{"id":2261,"date":"2018-04-07T04:33:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T04:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2019-01-16T19:50:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T19:50:22","slug":"party-on-check-out-this-familysearch-auto-reminder-to-celebrate-ancestral-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/party-on-check-out-this-familysearch-auto-reminder-to-celebrate-ancestral-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"Party On! Check Out This FamilySearch Auto-Reminder to Celebrate Ancestral Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the fantastic family history activities listed on the\u00a0Youth Page<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0The Family History Guide Family Activities section (Documenting the Past: Y4-03) is to\"\"<\/span> create a timeline using\u00a0Twile<\/a>. This site is\u00a0<\/span>an interactive, cloud-based service in which you can create a timeline of your family\u2019s past, present, and future. Made up of photos and milestones (such as births, marriages, deaths, and any other event you would like to add), it tells the story of your family from your earliest known ancestor right through to today. Twile has integrated with\u00a0FamilySearch<\/a>\u00a0to make importing a \u201cone button\u201d snap!\u00a0Add more recent events\u00a0from your own life, and then invite your family to explore and contribute. \u00a0There is no end to the fun of personalizing your timeline! See more in\u00a0this blog post.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

To add to the fun (and functionality) of a timeline, a new tool (described in this\u00a0FamilySearch blog post)<\/a>\u00a0is now available. This service personalizes dates in your family history for you. The\u00a0Calendar of Ancestral Moments<\/a>\u00a0provides a list of important events that happened in your family history on particular calendar dates including your direct ancestor’s births, marriages, and deaths throughout the year.\u00a0<\/span>You can also opt to receive a Facebook\u00a0<\/span>message of the event along with\u00a0information about your ancestor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Leslie Albrecht Huber<\/a>\u00a0writes that to get started, “simply visit\u00a0familysearch.org\/campaign\/calendar<\/a>, and log in to your\u00a0FamilySearch<\/a>\u00a0Account.” When your ancestor calendar appears, you will see that it begins with January. She gives the following example:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Quick links on the calendar help me learn more about my ancestors. If I click\u00a0View Relationship<\/b>, I am shown the direct link from me back to my grandmother. If I click her name, I see a summary of her basic vital information, such as birth and death dates and places, sources, and memories that are attached to her. If I click the\u00a0Tree<\/b>\u00a0or\u00a0Person icons<\/b>\u00a0at the bottom of the box, I am able to see even more information.<\/p>\n

Mat Trotter (GeneologyTrot)<\/a>\u00a0received a message that it was his grandfather’s 105th birthday, so he posted the information from the message (along with a picture of him) to his Bartholomew Family History page on Facebook. He asked for family members to post pictures or stories about him on his birthday on his Facebook group timeline and got twelve responses. He then uploaded the stories to his memories page on FamilySearch.\"\" I am excited to begin posting about my ancestor’s life events\u00a0to connect with family members so we can remember them and celebrate together. It was so easy to set up my calendar, and so amazing to be reminded that my great-grandfather, Thomas Rees, had a birthday this very week! I like that the Facebook reminder \"\"message also includes the option to get more information about an ancestor, and a link to his or her profile on FamilySearch. Update: I just received another Facebook reminder!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Today is your 2nd great grandfather, Brigham Rees, birthday!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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He would have been 167 years old.”\u00a0 I love knowing this, and I can celebrate this event!\"\"<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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To get your reminders, just follow the prompt to \u201cGet Updates on Facebook.\u201d\u00a0\"Get<\/a><\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve clicked it, you will receive messages through\u00a0Facebook Messenger<\/a>\u00a0reminding you of important dates on your\u00a0family tree<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Leslie Albrecht Huber<\/a>\u00a0includes in her blog post these ideas to use the information:<\/p>\n

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