Baptisms for the Dead and other temple work

On the 3rd of March, Dan and I, took our 2 nieces Erin and Tara to the Timpanogos Temple to do family file baptisms and confirmations. They did a total of 17 names.

A Young Men's group from Alpine were baptized and confirmed for the 27 male family file names that we have right now. Our 2 nephews were unable to join us that night.

Dan did all of the baptizing and confirming. He really enjoyed doing it. The spirit was really strong.

Since starting family history mid-Jan, we have completed with the help of family members:49 baptisms, 49 confirmations, 24 iniatories, 6 endowments, 7 sealings to spouses, and 19 children sealed to parents.

Still to do-we have their family file cards: 27 iniatories, 43 endowments, 16 sealed to spouses, and 38 children to be sealed to their parents.

And their are still more family members to do their work for.

I am grateful for the spiritual experiences that I have had in finding names, verifying information, submitting, and then doing their temple work.

We appreciate all who have helped us thus far.

Doing detective work and finding family=Geneaology

How many of you love doing detective work?

In the last month, I have enjoyed finding over 40 of my husband's relatives and linking them into their proper families, and finding some that belong to his mom's line, too. There is still a ton more to do and I look forward to the challenge.

It has been exciting and interesting to find out what I can about them through the internet, family records, old census',marriage and death records, others' family trees that mention the relative, and going up to the geneaology library to find or verify information. I have found some great resources on the internet.

If you have never done family history, it can be addicting. Give it a try! You might find someone you're related to that you never knew about and they can officially become part of your family.