Christmas Spending

Christmas Spending

With the passing of “black Friday” and “cyber Monday”, we’ve just finished a week of shopping frenzies. Around this time of year we all eye our wallets and spend a good deal of time thinking about, preparing for, and going out shopping. As members of The Church of...
Lost Cousins.com

Lost Cousins.com

LostCousins is a relatively new resource on the web. In the website’s own words: “LostCousins is the only family history site able to match you with cousins researching the same ancestors automatically, accurately & confidentially. Simply enter the...
Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan

With the invention of the internet and online library websites and catalogs, people everywhere have realized that the local library they use to look to as the ultimate resource, may actually not carry everything they need in doing research. But even with this...

The 1864 Luxury Tax and Photographer’s Stamps.

One item that fell within this act were photographs. The act stated that sellers of photographs including daguerrotypes, ambrotypes, tin types and carte de visite, affix a stamp to the back of the photographs that were sold. The tax stamp period began August 1, 1864...
Even Mormon Children Can Have a Testimony

Even Mormon Children Can Have a Testimony

Some of the most beautiful testimonies given within the Mormon Church, or Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are given by the children. The first Sunday of every month the Mormon Church holds what is called ‘Fast Sunday.’ On this Sunday members...
Off to College

Off to College

For some the thought of moving away from home to start college can be frightening. Others can’t wait to break free and spread their newly grown wings. No matter how you might feel about leaving home, you must try even harder than before to hold strong to everything...
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