Entries by Jeff Westover

Using Family History to Make Family History

Way out from the land of California comes word that Kirk and Daena Westover will soon be leaving for the Georgia Atlanta Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for a period of two years. That will be an experience for them that no doubt will add to their family history in […]

You Don’t Have to Know What You’re Doing

Over the course of the past several months as a new family history consultant in my ward I have engaged in a lot of conversations with my neighbors about the state of their family history and how they feel about doing it. Almost without exception I hear “If I only knew what I was doing […]

Grandma Sophie’s Pioneer Story

It is Pioneer Day weekend here in Utah. Each year around the 24th of July Utah pioneers are featured, celebrated and remembered. We have many pioneer stories in our family history. To me one of the most compelling is the story of Grandma Sophie. Grandma Sophie was not a Westover. Her granddaughter, Mary Ann Smith, […]