by Christine Bell | Mar 3, 2015 | Christine Bell--Genealogy
Since the sequencing of the human genome was completed, scientists and others have explored what this new tool could be used for. Since DNA changes slightly with successive generations, DNA analysis can determine where your ancestors likely lived. That’s genetic...
by Valerie Steimle | Feb 28, 2015 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
There are some days of the week which are challenging. There are other days we are stretched to our limit. The experience we call “living on earth” has its moments but it all seems better when we can take a break from our normal routine. Taking time to celebrate the...
by Christine Bell | Jan 27, 2015 | Christine Bell--Genealogy
The featured image in this article is my Grandpa Sam. Samuel Harmon Black was born in northern California in 1895 and died in central California in 1981. He married Mary Snively in 1920 and they had two children. The younger of their two children was my mother. I...
by Valerie Steimle | Jan 24, 2015 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
During our busy schedule over the past year, we would take the time to visit a most sacred place as a family: the temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The closest temples from our home near Mobile, Alabama are the Baton Rouge, Louisiana temple,...
by richarddolsen | Nov 27, 2014 | Home and Family
A few months ago, many of my cousins, siblings, and I gathered with two of our aunts, ages 89 and 97, at the site of our grandparents’ home to spend an evening with Grandpa and Grandma. In the September twilight, we read from Grandpa’s and Grandma’s journals and...
