Ward Historian vs History Specialist

Ward Historian vs History Specialist, is there a difference? I am at the Stake Level and working to get information out to those in the wards on how our stake would like to assemble these over the next few months. With that, I am reaching out to the wards, and finding some have callings called Ward Historian, and some have History Specialists.

The standard name of the calling in the Church systems is "History Specialist." "Ward Historian" would be a custom calling created by the clerk in a ward. However, my guess is that their assigned responsibilities would be similar or the same.

If you have access to CDOL, see which ones are custom callings (orange text) and which are standard callings.

Also, on Leader and Clerk Resources – custom callings have an asterisk to the right of the calling name in Callings by Organization.

This is an old post and it seems to me that the slight difference is ministering in a higher and holier way using the history of the local congregations. This also has more of a focus for home centered and church supported system in bringing more people unto Christ through parables and history ( story telling). Historian is focused on gathering the history and the History Specialist is focused on teaching others through teaching in the Saviors way in gathering and recording their own history as they come closer to Christ.

aaronarthurdavis wrote: Sat Sep 02, 2023 4:22 am Historian is focused on gathering the history and the History Specialist is focused on teaching others through teaching in the Saviors way in gathering and recording their own history as they come closer to Christ.

Not so. History Specialist is described in 33.7.1 of the General Handbook. It is clearly focused on the history of the ward.

You're describing something closer to Ward Temple and Family History Consultants (25.2.4)

Are there new videos that explain the new processes? Also, do you have the current information in Spanish and where can I find it. Thank you

xigiff wrote: Sun Nov 29, 2015 4:44 pm Ward Historian vs History Specialist, is there a difference? I am at the Stake Level and working to get information out to those in the wards on how our stake would like to assemble these over the next few months. With that, I am reaching out to the wards, and finding some have callings called Ward Historian, and some have History Specialists.

They're the same thing, as I understand it, if both callings are at the ward level. History Specialist is the official name. The people categorized as Ward Historians should probably be changed to History Specialists. For the record, that's one of my callings.

munaish wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2024 6:02 pm They're the same thing, as I understand it, if both callings are at the ward level. History Specialist is the official name.

The standard calling is history specialist. As such it is the only one of the two callings with the permissions necessary for the online Unit History tool.