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Show 8 rTHE DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER - 4. 19W Church Department fitted for the activities, select person, who will eno their re o aerloualy a to take aponMUiUty Immediate Step to prepare them-olve- o tor Intelligent, skilful sernow an axiom In ohooa. vice. It log committeemen that young peobecome aome of the very beat ple worker. Committees should henceforth be composed pf a good percentage ot youthful member, carefully eelectlkd and trained. Where poaeible it la an excellent plan to have husband and wife serve to gether on a stake committee,-Divisioot lVmpoiutvIlltico A standard general plan for tho organisation of a gtake Commutes log a ward are there as roprvsenta tlve of the whole Stake Doinmltte which In turn represents In genealogical work the Stake Presidency. It la Imperative that in their capa- -j city of supervisors of ward ao- -! ttvitlca they recognise the Ward liiahop a standing at th head of the work in the ward, and show duo respect to each ward officer In hla position. They are sent there to help always, to criticize seldom and then constructively, and to tear down and discourage never, Train be given should for laudable achievement. It the nature of all human being, to desire eotne- - little recognition; to fool a thrill of prldo and satisfaction In succrm; and to realize that their contribution without such recognition tnoy become discouraged, their and their aclanguish, tivities cease." Andrew K. Smith. Efficient Stake Committee In Op--' ) ( 1 NEALOGIC ACCEPTABLE FAMILY HECXRDS 41 ST'jua therefore, ft Church and ft people, end ftp Letter J Saint offer unto the Lord aa offering In rlghteouanea and let present In hi holy temple, when book containing 1! ? lnl,hed, ttoe record of our dead, which limit lie worthy of all 'acceptation.' T Joseph Smith. Ah acceptable family record mufit he complete, correct and Roeoixl That Are Complete ' A complete family record contain the family group. of the per-- I non compiling It. Hie Immediate group consist of himaelf family mHV. and their hi children; or. If ut.i .arris J. the family of hla father and mother, with their ehtldren. nia brother and itov Each mem ber of the family group should bo identified by hla date and place t.f birth, marriage and death, where thee event have 'occurred. For each should 'also b recorded date of bapitism, endowment utd eeaphka, They should he arranged aa a family group unit In the family record, o that the relationship of huuruml n tie, children to parents, the parent to their parent, and the children to their husband or wives arc all clearly shown. to addition hi own family ,li group the compiler should next In similar record of th family gronp of all hla children and da. , Orriplunt wlvo have, married. Next Should he added thei family groupa of hm father, ihla grand parents, grea'-- e rand parenta, tnd on etc., back evnlomatlaliy continuing ahmg the line f a sjtuon on hi pedigree chart.jimt a fat as the can ba traced. If any progenitor on the chart mar ed, more than on?, .family grotjp record should bo made for each marriage. A complete family record should Include the record of very child In every family fully tad. dmj should show the dat of every ordinance performed tor each individual In thla chain of family group. No family reco.-win be fully rcompletii until It that every heceaaary ordin aluipn nr ha been administered ror very member of every and shut the compiler haa family, connected Wlihl him by sealing all hla descend- ants; and that he I oonnected with-al- l HU known and obtainable progenitor n the bond of sealing. The family record of a family should contain Hho Ifn. med ate family group of iho Com- , mon ancestor of those included m the group, the family group of his descendant. iand family group for every imarrmge of every one of nfs knowp forefather. KOrorda That ' Are Correct All record complied by human being are subject to error The record in heaven, the proptt-- t taught, correspond to the records upon earth onty when the Inner are out if wrong relation truly made lilpg are shown, and generations re erroneously Joined together-e.illligbased on thpue fats nectlons are null aud void., Wrong banig often find plape in 0r rec ord the history of One person i attributed to another of the same name and Incomplete ami unc. Stem of Identity lend ,to the conCiMion. It welj nigh jlropos-olbieiprepare a considerable record pf spy family without Somovs-ro- r i In. Those doing u should rerovn ire the fact that not prtntevl family hlatonr should he accepted a wholly im them-s-u- e liable ii ami should to judge of the truth pf each Bt.1 lenient by the evidence ed. .Memories are poor andpresent trench, eroug i Individuals hate heed known, t o give the wrong name for their .own parent, rnther-ta-land itcand parent. Even record nd. document try ourceJmajy b W ritten in error j IB who would write family his torv find compile a f tmliy record be etc r mil y vigilant to detect and preserve truth, and to from the mog source.) yvety relationship pedigree cewitble form of valuable records, , The loose leaf one Family Uroup Record of convenient else tt Inches by It inches and ruled tc contain the complete genealogical and tempts record for a single family group. Thla group I named after the husband or father, A. other group of descembMits and ancestors are tilled offr these can be filed alphabetically according to the name of ths fathers of theao Thus groups. If group were made out 'for Thomas Willi, Georg Carr, David Kocle and William Brown, these, when filed alphabet- lcally, would come in the order WUllam Brown, George Carr, Da- -, vld Ecclo and Thomas Wlllis.ILet the record grow on this plan to any proportions, any group can quick- -. ly, be found aa readily as we find words In a dictionary, and fori the same reason. Should there be two or more group for those wh bear identical name, file these Chronological ly, the oldest in point of time first, the next oldest above It, etc. Buctt a record requires no card Index, and no numbering) of pages. Invariably It should have at tho very ftrst the pedigree cnart. These lndl-atlike a table of content. what groups are Included lb . the record, and the between them.. For those who prefer bound roo-Oa form I printed and - eps which accommodate three family groups -to a page, and hn plac, for all the- temple ordinances. It Is somewhat loss complete than the One family grnun record In date ftnd place, relationship and oth er Identifying data, and if It contain many name require a card Index Otherwise it may take some searching to find any name In th record quickly. It ba the advantage of ihelng compact and sheets are- firmly bound In. Both type oft record' are ofH cxlly recommended end prepared and both are x u j j i 1 i i) . ' Records I'hq first family record kept by Our forefather wet very inf formal quo; item Jotted down by! the pioneer upon loose scraps of paper) written on blank page in' the family Bible, or Interspersed throughout diaries and Journals. . Then simple forms wers ruled for family records and also for record to be made of temple work, Thera has been a constant progression In itboa forms to the .present. Many have expressed Impatience at this Inevitable progress In type of family record, complaining at the almost constsntchange. But out of. It 'alt ha come ft clearer under tending of what are the essentials of a faiptly record, and ft utlltxa; tlon of tho bast Ideas of modern business on tho preservation Jit sc- - Extension Course 14 IbUiVitlb I THK llrt i OlWY 1 4. ituprBaUhii i ieicUoa ftoU Ut? LHrkaoa of ti U. , oi . 19. Ujid at j Cuuft ot ucauiMim, umon MeoUttj 8.1 '7. miucti. - 4 & A'.IUCU'UI in OiuutiuQ. ihe rreukM y Ute Utitd 1 hu g cntdiiO,L4r muU in A in itrtj.Ut-i- i owr uy tnc La t to mono, uua tovy kro tto ito or Autnutiuca gonoiai in the w (Ciiurcn tor iU iatuke and iu oac4 wa d. Uo ijrc- jof) arnL Xncnfc iu iciivt tilu-n.u;goaealogical ,kul tern pic voik ttoo ftfea Ucn ko aiogical .apvoial a jjrvaetitative. He nhouia, wuti ti6 Approval Qt Uio totaka i'rvsidoncy, otiuoaa a 1 irat and towond Coup-- ; lacior, and a uumuor of men aad WotiLea to trve as a touike' U jlogloai Cowmitte. Ait of ttov ot Uie comuuttee should ba dtvidi'd tuto threa dfpartmenUi pud thes department anouid N amon the Kepiosen Apportioned his two CoanseloraJ fcaivh of theao throe In turn divides the. activities assigned him among mads up of mem-4era' chosea from' the whole roin- tmiUiee for J hose particular re- i aponiibi lilies. Sdar and N'iwitoli of CouunitUts Most Stake CoauuiUees are un- derMised. hils the danger of us committees arfiHdJy and inactive must-b- e avoided, on the other hant to perform a labor re- to qhlrtng twenty people with a limited force of erght or ten shows a Woeful lack of appreciation of thet magnitude of tbetasic. It may he taken as a general rule that there should he on the Stake Commit tee At least twice as many committeemen as there are wards In the make, exclusive Of 'the Representative and his GOhnsoiora. Thus, In Alberta Stake, with it Wards and 2 branches, there should be .under this rule, 29 members on the Stake Committee. In Alpine Stake with 8 wards, IS members; Ini iianock with I wards, 21 ,men- ! hero. id , iCard should be exercised choose! thoee qualified to perform Of A du-jtl- 1 ' VV It,!-- practice, and procedure; 10. Encourage those struggling with to pres on to victory, SuperylMing Ward Activities Stake commute members vlstt- - efficiently the particular dutlee assigned Ithem on the stake commit toe. Since, It le not nlwaye possible tel fin those al ready trained and s i ... V ?. ; t 'i 4. V. of e1 I jewww vrrj r r 1 opl Of P "The.Vower Right leadership" will be d Is. I" the Genealogical. das Church Servlre on Genealogical Committees." conducted eac a Friday evening at T:30 by Archibald F. Bennett, In the classroom North Main . CLASS FOR GEMKALOGH'At. IiEADI.ltS j Thtf attendance at the xreeMv claa on 'Church' sTrvice Hon- -nlogleal Committees" held j rid i y, Oct. 27, by stages, was as lol'ows: Ensign, 47; Liberty, 24; Halt I.nke, if rant, 15; Cottonwood It; 15: East Jordan. 14; Tooele, 10. Gran!T;i Tlmpnnogox South Davis. 2; Cache. I; Mt. Og-8; den Ogden. I; Morgan, JS vI5t l0!d,lFt i Ht George, j. "toke it vo Horn the nine slakes represent in ls.Se was asked to selectsSalt a number county front his stake for the class equal to double the number of wards (n that atke.i From now n new membe wit be admitted in the order of their application to the Instruct., V, A I. Bennett, or. of their attendance at the class, (up to, the num-u- r of a v mi, Mtti- GU'i I V O tip ('PM P.TI It iaiR REttORDS . Valuable Informagenealogical tion I hidden away In cemeteiy records kept by sextons. The Genealogical Society of t'tah recommend that .these records be ki rit and placed In the llbra-- v or this society, where these helpful will be available to thot.e Inter In mitrriu, , j J t j.u;,fhNor t I nt j ! isiog-raph- , Kidd found printed in 'hpt r r ic , committeeNote men. In the t tah GcmOloglcal Mafor Jan. lail. pp. gazine. M ccdings of the Stake (isninllliT The stake Rcpreaentutive and hia two Counselors and Secretary, formtng th Executive Committee should meet al least Once a week to map out their plan for tampaign. consider current problems.1 mike detailed preparation for th program for the Stake Cnlun Meeting, etc. At each seaslon a definite'pro- gram should he in the hand of th for disRepresentative! to pres-cussion. At least twide a month Iho whole stake committee should , called together. Thejfirst part of the time should be devoted to a g neral meeting, where each chairman of a department pr ot a an I, committee should (report their achievements land their plans post for tho future. The second halt of th meeting should he utilized by Ing each majori deportment or committee meet bg Itself to discuss Its particular problems an. I pinna diThus, there may be a four-fol- d vision into groups of those on the committees for I. Olasswork. , . Home Teaching, 3 Temple Work J and 4 . Socials anil Finances. Rutin Of a Stake Committee Tho ten commandments to Stake Committeemen are: thou shalt I. Organize; 2. Cooperate with stake and ward workers and your lth the Genealogical Society) 3 Support your leaders; 4 Lead by first doing What you must ask pthers to do; 8. Specialize in your own field; . Inspire7. other by thought, word and deed; Supervise carefully tho activities of thOse Under your Jurisdiction; 8. Demonstrate to those needing It how activities can be ac. eompllshed; 3. Correct courageously but tactfully wrong method of cov. a- - Not. i, the tuple Hno" Win he dLusxed in the clew In the y and Family writing Hlatorv.i ch Thursday eve-- , ning.at 7:80, in the Genealogical M, Ma,nj .Irus atske I 'Die Meetings iM o' us toil of this tuple will he pe.- lo'iTn ,'rfr't '' j.i u- Com Cvmmu (ovy. ur4 auuuum, isuptrvmindf toupervifM'H bodv-hntl- meeting and then write m Fioht Uook. an enumeration o your 1, thow Jhiing you admired la a,f,T program of, the meeting" arrangements where jmT laml'vl Imp lovcmpnts coud be Wi-H- s rswJ(N IN Tl Hide f LAkSI ond Counselor CUsswork, Tempi Club. Paid Proxies, Survey and Home Teaching, Research. Of Specialist Each member of ft genealogical oommltte should he assigned to labor a speclfl task on a particular subcommittee, and should te held accountable foe the sucres of that activity and h left unhampered to exercise initinttie In sotvtng the problem given him. Within a month or ten after hi appointment be should know more about the dn-and actinic of hi calling than any other meiiiie of the committee lie must, labor anil quality A property !, If e.r tbe Job tsinue- I comjmitieo is a committee i bliUU. UibAjaliOtiiCAIf 2, 2, I twilAMylCJUl CMMAftiiAiws 14WWI Jf OHUlNi4AlliOiN Outline. itkt jjtak Vr&idoiu,y. elor, th Secretary and Treasurer. Choristers and Organist Social Activities, Finance. PublU Ity Magazine and Membership. Sec- alor 1 .tti Atloim a stake union (t , emi Ion - Like a smoothly running machin or the human body In perfect an efficient committee should perform Its functions by each Individual part doing its work well The success of ' all depends on tho success of each. "Therefore, let man stand in hi own office) every and labor hi osvn calling; and let not the Inhead feet. It hath no need of the feet, for without th feet how shall tho body be able to aland Also the h need every lm tiihr. that allmay be edi-of fied , together); that tho system piay department and oncorh duties ot a Nluillfn major rnmmltteo. Bo-nl- al J ' . Activities wsi.'l ,1.ra.w a tXwam in your Hook of th plan of organization of tho Genealogical Commit. 8lak'- - naming tho mr?i B",rin own oact, -- Funds. tWrd,. Stake. Annual , Membership! add Magazine. and Music, Ward Uoojt of RememhrancO. Another detailed plan I found In Ensign Htake.- Stake Representative MooOrganization Appointments, Work, ting, Baptisms. Community Beating, Junior Work, First C'oun- 1 ' Teaching Department conferences to ftnd Conventions, Assignment CounDepartmental Meeting. FirstDepart-mont. selor Class (Instruction Family Including Research, Adult Class Records, Junior-anInstruction. Second 'CounselorEnYemplo Department, Sealings, and dowment and Temple List junior Baptism. Secretary FiShclal nance nd Department. Record. Minutes, Files; , ' I Annual Fund, Membership and Boclale. Second Counse--lo- r Clasawork Family . Rchord. Research,, Home Teaohlng and Family Orgicnlxations, This variation of the general iplrvti I beingi followed In Salt Lake Stake: Stake Representative: Home -- v, , -- ' d , ve rd. .1 re t i 'a to Granite Stake the distribution Of duties la as follow: Stake Itepre-entatllllua Instruction, sec-- I rotary. Correlation and Member' ship. Cottage First Meetings. Counselor Home Teaching, Family Organization, Magazines and Membership.' Annual Fund Second Counselor Tempi Work, Social. Music and Program. Special AssHgnments.il Another division Is made In Pioneer Stake: Slake Representative Temple Activities, Meetings and First Counselor appointment. Maga-sinc- e e -- fn f will be found on page 1 of "Tho Guide. Thi may bo varied to suit the qualification of member of tho Stake committee and the prob-- i lorn of ta particular stake, but care should be exercised to eee that no important division of the work 10 neglected. , In the pldtn of organisation for 1 frt ed Thel Information. In th records must be assembled revton's In alorder and (hen typed phabetic ror ready binding. The socletv will send, on request, slips on which to gather this record an 1 a a'and-ar- d grade of paper with 'nxfruc-Uon- a for the of this to be bound. typing The growth of eudy this work make it quite necessary that the records be ln thi typed standard form, by the ward etake members, if they, are to put immediately on tfie library ehelveg ready to be used. NEW GKN'EAIOGY BOOKS American American Antiquarian Society; Proceedings of the American AnNew Series vol tiquarian Society 4 2, . part 2. Historic Family Blodgett family. Selh Blodgett of Brooks. Die, Maine hi am 1 ary and hla descendants, by Graci Limeburner 1923; gg page. - Monitor family. A biographical history and genealogy of the descendant of Dr. Philip Ludwig Moulter, who migrated from Ger- many to New York State about 7789, compiled by El'a Daily Foat J932; 28g pagtw. , -- ' 1147-181- . , t n ' 7 , |