by Christine Bell | Feb 18, 2014 | Christine Bell--Genealogy
I have gained knowledge about my family through conducting interviews of family members that I could not have found in any other source. Interviews can take several forms including a casual phone conversation. I enjoyed such a conversation recently with one of my...
by Valerie Steimle | Jan 28, 2014 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
What would it be like to never have known your ancestors? The scariest of ideas would be if we lived in some kind of science fiction world where we were born in a laboratory and had no memory of where we came from or who had lived before us. Lucky for us our life on...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 19, 2008 | Home and Family
Jacob, apparently the third prophet of the Book of Mormon, wrote that his brother Nephi, the second prophet, had commanded him to keep two records of their people, the Nephites. When Nephi handed over the records to this younger brother, he asked Jacob to keep one set...
by Katie P | Feb 25, 2008 | Home and Family
A seminar was held on February 23 in Richmond, Virginia, where presenters discussed the preservation and indexing of the Virginia Freedmen’s Bureau Records. The seminar was presented by the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia and volunteers from the...
by Summer O | Jan 24, 2008 | Home and Family
“Genealogy is not family group record forms, pedigree charts, microfilms, name abbreviations, and technical regulations. These are only tools. Genealogy is the study of one’s family, the study of our ancestors—their birth, their childhood, their dreams, their...
