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''[[Creating A Personal History|Creating A Personal History]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Personal_History_Questions_for_Latter-day_Saints]]''  
''[[Creating A Personal History|Creating A Personal History]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Personal_History_Questions_for_Latter-day_Saints]]''  


If you are a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter – day Saints here is a list of additional questions you might want to include in your personal history. Please feel free to add additional questions that would help a Latter-day Saint to write a more complete personal history.  
If you are a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter – day Saints here is a list of additional questions you might want to include in your personal history.  


=== Early Years ===
=== Early Years ===
#Did you receive a LDS name and blessing?  
#Did you receive a LDS name and blessing?  
#Who gave the blessing and who was in the circle?  
#Who gave the blessing and who was in the circle?  
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=== Twelve Years and Older ===
=== Twelve Years and Older ===
#Were you ordained to be a Deacon and by whom?  
#Were you ordained to be a Deacon and by whom?  
#How did you feel about your ordination to a Deacon?  
#How did you feel about your ordination to a Deacon?  
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==== Conversion If Not Born Into the Church  ====
==== Conversion If Not Born Into the Church  ====
#How did you come into the Church? Describe in detail! (This is what your family will find the greatest help to them in their lives as they struggle with acquiring their own testimonies!)  
#How did you come into the Church? Describe in detail! (This is what your family will find the greatest help to them in their lives as they struggle with acquiring their own testimonies!)  
#Describe in detail the individual or event that raised your awareness or curiosity about the Church.  
#Describe in detail the individual or event that raised your awareness or curiosity about the Church.  
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==== Conversion to the Gospel if You Were Born into the Church  ====
==== Conversion to the Gospel if You Were Born into the Church  ====
#Describe the evolving of your testimony.  
#Describe the evolving of your testimony.  
#When did you feel you had one?  
#When did you feel you had one?  
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==== Missionary Experiences  ====
==== Missionary Experiences  ====
''Wouldn’t this be a good time for a little self-evaluation to determine if we still have the same '' relationship with our Father in Heaven that we enjoyed in the mission field?''(Elder L. Tom Perry) ''  
''Wouldn’t this be a good time for a little self-evaluation to determine if we still have the same '' relationship with our Father in Heaven that we enjoyed in the mission field?''(Elder L. Tom Perry) ''  


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=== Questions of other family members cousins, aunts uncle etc. ===
=== Questions of other family members cousins, aunts uncle etc. ===
#If they were LDS, did they go on a LDS mission?  
#If they were LDS, did they go on a LDS mission?  
#Where did they serve?  
#Where did they serve?  
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=== BEGINNINGS OF FAMILY LIFE ===
=== BEGINNINGS OF FAMILY LIFE ===
#Where did you go to Church?  
#Where did you go to Church?  
#Give the name of the Ward and Stake.Who was your first bishop?  
#Give the name of the Ward and Stake.Who was your first bishop?  
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=== Church Activity From 30 to 40  ===
=== Church Activity From 30 to 40  ===
#What sorts of callings did you have in the Church in the previous ten years?  
#What sorts of callings did you have in the Church in the previous ten years?  
#What calling did you have at this time?  
#What calling did you have at this time?  
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=== Church Activiy from 40 - 50 ===
=== Church Activiy from 40 - 50 ===
#What sorts of callings did you have in the Church in the previous ten years?  
#What sorts of callings did you have in the Church in the previous ten years?  
#What calling did you have at this time?  
#What calling did you have at this time?  
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=== Retirement ===
=== Retirement ===
 
#What were you doing in the Church when you retired?  
What were you doing in the Church when you retired?  
 
#If you went on a mission with your spouse, use the questions listed under MISSION FIELD.  
#If you went on a mission with your spouse, use the questions listed under MISSION FIELD.  
#If you became a Temple Worker, what Temple did you work in?  
#If you became a Temple Worker, what Temple did you work in?