A story from my mom’s childhood was turned into a children’s book! What a delightful way to share family history! My mom doesn’t talk much about herself so when she shared this story, I wanted to document it and this was a memorable way for her grandchildren and posterity. My 11 year old niece was visiting as… Read More A Fun Way to Share Family History: A Children’s Book
Some years ago I met a Hopi woman at her home high atop a desert plateau. She was a potter, who made clay vessels in their old traditional way. I asked about the designs on her pots, and what they meant. Some of them she described – for example, one was rain falling on the mesa and another… Read More Anything Can Be Family History
After her passing, my grandmother passed down a little carved wooden chest to her oldest granddaughter. During COVID, I contacted my cousin who inherited this chest and got the complete story from her. I have, of course, added it as a Memory on FamilySearch. Here is a summary: Grandmother’s father delivered mail by horse and buggy from… Read More A Gift From a Salesman
Recently my wife and I watched the documentary, “Mully.” It is a fascinating story about Charles Mully who was abandoned by his family as a young child in Kenya. He had nothing and initially went begging for food just to survive. His drive and ingenuity led him from rags to riches experiencing a stratospheric rise… Read More YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
This is Beth. She was born in 1919 – that was 100 years ago. Beth was the youngest child in her family. She had two older sisters and two older brothers. There was also an older sister that died as a child that Beth didn’t ever know. One Christmas when she was about 8 years old – I think… Read More Toe of My Stocking
In the First Presidency Christmas Devotional given earlier this month, Sister Bonnie H. Cordon, Young Women General President, shared a story about a gift her father gave his brother for Christmas during the post-World War II era. Sister Cordon described this story as a gift to her because it taught her about sacrifice and reminded… Read More The Gift of a Family Story
In Christmases past at the Granite Family History Center, we have encouragedgift giving for our ancestors that include: 1) Working to complete your fourgenerations on FamilySearch 2) Adding a memory to your FamilySearch FamilyTree 3) Indexing a batch of records 4) Performing a temple ordinance for anancestor. There are also many wonderful Christmas gifts for… Read More Family History Christmas Gift Ideas
Every Veteran’s Day I am grateful for FamilySearch because archived in the Memories are photos and information about my father, Herbert Hamilton Frost, who served in WWII. • Because we have his World War II draft registration card we know that he was only 5’6” and weighed a measly 130 pounds when he registered in… Read More Remembering a World War II Veteran
Have I ever told you how much I love old newspapers? Well, they put life to a name and a date. Newspapers often make the person come to life! And I love having my ancestors “come to life.” I’ve been researching my great-uncle Frank’s life and struggled with the fact that he committed suicide at… Read More Simple Kindness Grants Small Miracle
For many years, the term “Black Friday” has been a colloquial term for the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States. It traditionally marked the start of the Christmas shopping season and used to be the busiest shopping day of the year. In recent years, Black Friday creeped into Thursday and, more recently, black Friday… Read More WHITE FRIDAY