I recently had a personal experience serving my family at the temple. I had planned to do an endowment session and was hustling to be there on time. I wasn’t really planning on doing anyone’s work, in particular, as I am a convert and always have so many ordinances to get done. When I walked… Read More A Sacred Work
Neil L. Andersen stated in his General Conference talk last week, “Regularly performing ordinances for our ancestors in the temple brings a sweet and sure confirmation that life continues beyond the veil.” He continued, sharing a story about how he received that confirmation. While attending the temple one day, he was asked by a temple… Read More Life Continues Beyond the Veil
I love collecting art and meaningful quotes about angels. “In like manner our fathers and mothers, brothers, sisters and friends who have passed away from this earth, having been faithful, and worthy to enjoy these rights and privileges, may have a mission given them to visit their relatives and friends upon the earth again, bringing… Read More Eternally Connected
My husband, Ray, and I were going on a road trip to Nauvoo, Illinois to visit some historical places of our stalwart pioneer ancestry. On the trip, we were passing through Fort Madison, Iowa which lies west of the Mississippi River before getting into Nauvoo. As we were driving through Fort Madison, a memory clicked in… Read More Spiritual Experience in Fort Madison, Iowa
My mother died in 1989 at 99 years of age and 3 weeks. I inherited a number of her keepsakes. Enclosed is a translation of a letter that was written to her in 1926 by a young man who had proposed marriage to her. Out of the many proposals that she had, this is one… Read More Is It Just a Coincidence?
It was a few days before our son, Sam, was leaving for his mission to South Africa. We were in the kitchen marking off the list of “what to bring.” One item on the list was his genealogy fan chart. We had printed it off and were looking at it. ”I wonder who will be your special guardian… Read More Jacob and Mina
I joined the church when I was 15 years old. I had no idea why prior to joining the church I was drawn to genealogy. I would go to the Ohio Historical Society and spend hours in the microfiche looking for family members in newspaper articles and books. I was drawn to know who they were… Read More The Mystery in Genealogy
Over the past 2 years, we as a family have set a goal to increase our temple attendance. One part of this was taking our son to do baptisms for the dead once a month. The goal was to research names and take family names each month. This has been an incredible experience for us.… Read More “Let’s Keep Searching”
For years I have served as a family history consultant at the Granite Family History Center. During slow times when there are not patrons needing help, I have engaged in indexing. I have found it to be a rewarding experience and have indexed over 12,500 records. On July 5, 2019, I had a unique experience while engaged… Read More The Record Spoke to Me
In the fall of 2020, I felt like the Holy Ghost was nudging me along to finish a project that I had started a few years earlier. I felt an urgency to complete it. I had borrowed some pictures from my mother-in-law of her parents and other family members that were from the Netherlands. I… Read More “Thank You for Remembering Us”