A Covenant Responsibility to our Ancestors

I’ve been working for this pedigree chart and family search history for a very long time now because this is my covenant responsibility so that our ancestors who have gone before us may have the opportunity to receive saving ordinances. I believe that families last forever and that connections with family members are irreplaceable. A family is composed not just of members who are still living, but also of people who are part of one’s full ancestry, like grandparents, forefathers, predecessors and those who’ve gone before us. Family history is a great way to connect with all generations of our family.

This is a joyous and fulfilling, task yet also a tedious one. I wish to go further up to as many details of my ancestors, but I need much help. I can’t do it alone. So I ask all my cousins and relatives in Cebu in my mother’s side, as well as all my cousins and relatives in Negros Occidental/Oriental in my father’s side to please help me with this.

For my father’s side, I listed LEON LAURAN as a grandfather. And you may have noticed that I stopped there because I have no further details. Kung kinsa man tong akong mga relatives diha nga nakaila sa amahan ug inahan sa akong apohan nga si Leon Lauran, ug duna’y mga detalye sama sa Birthdate, birthplace ug petsa sa ilang pagkamatay, please let me know, para ma-update na nako ang pedigree chart.

Sa parte sa akong apohan nga si Dulcisisima Gabayan Olasiman, thanks to my cousin from Negros who is a member of the Church, because she provided much of the details.

Now, in my mother’s side, it would have been easier if I have been there in Cebu because I know exactly their burial sites and I could easily get the details. But still, I need help. Kung kinsa ‘tong akong mga silingan, mga higala ug mga ig-agaw diha sa Carmelo, si Lolo Felix ug si Lola Lumen, naa rana sila sa Carmelo Cemetery gilubong, palihug lang ko ug kuha sa ilang Birth Date ug Date of Death ba kay importante kaayo na nako. Salamat na lang daan sa pag-atiman.

I heard that there are Church members from Toledo City who belong to the Encarguez clan, and they are working with the ancestry records of the Encarguez’ of Carmelo. I wish mabasa ni nila para ma-merge ni nako ang ilang research. Salamat na lang daan.

If I have known this before, dunay unta ko’y nailhan sa Cebu nga maayo kaayo to siya manubay ug mga paryentes ba. Pero nawagtang na siguro to siya sa atong kalibutan. Kay kung duna’y mag-uyab uyab sa Carmelo, moingon man tu siya nga nganong nag-uyab-uyab man na sila uy nga paryente man na sila, hehe.

Seriously, I need your help with this. Now that the Church has been building temples in the world, it’s now time to hasten the work for our ancestors. In the Philippines, there are two operating temples – one in Manila and one in Cebu. One temple in Urdaneta, Pangasinan is now under construction. amidst the pandemic. And there have been announcements from Church leaders that more temples will be built – one in Greater Manila Area, another in Cagayan de Oro City and another temple in Davao City. Having temples built in these cities all over the world gives more members of the Church the opportunity to participate genealogical history and perform saving ordinances for our ancestors.