Discover BYU’s genealogical gold mine

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:30:00 -0700

source: MormonTimes.com

Think the Family History Library in Salt Lake City is the only place to do serious genealogical research? Think again! Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Kathryn Daynes, director of BYU's Center for Family History and Genealogy. One hour later as I left her office in the Joseph F. Smith Building, I felt as though I had just discovered a genealogical gold mine.

One nugget shared by Kathryn is how essential BYU's program has become to the work of the LDS Family History Department. "Increasingly, our graduates are the ones who fill the positions there," noted Kathryn.

That fact is underscored by former BYU student-employee Jennifer Kerns, who now works as a project manager with the Family History Department.

Mormon website integrates records, background info

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:30:00 -0700

source: ldnews.com

They say it's all about "integration" of the user experience.

They are the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, otherwise known as the Mormons, and the user experience that they're trying to integrate is the website known as FamilySearch.org.

It's only about a dozen years that the Mormons, who promote genealogy as part of their theology that families are eternal and that baptism can be offered to deceased ancestors, have had an Internet presence, but in that time they've become one of the 500-pound canaries of the online genealogy world.

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Discover BYU’s genealogical gold mine

Mormon website integrates records, background info