One of the things I have done is to help get one ancestor ready for baptism for each youth when they go to the temple each year to do baptisms. Then I set up a meeting during YW and YM and give a talk to them about temple work and what they are accomplishing when they do the baptisms just before they go. Then I name each young person and the person they are doing the work for in their family and the relationship. The young people love this and it seems to give much more meaning to their baptismal experience and generates interest in family history. Of course, I have a small number of youth in my ward, so this is manageable and I know a long time ahead what date they are going to the temple so I can get names prepared. Gay Davis Silverdale Washington Stake ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck Woodings To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 7:46 AM Subject: [LDS-WC] Thank you for Responses I certainly appreciate the responses from others who are working at bringing in the youth to family history. I realize that the search for ancestors will not interest everyone but I have always been fascinated with my early ancestors and I think that if young people get involved in family history they too will get the urge to do more work. With the additional emphasis on getting the missionaries involved to help interest others in the Gospel, I feel what better time to begin this involvement than as teenagers. Thank you again and let's hear from others on how you are doing it or what your feelings are on this approach. -- Chuck Woodings, CUSP Ward Family History Consultant Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

and please follow through with completion of the rest of ordinances - endownments and sealings. I see too many nFS entries with only baptisms done and abandoned. I've hagged and hawed with the headquarter staff to get them released to me so I can complete the rest all because somebody abandoned them 10 years ago. David Samuelsen On 3/6/2012 12:39 PM, Gay Davis wrote: > One of the things I have done is to help get one ancestor ready for baptism for each youth when they go to the temple each year to do baptisms. Then I set up a meeting during YW and YM and give a talk to them about temple work and what they are accomplishing when they do the baptisms just before they go. Then I name each young person and the person they are doing the work for in their family and the relationship. The young people love this and it seems to give much more meaning to their baptismal experience and generates interest in family history. Of course, I have a small number of youth in my ward, so this is manageable and I know a long time ahead what date they are going to the temple so I can get names prepared. > > Gay Davis > Silverdale Washington Stake