Family History Consultant
Register || Responsibilities || Handbooks || Help Phone #s || Training
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Please see the Family History Consultant section in the Help Center:
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Register
Should be registered at lds.org
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Responsibilities
Family History Consultants
The bishopric and the high priests group leader determine how many family history consultants are needed in the ward. The high priests group leader directs their efforts.
Consultants are skilled teachers who work and communicate well with others. While consultants need not be experts in family history research, they are comfortable using and helping others use the resources at familysearch.org. This includes family pedigrees, historical records, and the FamilySearch indexing program. Youth can also be called to serve as consultants, where their technology skills can be helpful in assisting others.
Consultants register at consultant.familysearch.org to receive information, training, and updates from the Church.
Working with Leaders
Consultants proactively reach out to leaders by:
- Helping them get started with their own family history so they can perform temple ordinances for their deceased relatives.
- Demonstrating how family history can help them in their calling to minister to those whom they serve.
Working with Members
Consultants proactively reach out to members by:
- Helping a few individuals or families at a time to get started with their own family history so they can perform temple ordinances for their deceased relatives. The most effective place where this occurs is in members‘ homes.
- Assisting specific individuals or families (assigned by the high priests group leader, as determined in ward council) to become interested in and do family history.
- Acting as a resource to answer family history questions.
Some consultants have experience and skills that particularly suit them for additional tasks such as:
- Serving in family history centers.
- Assisting members and other consultants in more advanced research efforts.
- Training other consultants.
— Leaders Guide to Temple and Family History Work, pg. 18; Handbook 2 5.4.6
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Handbooks & Guides
Handbook 2: Administering the Church 2010
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Leader’s Guide To Temple and Family History Work
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Family History Consultant’s Guide
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Policies for Preparing Names for Temple Work
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Help Phone & Email
If you need any help at all, please feel free to call the Church’s Family History Consultant Helpline at 866-406-1830. Or call Bro. Bob Craig, the Stake Family History Center Director.
Or email: support@familysearch.org
Training
The Church has created an excellent site to give you the family history & temple work training you need as a Family History Consultant. Please visit The Training & Resource Site for Family History Consultants.
There are only 17 items for you to complete:
- Read “Handbook 2: Section 5.4.6“
- Read the “Leader’s Guide to Temple and Family History Work“
- Review the “Temple and Family History Course Materials“
- Watch the “Principles for Successful Family History Classes” video (11 min.)
- Watch the 3 “Family History Devotionals” by Elders Scott, Packer and Clayton
- Review the “Family History Consultant Conference Presentations–2011“
- Review the list of courses at “Family History Research Courses“
- Watch the “Getting Started with Family History” Videos
- Glance through “A User’s Guide to the New FamilySearch“
- Review the “New FamilySearch Reference Manual“
- Practice on the “New FamilySearch Practice System“
- Watch the “Helping Members with the New FamilySearch” Video
- Watch the ‘Answering Common Questions about New FamilySearch” Demos
- Watch the “Family History Consultant Podcast—Helping Members“
- Review the “FamilySearch.org Interactive Guide“
- Glance through the “Family History Research Wiki“
- Read the “Policies for Preparing Names for Temple Work“
This is quite a list. So, take your time and enjoy the journey!
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