by Larry Richman | Mar 9, 2018
From the FamilySearch blog: “The Art of Remembering: 9 Tips for Capturing Personal and Family Stories” Seventeen years after my Grandpa Bob passed away, my dad planned a family reunion at a park in northern Utah. Prior to the reunion, my dad invited his...
by Larry Richman | Feb 22, 2018
The 2018 schedule of Church-sponsored pageants has been posted at pageants.lds.org. Below is a list of the more popular pageants. For more details and maps, click the headings below: Mesa Easter Pageant March 21-23, March 27-31 in English March 24 in Spanish...
by Larry Richman | Jan 25, 2018
From the FamilySearch Newsroom: FamilySearch is a global leader in fun, online family history services with over 9 million users in 2017. In 2018 FamilySearch will be expanding its free site and services by adding new family discoveries, more online connections,...
by Larry Richman | Jan 3, 2018
I love President Monson. I respect President Monson. And The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continued to move forward today after President Monson died, just like it did yesterday. One thing I love about the Church is that God is at the head, and He has...
by Larry Richman | Dec 1, 2017
The Light the World Christmas celebration encourages us to follow the example of the Savior. Each day in December, Mormon.org will feature one of the Savior’s teachings along with ideas to help you put that teaching into practice. The service that you do can bring...
by Larry Richman | Sep 1, 2017
The Church provides many resources that can enhance gospel learning and help provide answers to doctrinal, historical, and social questions. Since many people are not aware of these resources, I’ve compiled the list below. I’ve also included reliable...
by Larry Richman | Jun 28, 2017
A new collaboration from the Church History Department and FamilySearch can help you discover if there are any early LDS missionaries in your family tree. You can also see their mission journals, letters, reports, and photos. The experience is made up of two parts:...
by Larry Richman | Mar 9, 2017
The 2017 schedule of Church-sponsored pageants has been posted at pageants.lds.org. Below is a list of the more popular pageants. For more details and maps, click the headings below: Mesa Easter Pageant April 5-7, April 11-15 in English Experience the story of Jesus...
by Larry Richman | Mar 1, 2017
The LDS Face to Face live event with President Eyring and Elder Holland is this Saturday, Learn how to watch this live Face to Face event. Tune in early at 10:45 a.m. MST to watch the premier of the new video “Ask of God—Joseph Smith’s First Vision,” a stunning...
by Larry Richman | Jan 13, 2017
Maybe your New Year’s resolution is to write your personal history to share with your family and leave for future generations. The task, however, can seem daunting. Where do you start? FamilySearch can help with its #52Stories project. Each week in 2017, FamilySearch,...
by Larry Richman | Dec 30, 2016
In Sunday School in 2017, Latter-day Saints will be studying the Doctrine and Covenants and Church history. This article reviews the extensive resources that have been created by the Church to help in your study. Doctrine and Covenants and Church History: Gospel...
by Larry Richman | Aug 26, 2016
Latter-day Saints are very familiar with Joseph Smith’s account of the First Vision as published in Joseph Smith—History in the Pearl of Great Price. But fewer members have studies the other accounts of the First Vision, which can give us a greater understanding...
by Larry Richman | May 25, 2016
Carissa Rasmussen has published a list of her favorite family history mobile apps in the article “My Favorite Family History Apps” published in Meridian magazine. Here are her top three: FamilySearch Tree, by FamilySearch International, Android and iOS,...
by Larry Richman | Mar 9, 2016
The recent Church News article “Kids and the ties that bind” describes simple activities you can do with your children to help them learn about their family history. Here are a few easy ways that parents can integrate stories from their family history into...
by Larry Richman | Mar 1, 2016
Presenters at the recent RootsTech conference talked about various tools youth can use to participate in family history. Some of those ideas were summarized in the article “RootsTech 2016: Engaging youth and teens in family history.” Tool #1: Paper and Pen...
