Just to get started- Here's some motivation for ya:)
| "My genealogy has all been done.""Your
genealogy has not all been done. My own grandparents performed ‘all’ the temple
work for their deceased relatives fifty-five years ago. Since that time our family has
discovered sixteen thousand others." - Elder W. Grant Bangerter |
| "The work has been done for all of my ancestors."".
. . in addition to providing ordinances for our direct ancestors. we can also provide
ordinances for the descendants of our direct ancestors." - George G. Durrant ("Branching Out on Your Family Tree, Ensign, April 2007) |
| "I don’t have time for family history."".
. . we should understand that in the work of redeeming the dead there are many tasks to be
performed, and . . . all members should participate by prayerfully selecting those ways
that fit their personal circumstances at a particular time. . . . Our effort is not to
compel everyone to do everything, but to encourage everyone to do something." - Elder Dallin H. Oaks |
| "I’m not interested in genealogy research." "Some
of the most important temple and family history work is done at home. . . . At home we can
keep our journals and gather pictures and data for the books of remembrance of our family
members. We can gather and record information available through living relatives. We can
write family histories and share their great lessons with our children." - Elder Dallin H. Oaks |
| "I feel guilty that I’m too busy to think about
family history.""Some members may feel guilty about not
furthering the mission of the Church when they are actually doing so. This kind of guilt
comes not from insufficient efforts, but from insufficient vision. For example, a mother
with several young children may be furthering the mission of the Church most profoundly in
all three of its dimensions in her own home when she helps her children to prepare for
missions, when she teaches them to revere the temple and prepare to make covenants there,
and when she shows them how to strive for perfection in their personal lives." - Elder Dallin H. Oaks |
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