I am so blessed to have such wonderful friends here who encourage me to do great things :)
This afternoon two girls in my hall, Ali and Mariah, asked if I wanted to go to the family history library (at the library haha) with them. The family history center over there is open two Sundays a month (if I'm not mistaken). This just happened to be one of those Sundays. I had nothing better to do, so I decided to go along with them.
We went to the family history center to index, which is basically entering information from pictures into the computer system. (I hope I described that correctly!) Anyway, it was a little confusing at first, but once I got the hang of it I couldn't stop! I happened to be indexing files from the draft, and it was so interesting to see the different ages, occupations, and birthplaces of all these men. Each had a different background and it was such an amazing feeling to think that those men who were drafted lived on this earth and had families and lives and hopes and dreams just like I do.
I know that my generation has been blessed with the ability to use technology partially to increase family history work. (I couldn't imagine my grandma doing what my friends and I did today. Heehee). We are so blessed to live in these times, and I hope that everyone who has the ability will use their technological skills to push forward family history work! It is soooooooo awesome!
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