenting (and for being a member)!
That's all well and good, but when certain members of your church use genealogical records to retroactively baptize ancestors that were members of other faiths, we find that offensive.
I appreciate your feelings. Thank you. Please know our belief in agency or choice is extremely important meaning it means nothing to one who doesn’t want that baptism. They can reject it.
Too bad they didn't get a chance to copy the 1890 census.
Yes!!! Wouldn’t that be wonderful!
They cannot reject it if they have passed, and are in repose awaiting the second coming of our Lord. I suppose they could reject it once that happens but then what would be the point of it, since all churches will be finally reunited? You only need to be baptized once, and if they have already been baptized, your practice is pointless and hurtful to those who knew them and their fervent belief in the faith they lived under. You only antagonize their loved ones who still live.
Thanks for sharing your perspective. I appreciate your opinions and am glad to better understand them.