This incredible image was taken in Pinto, Utah between 1865 and 1870. It shows the old rock Church built by the pioneers there and members of the Pinto ward who gathered to take the picture. When I was with my Dad he had me put this image on his big screen and we studied it […]
I am spending a lot of time working on the history of my parents. It is a complex project. Anyone attempting to write the history of people they love is confronted with great challenges. How do you tell the story and get it right? How do you handle weaknesses? How do you handle their conflicts? […]
My 9th great grandfather on my maternal line is a man named Thomas Cornell. He was born on 21 October 1627 in Saffron Walden, England. He was the 4th of 13 children of Thomas and Rebecca Cornell. The Cornells emigrated to Boston when Thomas was just 11 years old and settled in Boston, where his […]
Sandy and I had the chance to visit Manti this week for the temple open house. When the renovation work was announced a couple of years ago being able to see the Manti Temple before rededication quickly became a bucket list item. But something unexpected happened to me on this visit to Manti. It reminded […]
In April of 2021 we took a road trip to Southern Utah. It would be my Dad’s final road trip, an exploration of family history. It was his desire to connect the names and dates on the family tree to places – places even that he was familiar with from his first years growing up […]