Certain dates tend to stick in the minds of most avid family historians. 1890, of course, is notorious. That year of the federal census was mostly lost to history due to a fire in 1921 that wiped out most of the records. Nearly every family has a missing piece of information tied to that census […]
Our ward is headed to the Temple this weekend, a combination of Ward Temple Night and Youth Baptisms. I volunteered some family names for the kids to do, forgetting that the well was temporarily dry for baptisms. We’ve been doing a lot of baptizing the past several months. I so spent some evening hours this […]
As I write this in the dark of night, my mind flooding with thoughts, I realize that I’m about to share some things with you that are deeply personal and sacred. I recognize as well that I am about to share some history of living individuals and that I’m going to share some stories and […]
One of our long term projects is a video we’re producing about the life of William Riggs. His video will likely be the first family member we feature whose last name is not Westover. I was quite young when Grandpa Riggs passed. But I do have a living memory of him. The interesting thing to […]
Looking back at goals set in the past is some times a difficult exercise — especially when we fail. We set ambitious family history goals for 2016 and in many respects I feel like I failed miserably. We did not produce all the videos we hoped, we didn’t do well in our efforts to unite […]