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4 Tips for Getting Started Recording Your Personal History

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Recording our personal history is an important part of our family history! I feel like some times, this part of family history can be overlooked as we spend time learning about the ancestors that came before us. But, as we look forward, we will have future generations who will want to know about US! As we record our own personal histories, we are strengthened as we see our own growth AND we provide a way for future generations to know and connect with us. 💛

You can also read my article from The Small Seed Blog and learn why recording my personal history is so important to me.

Today I’m sharing 4 tips for getting started recording your personal history. We’d love to hear what goals you set or how you record your personal history already! Also, keep an eye on our stories today where I’ll feature some of my favorite ways I record my personal history!

SARAH GARNER

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IG: @thekindredpress

Pioneer Courage

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Handcart Pioneers- Sam Lawlor

The pioneers and their stories have always held a soft spot in my heart. Their stories are full of spirit, passion, determination, and grit. My 4th great grandma, Jane S. Richards, was healed from a priesthood blessing and courageously got baptized the next day by her brother in a hole cut out of the frozen river. Three hundred people attended, many who felt determined to arrest and imprison her brother for baptizing her. She traveled across the plains with many long, sick days; losing a father, brother, and children. She traveled much of the time without her husband who was serving a mission.

Jane Snyder Richards

Reading through many pioneer stories this month, I have come to see the tremendous hardships these men and women have had to overcome. They amaze me! Yet, I have come to truly believe that the pioneers didn’t want to be remembered for their hardships. They wanted us to remember their courage.

In the song Come, Come Ye Saints, one line reads, “fresh courage take”. I love that!! How many of us need a little courage today? How many of us need a little courage to start going to the temple more regularly? How many of us need the courage to pursue that new talent/skill we keep putting aside? How many of us need courage to befriend a new neighbor? Or to forgive someone who has hurt us? How many of use need the courage to connect better with our children? Or to find time for scripture study? How many of us need courage to commit to make time for family history? 😉

Today is truly a day to honor these great men and women. Not just to remember them, but to honor them as we take courage.

What show of courage will you do today to honor these pioneers?

KAYLA BERRETT

IG: @kaylaberrett

Their Faith is our Inheritance

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Pioneer Day, 1 year ago, I found myself holding back the tears. Drained & with no option for employees in sight, I sat at work, wishing with all my heart that I could be with my family, just for that day. We had family visiting from out of town & I knew that I was confined to my store for another 11 hours. With no ability to hold back the tears, I hid in my back room, sobbing & praying that no one would come in, I didn’t want to be seen.

While praying & trying to control my emotions, the words entered my mind, “What brings you joy?” I was surprised… What does brings me joy? I thought of 2 things, Hand-lettering & Family History. It was a moment of clarity, I am my own boss, I don’t have to “work” today, I can take a break!

I decided to hop on to lds.org to find the perfect Pioneer Day quote to hand-letter. I found the quote above in a beautiful talk given by Gordon B. Hinkley, “The Faith to Move Mountains”. Then, I researched one of my Pioneer ancestors as a part of my #131names project (I’ll explain in stories today).

I want to share this story today, because it was a day that has CHANGED me. I was able to take a rotten day & completely turn it around… I went on to fall in love with an ancestor, I went on to ENJOY my day, I went on to feel strengthened & uplifted. But MORE than just that day, I learned a powerful lesson. I learned that family history is a tool for SELF-CARE!

It’s deeper & longer lasting than getting my nails done or indulging in a Netflix binge. I am learning that when I can set aside my worries for a moment & focus on my family history, I can feel renewed & re-energized! When I read my ancestors stories, I feel real strength & more often than not, the story turns out to be the story that I needed to read. When I spend time researching, I feel good, knowing that I am serving my loved ones! When I look at family photos with my children, I am reminded of all the blessings in my life. Family History is FILLED with love & goodness, it’s hard not to have a better day when you remember to step back & use it as a tool for self-care.

I truly believe that “their faith is our inheritance” IF we seek it.

CAROLYNN REYNOLDS

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IG: @branches.art