Blog #33

Kevin V. Hunt

FAMILY HISTORY HEIRLOOM RECORDS

Link to the presentation:

https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:va6c2:dbac04a9-5e57-4c8e-bd8a-20e4d00f2ba6

As winter missionaries in Nauvoo, we have a fair amount of free time.  Of course, everyone still has 24 hours a day and Nauvoo is no exception.  In our concierge winter system – where we are in the tour “queue” and we await our turn to give tours and minister to our guests.  With time on our hands, we have the opportunity to have parties, activities, events that we don’t get to have when we are in a busy season.

In these activities, missionaries get to share their own unique and special talents and abilities.  It is great to see the composite of great talent that each person shares. 

Those who know me, know that I have been into genealogy and family history since I was age 12.  I have a bit of experience in family history.  I looked for an opportunity to share those talents by teaching a series of classes relative to creating family history, heirloom records, journals, personal and family histories.

My first class was an introduction to various “records” one can create as family heirlooms.  Everyone has a story to share – and the presentation explores many options you can create for yourself, your current family, as well as for your future posterity.  It doesn’t matter what you do.  Commit to doing something and begin to create and share.   I enjoyed putting together a presentation in preparation for my class.  And now, I am happy to share it with you. 

Above, I included a link to see the PowerPoint presentation on-line.  Check it out.  Also, I have included all of the presentation slides here for your perusal.

Well there you have it! A lot of ideas for heirloom records! There are a lot more thhings than you can probably ever do, but hopefully, you got some ideas to help you create a living heritage for your posterity.

Be creative and have fun! Do it, and your famiy will love you. They will remember you for the way you brought your family together.through the heirloom records that you created for them.

The family heritage trail … bringing children and their fathers (and mothers) together. What a great opportunity!