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FAMILY HISTORY HELP SESSION
For Beginners to Intermediate
Wednesday, July 8, 2026 7:00–8:00 p.m.
Instructional class and One-on-one help in the Relief Society Room
Bring your laptops and your questions.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Everyone is welcome--come learn and make progress on your family history.
Family Ordinance Opportunities
Go to familysearch.org
Sign in with your username and password
If you don’t have a Familysearch account go to the upper right corner and click on “Create Account” or you can watch this video to learn how https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-create-a-free-familysearch-account
Next go to https://www.familysearch.org/en/campaign/family-ordinance-opportunities A fan chart of your family will pop up. You can also bookmark this address on your computer if you plan on using it frequently.
On the fanchart that comes up, you are in the center at the bottom, your father is on your left and your mother is on your right and their parents extended out from them for 7 generations.
There are green circles with numbers on them where temple work needs to be done. Click on a green circle.
Listed are the people and the ordinances that need to be done.
If you are looking for a specific ordinance, click the upper left box and select the ordinance from the drop down. Then select the gender if you want just females or males.
All green ordinances need to be done, blue means it’s in process, yellow means you need more information, gray means the work has been done and white means you aren’t related and can’t do the work for that person.
Click “Reserve” then click on the ordinance/s you want to do, then click “request”.
If you want to go further back in time, hover over the last person on your fan chart, then click on the mini white fan chart that shows up under their name.
Please feel free to call your ward Family History consultants or come to the FamilySearch Center in Springville for help.
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