Christmas has been deemed “the most wonderful time of the year” in a song made popular by Andy Williams. Indeed, much time is spent each year to make it a magical season. I was recently reflecting on Christmas traditions and it was fun to think abo ...
Have you been participating in the 21-Day Connections Experiment? It's an informal experiment based on the idea that having stronger family connections, including a personal understanding of your family’s history, can lead to increased resilience, u ...
This is my 4th great-grandfather, Morris Charles Phelps: I love reading stories about the adventures and trials he and his wife Laura experienced as converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in its early days in Missouri an ...
Do you have a favorite ancestor photo? This is one of my current favorites. A few months ago, I logged in to FamilySearch and discovered that it had been added to my 2x great-grandmother's profile. I was overjoyed! Be ...
This week I helped a young woman discover some of her ancestors. She previously didn’t even know her grandparents’ full names. She was able to track down their names, and we entered them into her new FamilySearch account. One of her grandfathers is ...
Last fall I visited the graves of my 5th great-grandparents, Perez Ormsby Mason and Martha Lois Barney. They lived, died, and were buried in Monroe, Grafton County, New Hampshire. I know a lot about their grandson, my 3rd great-grandfather Amasa Ma ...
I love the way the 1910 Census provides a summary of the life of one of my role models, my 3x great-grandmother, Paulina Eliza Phelps Lyman. This is the last census she appears in prior to her death in 1912. Location: Parowan, Iron ...
"Sweet souls around us watch us still, press nearer to our side; into our thoughts, into our prayers, with gentle helpings glide." Harriet Beecher Stowe My introduction to family history research came when my husband Barry's Grandma Lois sta ...
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