by Delisa Hargrove | Oct 22, 2015 | Delisa Hargrove: Applying Gospel Principles
Utah inmates have a rather unusual option in the work program lineup. Genealogy. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints partners with the Utah prison system to train inmates to complete family history projects. The Church’s first Family History Center opened...
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 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 Christine Bell | Dec 23, 2014 | Christine Bell--Genealogy
Emily felt warm and comfortable sitting near the hearth while the fire popped and danced. She felt so fortunate to be spending this evening in the humble but lovingly decorated cottage that her great-grandfather Hugh had built. In one corner of the room was a fir tree...
by Christine Bell | Nov 18, 2014 | Christine Bell--Genealogy
It’s almost Thanksgiving Day and my thoughts turn to the story of the first Thanksgiving in America. It’s a story of a group of immigrants gathering to express gratitude to God and to the Native Americans for the help received in settling in a new land. For a...