by Summer O | Jun 10, 2017 | Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
Upon hearing the term, work for the dead, many Latter-Day Saints think only of the actual performance of temple ordinances. But there are many other ways to contribute. In the June 1989 Ensign Article Family History: “In Wisdom and Order” Elder...
by Christine Bell | May 29, 2017 | Christine Bell--Genealogy
What do you think of when the subject of cemeteries is mentioned? Do you think about a place of peace and calm where the dead are remembered and honored? Or do you think of cemeteries as creepy, spooky places? One of my young friends holds her breath as we drive past...
by Christine Bell | Dec 8, 2016 | Christine Bell--Genealogy
I remember, as a novice family history research, the thrill of finding a record that told me more about my family and immediately adding the information to my family history. Back then, my family tree was on paper and only available to those with whom I personally...
by Patty Sampson | Nov 13, 2016 | Patty Sampson: Christian Life
Family History is boring. It’s for retired people who have nothing else to do. And the only way to really do family history is to go out in graveyards and find the names on stones and write them down. Or so I thought. I’m a young mom, busy with a young...
by Walter Penning | Aug 3, 2016 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
I like to think that we were all ecstatic about the Great Plan of Happiness. Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said “We shouted for joy when given the privilege of coming to this earth to receive a body and to move forward in God’s plan for...
