Posted in Family History, The Family Treehouse on Sep 2nd, 2009 Discussion »
Ten years ago I went to visit my two grandmothers. This was about 6 months after I caught the family history bug. I had exhausted my PAF program with any name, place, and date that I could find in the verbal and physical information that had been given to me. Since this was in 1999, […]
Posted in Family History, The Family Treehouse on Jul 21st, 2009 Discussion »
There are times when I crave a spiritual experience. I love to search and read the scriptures, but sometimes I just want a physical place to go and feel uplifted. This is one of the reasons that I love to visit temples, even just to drive by, go to a visitor’s center, or walk around […]
Posted in Family History, The Family Treehouse on Jul 19th, 2009 Discussion »
There are many ways to find your ancestors and a lot of resources available to help in your search. If you want the big picture of your ancestor’s life, characteristics, personality, and other demographics, chances are, you’ll have to look in more than one resource. Just be sure to document the source! (This is often […]
Posted in Family History, The Family Treehouse on Jul 19th, 2009 Discussion »
When I was first asked to write a column for Mormon Momma, I knew exactly what I wanted it to be about and I hoped that a Genealogy and Family History column was available. Long story short, I began researching my own family history in 1998 at the age of 28 when my grandfather passed […]
Posted in Humor, Family History on Apr 12th, 2005 Discussion »
“My ancestry goes all the way back to Alexander the Great,” said one lady. She then turned to a second lady and asked, “And how far does your family go back?”
“I don’t know,” was the reply. “All of our records were lost in the Flood.”
Posted in Humor, Family History on Nov 4th, 2002 Discussion »
These quotes are purportedly taken from actual letters sent to the Family History Department of the LDS Church.
