Temple & Family History
Our Temple & Family History Plan
Discover your family past, present, and future.
Gather your family on both sides of the veil.
Connect all by performing temple ordinances uniting families for eternity.
The Syracuse Utah Temple will welcome visitors of all ages to a free Public Open House beginning May 10th and running through May 31st, 2025. The Open House will be held Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and on Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Participants will need to make a reservation to attend the Open House. The Syracuse Temple Public Open House reservations will be available, beginning March 28th at 10:30 a.m. at the following link:
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/featured/syracuse-utah-open-house?lang=eng
Discover
Learn how to use the FamilySearch website.
Learn how to use the Family Tree App
Discover what FamilySearch already has about your family.
Visit the FamilySearch Center to learn about classes and resources.
Explore the Activity tab in FamilySearch and choose an activity to focus on each week for Family Home Evening
Identify the first ancestor in each family line to join the Church. What is their conversion story?
Visit cemeteries and take photos of family member's headstones.
Gather
Gather photos, stories, documents, audio, video, and heirlooms about your family.
Preserve memories - use tools at FamilySearch Center.
Share memories in FamilySearch and directly with other family members.
Add new people to the Family Tree.
Learn how to merge Family Tree records.
Write your personal history - one question once a week. See #52Stories on FamilySearch Blog for ideas.
Attend FamilySearch Center classes on topics of interest.
Help others create FamilySearch accounts.
Connect
Hang pictures of the temple in your home.
Schedule appointments to be in the temple as often as personal circumstances allow.
Reserve and submit names for temple ordinances.
Attend temple open houses with family members and friends of other faiths.
Learn how to index.
Use Relatives Around Me with friends and neighbors to see if you may be related.
Walk where they walked - experience ancestral travel to homelands (real or virtual).
Create and maintain Facebook group or FamilySearch group for family members to gather and connect.