How to Learn More About the Mormons

How to Learn More About the Mormons

Mormons have a number of websites, provided by the Church, which enable us to prepare ourselves for any eventuality. Whether it is the main website which grants us access to all the words of modern prophets and apostles, the scriptures online, information about the...

St. Arnold – A Really Interesting Ancestor

I have one line of my family history all the way back to Adam. Now, obviously, I was a little suspect when I connected these ancestors, so I traced them all the way back to be certain they were indeed . . . my ancestors. In doing so, I’ve run across some really...

The Social Security Death Index (SSDI)

The Social Security Death Index(SSDI) is a database of death records, created by the Social Security Administration(SSA) for persons who had a Social Security Number(SSN) and whose deaths were reported to the SSA. to turn to for those who are starting at the very...

Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK)

Most genealogists have this in common – The excitement they feel from doing volunteer work, hoping to help others find out more about their ancestors and to feel that same thrill of discovery. Over the next little while we will be taking an in-depth look at some...
My Namesake

My Namesake

“What have you done with my name?” It’s a simple question, really.   The story is told that when President George Albert Smith was ill, he had a dream where his deceased grandfather George A. Smith appeared to him and asked “I would like to know what you have...
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