Family Gathering

This year the RootsTech conference will be Feb 28th through March 3rd at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City. The KSL's Family Gathering Show's Host Grant Nielsen is joined by Tara Bergeson Director of Content at RootsTech and Tyler Stahle Marketing Manager of RootsTech who talk about some of their experiences getting into family histories and how it's helped and enriched their lives. This year's RootsTech conference will be a great opportunity for you to find the same amazing experience. KSL NewsRadio's Family Gathering connects people and families across many generations. If you are new to family histories, let Family Gathering's host Grant Nielsen guide your search for the family you never knew you had. Family Gathering is sponsored by Family Search. Discover your family history. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources at Familysearch.org.

This year the RootsTech Conference will be featuring keynote speakers such as Scott Hamilton, Brandon Stanton, and Henry Lewis Gates Jr. The KSL's Family Gathering Show's Host Grant Nielsen is joined by Tara Bergeson Director of Content at RootsTech and Tyler Stahle Marketing Manager of RootsTech who talk about some of the great keynote speakers that will be speaking at the RootsTech conference and they also walk you through how you can sign up with a special promo code to receive a huge discount on all 4 days of the conference. KSL NewsRadio's Family Gathering connects people and families across many generations. If you are new to family histories, let Family Gathering's host Grant Nielsen guide your search for the family you never knew you had. Family Gathering is sponsored by Family Search. Discover your family history. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources at Familysearch.org.

DNA is an incredibly important source of information in helping to determine your family history. . There are so many different sources of DNA analysis that can tell you more about yourself, but once you get it what do you do with it? The KSL's Family Gathering Show's Host Grant Nielsen is joined by Tara Bergeson Director of Content at RootsTech and Tyler Stahle Marketing Manager of RootsTech talk about the DNA testing companies that will be at the RootsTech conference and what to do with the results once you get them. KSL NewsRadio's Family Gathering connects people and families across many generations. If you are new to family histories, let Family Gathering's host Grant Nielsen guide your search for the family you never knew you had. Family Gathering is sponsored by Family Search. Discover your family history. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources at Familysearch.org.

RootsTech is the worlds largest family history and technology conference and trade show which is held annually at the Salt Palace Convention Center. The KSL's Family Gathering Show's Host Grant Nielsen is joined by Tara Bergeson Director of Content at RootsTech and Tyler Stahle Marketing Manager of RootsTech to discuss some of the keynote speakers that will be presenting, and what you can look forward to seeing at this year's RootsTech conference. They also walk you through how you can sign up with a special promo code to receive a huge discount on all 4 days of the conference. KSL NewsRadio's Family Gathering connects people and families across many generations. If you are new to family histories, let Family Gathering's host Grant Nielsen guide your search for the family you never knew you had. Family Gathering is sponsored by Family Search. Discover your family history. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources at Familysearch.org.

Finding a relative who's information seems lost can actually be more reachable than you might think. KSL's Family Gathering Host Grant Nielsen is joined by Chris Whitehead Vice President of Record Operations and Star Hall Vice President of Records and Partners Growth at Family Search who discuss the ability to find long-lost relatives through the indexing of records on the Family Search Website. It's incredibly easy to get started. KSL NewsRadio's Family Gathering connects people and families across many generations. If you are new to family histories, let Family Gathering's host Grant Nielsen guide your search for the family you never knew you had. Family Gathering is sponsored by Family Search. Discover your family history. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources at Familysearch.org.

There is a huge need for trying to get records from volunteers all over the world, but making sure that these records are accurate is a different story altogether. KSL's Family Gathering Host Grant Nielsen is joined by Chris Whitehead Vice President of Record Operations and Star Hall Vice President of Records and Partners Growth at Family Search who h talk about how they determine how accurate a source is by comparing sources of the same record. Family Search makes collecting accurate records easy. KSL NewsRadio's Family Gathering connects people and families across many generations. If you are new to family histories, let Family Gathering's host Grant Nielsen guide your search for the family you never knew you had. Family Gathering is sponsored by Family Search. Discover your family history. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources at Familysearch.org.

The process of indexing is incredibly easy with the help of Family Search's online resources. KSL's Family Gathering Host Grant Nielsen is joined by Chris Whitehead Vice President of Record Operations and Star Hall Vice President of Records and Partners Growth at Family Search who describe the process of finding the indexed records right on their sites. Plus, you can even base the searches on how experienced you are with family history gathering. KSL NewsRadio's Family Gathering connects people and families across many generations. If you are new to family histories, let Family Gathering's host Grant Nielsen guide your search for the family you never knew you had. Family Gathering is sponsored by Family Search. Discover your family history. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources at Familysearch.org.

Living memories can only last a lifetime, so when they run out that's where indexed searchable records come into play. KSL's Family Gathering Host Grant Nielsen is joined by Chris Whitehead Vice President of Record Operations and Star Hall Vice President of Records and Partners Growth at Family Search who talk about how historical documents are taken, digitized, and indexed making them available to the families who want to find them. It's a complex process and many volunteers around the country and the world are helping to get these records easily into the hands of the right people. KSL NewsRadio's Family Gathering connects people and families across many generations. If you are new to family histories, let Family Gathering's host Grant Nielsen guide your search for the family you never knew you had. Family Gathering is sponsored by Family Search. Discover your family history. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources at Familysearch.org.

While oral histories are being used to define the histories of villages in Africa, you can use an app to do the same thing with your family at home this holiday season. Family Gathering's Grant Nielsen talks with Family Search's Oral History Program Manager Brent Hansen and Oral History Project Coordinator Pamela Hirwa about how Family Search's Memories app can help you record these family histories when one of your family members just starts telling a story. Because everyone these days has a cell phone in their pocket, Family Search's Memories app help you record these histories and store them for future generations. KSL NewsRadio's Family Gathering connects people and families across many generations. If you are new to family histories, let Family Gathering's host Grant Nielsen guide your search for the family you never knew you had. Family Gathering is sponsored by Family Search. Discover your family history. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources at Familysearch.org.

There are over 1050 people involved in the collection of family history information in villages in Africa where family history has previously only been handed down orally. Family Gathering's Grant Nielsen talks with Family Search's Oral History Program Manager Brent Hansen and Oral History Project Coordinator Pamela Hirwa talks about the process of collecting these family histories from African villages, and what is done with the information that has been collected from such a massive project. KSL NewsRadio's Family Gathering connects people and families across many generations. If you are new to family histories, let Family Gathering's host Grant Nielsen guide your search for the family you never knew you had. Family Gathering is sponsored by Family Search. Discover your family history. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources at Familysearch.org.

Using oral histories to help African villages recognize who they are and where they've come from through family histories and oral histories. Family Gathering's Grant Nielsen talks with Family Search's Oral History Program Manager Brent Hansen and Oral History Project Coordinator Pamela Hirwa about how Familysearch.org has been helping to make these villages better preserve their heritage, and lifestyle in a village where much of the history has only been passed down through oral stories previously. KSL NewsRadio's Family Gathering connects people and families across many generations. If you are new to family histories, let Family Gathering's host Grant Nielsen guide your search for the family you never knew you had. Family Gathering is sponsored by Family Search. Discover your family history. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources at Familysearch.org.

Oral history is more than a history, it really is an identity. Family Gathering's Grant Nielsen talks with Family Search's Oral History Program Manager Brent Hansen and Oral History Project Coordinator Pamela Hirwa about how important family histories in determining their lineage. Oral histories are so important because they describe the people and their way of life. It's how people would identify where they came from and would earn them respect as members of the community. KSL NewsRadio's Family Gathering connects people and families across many generations. If you are new to family histories, let Family Gathering's host Grant Nielsen guide your search for the family you never knew you had. Family Gathering is sponsored by Family Search. Discover your family history. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources at Familysearch.org.

Mike Sandberg and Gregg Richardson of Family Search join Family Gathering host Grant Nielsen to talk about family history for beginners. Gregg's uncle gave up family history when he lost his eyesight. After that, everything was turned over to Gregg, who was surprised to find included in the research was his grandfather's resume.  It turns out his grandfather, whom he had never met, lived in Europe for several years and spoke multiple languages. Mike had a good experience with family history thanks to an assignment from his daughter.  His daughter had a school assignment that sent him researching his uncle who fought in Vietnam.  He learned about a traumatic experience he had that left him with PTSD. That changed Mike's point of view of veterans. Family Gathering connects people and families across many generations. If you are new to family histories, let Family Gathering's host Grant Nielsen guide your search for the family you never knew you had. Family Gathering is sponsored by Family Search. Discover your family history. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources at Familysearch.org.  

Grant Nielsen, host of Family Gathering interviews Mike Sandberg and Gregg Richardson of Family Search who have done genealogy work in West Africa. Villages in Africa don't have many paper records, and much of the family history is oral. Since many families have to travel great distances to get whatever paper records there may be, making sure oral histories are available is a goal Mike and Gregg think they can accomplish. The concept of family is universal, and governments are coming to organizations like Family Search to help them preserve and restore many of the destroyed records. KSL NewsRadio's Family Gathering connects people and families across many generations. If you are new to family histories, let Family Gathering's host Grant Nielsen guide your search for the family you never knew you had. Family Gathering is sponsored by Family Search. Discover your family history. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources at Familysearch.org.  

Lots of people feel like they're not good enough at computers to do meaningful family history.  That's especially true with older generations.  The trick is to take smaller steps.. Family Gathering's Grant Nielsen is joined by Mike Sandberg and Gregg Richardson of Family Search who say to try family history on a tablet like an iPad because they tend to be pretty easy to understand. Still not sure? Mike and Gregg help people who are just starting their genealogy and family history journey. Gregg and Mike also suggest looking at options that don't require a lot of computer skill. Collecting photographs and writing or recording memories and stories is a huge benefit to family history.   KSL NewsRadio's Family Gathering connects people and families across many generations. If you are new to family histories, let Family Gathering's host Grant Nielsen guide your search for the family you never knew you had. Family Gathering is sponsored by Family Search. Discover your family history. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources at Familysearch.org.

If you haven't done any genealogy or family history research it can seem like a daunting task. Family Gathering host Grant Nielsen is joined by Mike Sandberg and Gregg Richardson of Family Search to talk about family history for beginners. Gregg and Mike say the best place to start is at home. Record your stories, your parent's stories, and your grandparent's stories. Also, if you have family members who do family history, don't assume that they're catching everything or that there is no place for you as well.  Resources like familysearch.org make it much easier to get involved. Just do a simple search for a grandparent and you'll be surprised at how much is available for you to do. KSL NewsRadio's Family Gathering connects people and families across many generations. If you are new to family histories, let Family Gathering's host Grant Nielsen guide your search for the family you never knew you had. Family Gathering is sponsored by Family Search. Discover your family history. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources at Familysearch.org.

It's important to share family histories, and one way to do that is over a delicious plate of homemade food. Food is the basis for so many gatherings, and often includes recipes that have been handed down from generation to generation. Grant Nielsen, the host of Family Gathering, is joined by Paul Matta and Wendy Smedley swap stories about their family food traditions and why they are so important to who they are. Paul remembers visiting Italy, where his grandparents were born.  That gave him a chance to enjoy traditional family recipes where they originated.  That helped him see how things changed over time.  He's been able to integrate some original methods back into the family recipes. Wendy remembers what his mom called the "Heidi meal" named for the character Heidi.  It included canned peaches, homemade bread, and other things.  It was a favorite of Wendy growing up and she learned later it was a meal they ate when they were broke.  Her mom would get what they had left in the pantry and make it special. KSL NewsRadio's Family Gathering connects people and families across many generations. If you are new to family histories, let Family Gathering's host Grant Nielsen guide your search for the family you never knew you had. Family Gathering is sponsored by Family Search. Discover your family history. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources at Familysearch.org.        

Family Gathering host Grant Nielsen talks food with Paul Matta and Wendy Smedley with Family Search. Paul has  a family recipe featuring a special pepper that doesn't grow locally.  To get the recipe right, he had to procure and keep a special plant.  That shows dedication to family tradition! Family dinner is a chance to set aside electronic devices and talk about your day.  That's an opportunity to create a family identity.  When you feature traditional family recipes, that's another opportunity to teach your children what it means to be a part of your family. Paul has a tradition where on their birthday, each family member gets to choose all the meals for the day.  Everyone has their favorites.  Every child will pick sometimes very different things. They also talk about an exhibit at the Church History Library on Temple Square.  During the holiday, they're displaying family, ward, or stake cookbooks they've collected.  Lots of communities put these together.  Make one for your family. KSL NewsRadio's Family Gathering connects people and families across many generations. If you are new to family histories, let Family Gathering's host Grant Nielsen guide your search for the family you never knew you had. Family Gathering is sponsored by Family Search. Discover your family history. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources at Familysearch.org.

It's all about food on this episode of Family Gathering.  Host Grant Nielsen has learned that food is a huge part of our family history.  Wendy Smedley and Paul Matta of Family Search has some info on collecting your culinary traditions. Ask your family members about the food they prepare for family events.  Why do they make certain things from scratch that easily come in a can?  Where did recipes come from?  How long have they been making the recipe.   Try to find the story behind the recipe by asking questions. If you don't really have family food traditions, start your own.  Look at your family history and find something to reference.  Is your family from Ireland?  Start a culinary tradition that references your Irish heritage. Always remember that if you don't deliberately record these traditions, they could be forgotten and lost.  

Family Gathering host Grant Nielsen is joined by Wendy Smedley and Paul Matta of Family Search.  They talk about an incredibly important part of family history- the dinner table. Lots of our great family moments involve food and families often have culinary traditions passed down through generations. If you want to get your hands on your grandma's secret recipe, send in the children to help her out.  Use those things to strengthen your family. Holidays are predominantly about food.  Holiday planning is usually meal planning.  What and where do people want to eat?  Picking a date is easy, picking a menu is both more challenging... and fun. The meals are also a great opportunity to record family stories and traditions.  There are apps from familysearch.org that will  help you do this on the fly.  Then your family will always remember important traditions as well as more contemporary memories. Look at your family history for culinary inspiration.  Where did they come from, and what is a traditional dish there?  Give it a try!  

There is a growing interest in people visiting the homeland of their ancestors.  Especially in the case of the Mayflower descendants. Family Gathering host Grant Nielsen is joined by Jason Harrison of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. You don't have to travel if you don't want to.  The Family History Library or Familysearch.org is an easy way to check if you are a Mayflower descendant. There are lots of other resources as well including land, probate, and vital records in the are of Plymouth, Mass. The General Society of Mayflower Descendants has partnered with Family Search to digitize nearly 100,000 society applications that include supporting documentation.   

Family Gathering host Grant Nielsen is joined by Jason Harrison, Supervisor at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. They talk about Mayflower ancestry.  This was a difficult time period in American history.  Learning about the life of a Mayflower ancestor connects you to those struggles.   There were 102 passengers on the Mayflower when it arrived in New England.  Half of those died the first winter, but even still, around 35 million Americans can trace their family history to the Mayflower pilgrims.  You may consider joining the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.  

Family Gathering is hosted by Grant Nielsen.  He and Wendy Smedley of Family Search talk about a new feature on the Family Tree app. You can open the Family Tree app and click on 'more'.  Click on 'relatives around me'.  It will scan for relatives within 100 yards.  You can instantly see ways you're related to the people around you.  It's fun to use in a group setting like a party or at church or school. FamilySearch.org has some great apps for family history and genealogy.  Family Tree and Memories are two apps that make family history a lot more fun and way more convenient.   Family Tree app is very comprehensive and allows you to move your family history work between your desktop and phone or tablet so you can do real work wherever you are. All of this is free.

Family Gathering host Grant Nielsen is joined by Wendy Smedley of Family Search.  They're talking about mobile apps in genealogy. Family Search has an app called Memories.  The app asks you questions over time that end up painting a really cool picture of your life that can be saved for posterity. The program is called "52 Stories".  One question is "Tell me about school lunch".  Everyone has different experiences but as you remember the school lunch process you start to remember experiences. These questions are easy to answer as you have time.  You can also do it for elderly family members who may not be interested in the app.  You can just ask them questions and record the memories for them.  

Grant Nielsen of Family Gathering and Wendy Smedley of FamilySearch.org talk about the new Family Tree app from Family Search. As you build your family tree, you need records to prove the people in your tree actually lived.  These include birth, marriage, and death records among others. The Family Tree app scours records that match names in your tree.  Then it displays them to you and allows you to verify them and attach them to your family tree.   You can even do this when you have a few free minutes in line at the store!  

Family Gathering host Grant Nielsen talks to Wendy Smedley, Marketing Manager at Family Search about two great family history apps. Family Tree App- The most robust view of what exists on Family Search.  It includes everything people have added to your family tree. Memories App- This helps you collect contemporary memories and attach them to the people in your family tree.  

Family history is an amazing way to reconnect family members.  In the case of adoption, identifying biological and adopted families can be important to getting a complete family picture. But sometimes those people don't wish to connect.  Dave Rencher, Chief Genealogical Officer at Family Search talks with Grant Nielsen about some of the rules in place that protects privacy.  

Family Gathering host Grant Nielsen talks with Dave Rencher, Chief Genealogical Officer at Family Search about adoption records and family history. The American Adoption Congress has a great website that can help you navigate the adoption records laws that change from state to state.

Dave Rencher, Chief Genealogical Officer at Family Search tells Family Gathering host Grant Nielsen about some of the great online resources for adoption records in family history.  Here are two. familysearch.org cindyslist.com They also discuss the challenge of getting international adoption records.   One of the challenges in family history is the growing "right to be forgotten" movement in which people are able to delete their records and references from the internet.

Family Gathering host Grant Nielsen is joined by Dave Rencher, Chief Genealogical Officer at Family Search There are a lot of great reasons to pursue adoption records as part of your family history.  You can discover some important facts about your family including critical medical information. You can also be reunited with family that you didn't know about before.   

Family Gathering host Grant Nielsen interviews Tara Bergeson and Tyler Stahle of RootsTech. They share stories of experiences they've enjoyed at RootsTech and how much it means to them to work in the family history industry.

Family Gathering host Grant Nielsen is joined by Tara Bergeson and Tyler Stahle of RootsTech RootsTech 2018 will feature a new "Innovation Showcase".  It highlights the leading technologies in the family history industry.    

RootsTech 2018 is Feb 28- March 3rd at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City Family Gathering host Grant Nielsen is joined by Tara Bergeson and Tyler Stahle of RootsTech to talk about what's being offered.      

Family Gathering host Grant Nielsen is joined by Tara Bergeson and Tyler Stahle of RootsTech. RootsTech has over 300 classes from DNA and records to just getting started on a family history. It's a great event that's now 10 years old.  

Family Gathering host Grant Nielsen is joined by Brad Lowder of Family Search. If you want a happier and more successful family then you need to re tell the stories of positive moments and your ability to bounce back from difficult times. These stories will help your children have confidence in trials.

Grant Nielsen and Brad Lowder of Family Search talk about finding your family across international borders. When you discover your heritage, you may want to try out some of the traditions of your forefathers, even if they're new.

Family Gathering host Grant Nielsen talks with VP of Family Search, Brad Lowder about technology that can help families preserve important stories. These stories can be shared across extended family and even generations to enrich lives and grow love and understanding.  

Family Gathering host Grant Nielsen talks with the Senior Vice President of Family Search, Brad Lowder One of the best ways to learn significant life events from relatives is through Family Narratives, which are stories told of childhood memories, family gatherings, interactions with relatives, etc. These narratives can help those doing research to understand more fully what ancestors went through to prosper, how they overcame obstacles, and how they felt about the lives they have led. This is one of the most important ways to link the generations together. Brad shares some helpful tips on how to draw out family members to tell their stories