More Family History

Look it up. Nobody can explain the origin of the name "Utah." We think it comes from a Native American word but there are all kind...

[Previously posted on  Keepapitchinin.org ] My family has done pretty well saving old items of personal history. Bless my dear paternal g...

[from my other blog 24 July 2014 - Pioneer Day (in Utah)] So, I got an email message from Family Search listing all my Mormon Pione...

[From my "other" blog 14 Sept. 2014] The  Relative Finder program  developed by the BYU Family History people has given me a lot...

Maybe he was there, maybe he wasn't, but he has not been officially identified in the famous picture: The Golden Spike It's be...

[From my "other" blog] Clicking away to firm up my ancestry.com family tree, I came across a picture I hadn't seen before. ...

My daughter (the rescue party) at Echo, Utah on the Mormon Trail Now it’s a total of three adventures I’ve taken unexpectedly from the ...