Temple & Family History

Family History Invitation - This month, we invite you to think about your preparations to enter the temple. Please consider using the "Ordinances Ready" feature in the Member Tools App to help you take a family name to the temple. "Therefore, if we change our preparation to enter the temple, we will change our experience in the temple, which will transform our lives outside the temple." Elder Ulisses Soares, April 2024 General Conference

We are inviting all ward members, young, old and in-between, to deepen their connections to their ancestors, both living and deceased, by adding a memory to your Family Search family tree in 2024 and/or by adding an ancestor to your family tree and/or by submitting an ancestor’s name to the temple for ordinance work. If you do, then add a leaf or two or three to the ward tree on the bulletin board. Let’s fill the tree! If you need assistance with any aspect of your family history, please contact a member of the ward council or the ward Temple and Family History Leader.

Here is the 2024 Banbury Ward Temple and Family History plan approved by the ward council. This is a plan for everyone in the ward. Please read it and familiarize yourself with it. We are looking forward to making great strides as individuals and families in our temple worship and family history efforts this year. Feel free to call upon any of the ward family history consultants or the Elder's Quorum or Relief Society presidencies if you have any questions or need assistance with your family history.

The Family History Centers have a new name! They are now called FamilySearch Centers. Did you know that as a member of the LDS church you can get a free subscription to Ancestry.Com, MyHeritage.com and FindMyPast.com and several others? Go to Third-party Access • FamilySearch to sign up for your free accounts. Pro tip: many of the Temple and Family History Consultants use Ancestry.Com for research. It has more than twice the number of records as FamilySearch.

- The FamilySearch Center is a wonderful place for you, your family, your ministering families or sisters, and your class or quorum to visit. The center is also open to the community. Come and see all that you can do there, including:
  - - Get help with your family tree
    - Find your ancestors who need temple ordinances
    - Be trained if you’re a Temple & Family History Consultant
    - Have fun exploring the stories of those who came before you
    - Add photos, slides and film to FamilySearch to preserve the memories
    - The Center is on the south-east side of the church building on McMillan and Shamrock Rd (east of Cloverdale).
      - 11443 W. McMillan Rd, Boise
        Hours: Monday 9-4:30, Tuesday thru Thursday 9-9

FAMILYSEARCH CENTER: Our local FamilySearch Center has new, high-tech book scanner that can quickly digitize documents and combine them into single PDF files. It is well-suited for handwritten journals and utilizes a laser to scan a book page in two seconds. This scanner will “flatten” the digital images and won’t damage the book’s binding. Bring your family's books, journals, and documents to the center at 11443 McMillan Rd., Boise or see MERIDIANIDAHOEASTFSC.COM for more information. (Flyer is attached.)

FAMILYSEARCH CENTER: Our local FamilySearch Center has a new slide scanner to quickly digitize your slides and negatives--this and all services are FREE! Visiting the Center is a fun family or group outing. They can also host Wednesday evening youth groups (by appointment) and walk-ins are welcome any time during regular hours. Email id_meridianeast@familyhistorymail.org for an appointment. The Center is located at 11443 W. McMillan Rd, Boise. See flyer for hours and more information.