Family Tree, Puzzilla and good old genealogy

The 5th Sunday means we combine priesthood and Relief Society. This month we had a special guest from our stake, Sonja Jensen. She is the "main woman" in our stake for family history research. She had a great presentation showing how the church has continued to update its systems on the computer, which is a looong way from those old IGA records. She showed how to begin with your registration on www.familysearch.org. You can then enter your name to see if anyone in your family is already in the system or if you can be the first to begin the search for your ancestors.
I just finished reading a book that took place in London at the end of Victoria's reign, when Parliament had just begun to give rights to women. There were several items on the list, even mentioning that the woman and her clothing all belonged to her husband. At that point, I stopped and thanked the Lord for sending me to earth at this time in its history. I then had to give pause for thought about a great grandmother who was living there at that time and commend her for her courage to leave and make my life here today possible.
What was your grandmother (or greats) doing around the world that makes you grateful for being alive now? Don't you think she/they would be awaiting your willingness to jump into the world of family searching so that they can enjoy the blessings of the gospel through your helping fingers on the keyboard of the computer on your couch or somewhere comfy in your house?
Not only can you discover names and dates, you can transfer your valuable one of a kind photos and documents to the site so that when your kids come in to clean your house, they won't have to wonder what all that "junk" is and toss it. aaaaaaaugh as Snoopy used to say. Don't through out 50 years worth of work, please. Now you can be in charge electronically.
You can concurrently run two data bases since the church site can be edited by anyone ( and yes, I have been the recipient of unwanted changes), the church site and your own private records on line. There are sites that work in conjunction with the church so that  information is compatible.
Do you like puzzles? Go to puzzilla.com and see about your cousins. You thought you didn't have any? Take a look!
The church is reminding us that we need to hasten the work and that does not mean only the living are awaiting the saving ordinances. Please take a few minutes to explore these sites. Think how much better you will feel when you are doing a quick accounting of your time when you know you have served someone who has made your life possible.
Your hooked on family history bloggess,
Janice