Mt Jordan 4th Ward Family History Class 6/24/2018

Updated LDS Media Library 2.0 and Today's Family History Class Notes:

The church has updated it's Media Library App. You can download Conference Videos or other church videos and trim them down to what you want to use for your lesson.  You can also organize your clips and download them at home, so you can present them at church without having to rely on the church's WiFi.  Yay!  So look for the pink LDS Media Library Icon in your app store.   It is available for Apple and Android devices.

                               

In today's class, we talked about reserving names for Temple Work.  I have included a link to the article on the Family Search website.  Top things to remember:

• You can reserve names for just two years. 
• If you cannot complete the temple work for your ancestor within two years, consider sharing with a family member.  You can email them and if they accept the invitation you send them, the two -year clock is reset.  It will also remove the person from your reservation list and add it to theirs.  
• https://www.familysearch.org/ask/salesforce/viewArticle?urlname=Temple-two-year-policy&lang=en

See you next week for the start of our new 8 week Family History class.  Yes, we are starting over from the beginning!  

As always, feel free to leave a comment or question.  http://mediasrv.lds.org/media-services/ML/size/5646169106001/1280/720/1379628

Mt Jordan 4th ward Family History Class Notes and Tip Sheets 

Today in class we talked about the importance of being the link between generations.  Our children and grandchildren may never know their ancestors unless we tell them the stories.  One way to engage the younger generation is through video.  

I showed two videos I made for Father's Day, and let the class decide which one they liked best.  I encourage you to try it out using whatever software you like.  I used Adobe Spark and Animoto which both offer free trial memberships.  

Another way to reach the younger generation is to tell stories.  Tell stories of what it was like when you were growing up.  Telling how you overcame trials and difficulties will help them to know that they too can overcome their struggles.  

An article on Family Search explains that knowing family stories builds resilience in kids.  Check out the article by clicking on the link below.  

https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/family-history-2/

We talked about MyHeritage.com today.  I hope you will take the opportunity this week to sign up for your partner account through Family Search.  I have included a link to an article that gives tips on using My Heritage.  If you are not LDS, you can sign up by going to Myheritage.com

https://thefhguide.com/project-1-welcome-mh.html

And finally, this video is my way of thanking all the Dads out there, and the men who step in to fill those shoes when needed.
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Why I don't like Father's Day

"Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation."  Joel 1:3

https://spark.adobe.com/video/uL51HWs9qC1f0

This video was made with Adobe Spark.  I signed up for a free account.
Pro:

• Very easy to upload photos, especially from Google photo
• I just created a new album in Google Photo and uploaded the entire thing.  
• Quick and easy to use, it took about an hour to do video.
• Ability to add audio.

Con:

• Music selection limited.
• No photo editor.
• Limits number of photos.
• In order to create a link to share in this blog, I had to share it as a story to Adobe's platform.  

https://animoto.com/play/0nwO8nzydLH5O3h69lK50w

This video was made with Animoto.  Also a free account.

Pro:

• Has a photo editor
• Music selection is better.
• Able to add more photos
• Easy to rearrange photos.
• Lovely layering affect, other photos become background.

Con:

• Annoying watermark!
• No way to add audio to video.
• Not as much room to write, very short captions.
• Difficult and time consuming to upload photos.  
• Doesn't upload albums from Google photo.  
• Took 3 hours to figure out how to get photos uploaded and finish video.  

Remember if this is too complicated you can always use your smartphone to record a memory about a father in your family.  I have attached a link for instructions on uploading audio to Memories section of Family Search.  https://www.familysearch.org/ask/salesforce/viewArticle?urlname=Adding-Audio-in-Memories&lang=en
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