Owosso MI Family History Center

09/04/2024

Words are important. Saying the right word is important. This is worth listening to the end!

08/11/2024

What: Game and Pizza Night!!!!
When: Saturday, 14 September 2024,
5:30 to 8:00PM
Where: Owosso Ward building
What to bring: your favorite game or two!

08/11/2024

Ward Pot Luck

Sunday, 18 September 2024 immediately after our church meeting!

If you have a garden, make a dish from your harvest!

I’m thinking about making ratatouille!

See you there!!!!

08/03/2023

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Owosso Ward Corn Roast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
———————Mark your Calendar —————-
*********Saturday, August 12, 2024***********
=========== 5:00 to 7:00PM ===========

Come join the Elder’s Quorum as they roast corn on an open fire. The Ward will provide burgers and dogs. Bring a dish to pass.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

01/06/2023

As a new year begins, we might find it difficult to figure out where to go from here. Here's a link to a Family Tree magazine article that suggests monthly activities to keep us going. However let's not loose sight that our goal is to unite families for all time and eternity!

Achieve your genealogy goals with this year-long research plan. Follow the monthly prompts, or simply choose what tasks inspire you most and get started!

05/18/2022

Even though we do our genealogy to support our temple work, it does not hurt to share our information with the family members who will come later, (descendants). They might appreciate some of pictures along with it as suggested in the link below:

In her recent webinar, Gena Philibert-Ortega asked us if we remembered our grandmother's kitchen. Do we remember her rolling pin, dishes or the way the kitchen looked? That got me thinking about all the kitchens I have known and the...

04/30/2022

Many of the English settlers of New England wanted to stay loyal to the crown after the American Revolution. These families packed up and moved to what became Canada. Some settled just across the border in southern Quebec, others in what is now Ontario. The link below is an advertisement for a fairly economical seminar to help research these ancestors.

A third of people in the American colonies during the Revolutionary War were loyal to the Crown. Trace your loyalist ancestors in this three-week course.

02/03/2022

https://www.americanancestors.org/?_hsmi=201443912&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--b7PJOtGVnxbxj9WVL1KYnj7jbsXxBAyW6zcixy6wnPl1WLp5ndKrWsp3nodB3QsozGLCwCaAdu87VqVK1mu9bB_GmiA&utm_campaign=Education%3A%20Online%20Learning&utm_medium=email&utm_content=201443912&utm_source=hs_email

American Ancestors has a number of free webinars offered in February. Note: there's one on finding your criminal ancestors!

American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society is a national center for family history, heritage, and culture. It is America's oldest and largest genealogical society, with more than 350,000 members and millions of online users. Located in Boston’s Back Bay, it is home to a world-cla...

01/11/2022

Here's an article written by Sunny Jane Morton who used to be a member of the Lansing Stake. She writes on many topics for Family Tree Magazine. She's considered an expert on comparing the giant genealogical providers as well as DNA analysis.

The link below takes you to an article compairing Ancestry, Familysearch, Findmypast, and Myheritage.

Enjoy.

Ancestry or MyHeritage? FamilySearch or Findmypast? Our expert compares the records, family trees and DNA tests of the “Big Four” genealogy websites.

11/16/2021

https://www.familytreemagazine.com/church-records/?trk_msg=FKR2SP1Q4P0KL11L1V2CB4S7F8&trk_contact=Q796BDMQTAVTGNPDRNOFF1T728&trk_module=new&trk_sid=QKVTAP5H7F9ONF7KHQDO6UCFHS&trk_link=AAVNOV0OGEJKP4FN3LSPL0P8LK&utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=READ+MORE&utm_campaign=FT+Newsletter

This websites gives various information on how and where to find religious records for the many denominations of which our ancestors might have been members.

Discover how to best research church records, as well as tips on delving into the records of specific religions.

10/14/2021

October is designated in many places as "Family History Month," and genealogists everywhere have adopted the month as their own. Whether you're new to genealogy or have devoted a lifetime to it, celebrate Family History Month with your family this October by trying one (or more) of these ten wonderful ways to craft and commemorate your past.

Family History Month Craft Projects Preserve Heritage
www.thoughtco.com/ways-to-celebrate-family-history-month-1422044

Whether you are new or devoted to genealogy, celebrate Family History Month with your family this October by trying crafts to commemorate the past.

09/23/2021

I thought the following article from FamilyTree might be interesting to those of us who use FamilySearch.

Don’t let a no-search option stop you! Here is a step-by-step guide to finding information in unindexed records at the free FamilySearch.org.