It was in the 1950’s when my mother and I became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her family had always been religious and interested in their ancestry, keeping letters, pictures and stories close. The Spirit of Elijah had parked on their doorstep, including mine. He is a permanent fixture and… Read More FAMILY HISTORY REMEMBRANCES
Due to the pandemic during much of 2020, we have been isolated from circumstances where we feel that we belong. Not being able to associate as we have in the past at work, church, in the community and even with extended family, have made us keenly aware of the value of those relationships. When we… Read More BELONGING
In President Russell M. Nelson’s opening address at the Saturday Morning, October 3, 2020, Session of General Conference, titled “Moving Ahead”, he shared his gratitude for the “technology that allows us to be connected as one great worldwide gathering” for General Conference. He also said: “we have learned to do some things differently and some… Read More Steadily Moving Forward
I have pioneer ancestry and I knew a lot of their temple work was done. One day I wondered if all of my pioneer ancestry families had come to Utah. I looked at the family of Peter Sheffield because they were the immigrant family. There was a complete Family Group Sheet with parents and their… Read More “Grandma’s Theory of Family History”
If you haven’t been able to find family records, or haven’t recently searched on Family Search, now might be the time to take a second look. In an article published on the FamilySearch blog; Monthly Record Update for October 2020, you will learn of online archives added in October of 2020 with over 23 million… Read More Newly Indexed Records Available
A couple years before I was born, President Spencer W. Kimball said, “I believe that the Lord is anxious to put into our hands inventions of which we laymen have hardly had a glimpse” (“When the World Will Be Converted,” Ensign, Oct. 1974, 10). How true that is today! In the palm of our hands,… Read More The Blessing of the Family Tree App; Map My Ancestors Feature
President Spencer W. Kimball said, “Our success, individually and as a Church, will largely be determined by how faithfully we focus on living the gospel in the home.” (Ensign, May 1978, 101) In the October 2014 General Conference, Elder Allan F. Packer stated that “Temple and family history work is part of living the gospel… Read More INCREASING JOY AND HAPPINESS
I never had a chance to meet my maternal Grandfather, he died at the age of 33, when my mother was just six years old. He left a wife and 5 small children, (a sixth on the way). These were trying times for my grandmother as she tells of the deaths of two family members… Read More My Grandfather, The Great War, and a Pandemic
When the Granite Family History Center was closed along with churches and temples in March, I was pretty certain that things would be opened again by now, and life would return to normal. While we are gradually moving in that direction, we will need to be patient for awhile longer. Many church members have seen… Read More Thanks So Much
Post WWII prisoners, Czechoslovakia… Read More Lost and Found