Co-Director Mission Viejo Stake FamilySearch Center

Christine Francis

Christine Francis spends her days helping others discover family, consulting, training Family History Consultants and teaching family history related workshops.
Christine and her husband, Marc Francis, currently serve as Area Temple & Family History (TFH) Advisors, Newport Beach North Coordinating Council. As past Co-Director of the Mission Viejo Stake Family Search Center (FSC), she just finished building and running two sessions of a highly successful “Youth Family History Discovery Camp.” These camps have expanded youth and family involvement in Family History (FH) in her area. This camp also helped educate local volunteers to feel more comfortable helping others in the FSC providing training on the job. She spoke at RT 2024: “Empowering and Fortifying Youth through Family History Discovery Experiences”.

Christine has taught many classes, workshops, and lectures all over Orange County, California to adults and youth on how to use FamilySearch, other websites, multi-media apps and computers to build family trees. Her passion is helping others become competent Family History Researchers. She is committed to assist anyone ready to find & bind their families through turning their hearts to one another in this work. Her goal is to help everyone feel comfortable on the phone apps, making it easy to engage in FH for the average ancestor seeker.

Christine has also had the privilege to take ”Introduction to FamilySearch” workshops into the community creating enthusiasm for ongoing Family History groups locally run.

She leads a Writer’s Club called “The Storyteller’s Club.”

Christine is a certified Birren Institute GAB (Guided Autobiography) instructor and conducts two free 6-week courses online each year for adults called: “Guided Legacy Building: Interweaving generations through shared storytelling.” These courses help guide adults to leave their personal histories woven through their ancestors’ histories for future generations.