We are working on two video projects at the moment, one for Edwin R. Westover and the other for Ann Findley Westover. These two individuals are the parents of William Ruthven Westover. Their stories are important in learning what shaped the character of young William and they contain episodes during their lives that provide deep […]
I met a man at Rootstech named Frank Nielsen. He was there selling copies of something his father had given him years before — a map, dating back to his great grandfather in 1899 — mounted on a piece of wood. Frank didn’t push his maps on me. Instead I asked him about it and […]
Tradition within the Westover family for centuries has been the re-use of common first names. Perhaps the most common is “John”. There is also plenty use of the names Jonas or Jonah, William, and, of course, Gabriel. In researching an upcoming video on the life of Edwin Ruthven Westover we have been a bit hung […]
Just as I was leaving Rootstech on Saturday afternoon I ran into an elderly man in a wheelchair. He was clearly struggling and I stopped to see if he was okay. He was short of breath. I was certain he was having a heart attack. The convention hall was packed as Saturday is Family Discovery […]
Everyone takes a first step into family history at some point in their life. For me that happened in 1985. I had returned home from my mission earlier that year and left California for Utah. I was working in downtown Salt Lake City, just a block away from the fairly new Church Family History Library. […]