Edwin Williams (younger brother of my great great grandfather, George Williams) is the topic of discussion today on the Williams blog. Hoping to get some other family group sheets up and linked today as well.
It's Friday! Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Friday, October 21, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Now... there's a blog for the Peck family!
Today I got the Peck family blog up and running... with a link to a book published in 1868 (as I remember). Really interesting stuff. Here comes another plug for http://www.archive.org/... Many of these older books are now part of the public domain and have been scanned and uploaded for everyone to use (sometimes there are multiple copies uploaded). You can read the books in all kinds of formats - including saving the book as a pdf for your own computer.
Visit http://www.archive.org/ and then search for a city or a person (perferably from a long time ago)... and who knows what you might find! For the one I linked to on the Peck blog all I did was search for Joseph Peck, my ancestor that came from England in 1638.
Visit http://www.archive.org/ and then search for a city or a person (perferably from a long time ago)... and who knows what you might find! For the one I linked to on the Peck blog all I did was search for Joseph Peck, my ancestor that came from England in 1638.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
More folks coming to America...
Today I've updated the Watson page (see the side link) as I found the ship manifest for when Kate Watson and her four children (Annie, Eva, Charles and Alfred) arrived in New York on the Ship Vaderland in November 1880. Just imagine being 7 months pregnant with 4 kids in tow -- traveling steerage. Still haven't found Shadrach Charles on a ship manifest yet... but he didn't get there too much before she did.
Friday, October 7, 2011
General Conference... and family history
As an adult, I've been lucky that at almost every General Conference I am with family.
In college I generally spent conference weekend with Grandma and Grandpa Nelson (Fred and Leona). We would spend the hours in between conference labeling pictures, telling stories... and just enjoying the time together. Often it was just me (or me and Gene) with them... I remember one year when between sessions Gene and Grandpa were in the front rose bed trying to dig up the water line to find a leak... and Grandma and I sat on the porch and watched and talked. They're not here anymore. I sure do miss them.
When my older kids were little we went to Kanab most often to visit Grandpa and Grandma Gold for conference. We'd come and enjoy other cousins and their kids and have a great time.
Now in Texas we head up to my parents' place and almost all of my siblings and their families that are in Texas get together and we play and watch conference. It's a quick weekend, but it's relaxing and fun to be together.
During the Saturday afternoon session of conference Elder Bednar spoke about family history, and I thought I'd share... (I've added the bold for emphasis).
"Elder Russell M. Nelson has taught that the Spirit of Elijah is “a manifestation of the Holy Ghost bearing witness of the divine nature of the family”. This distinctive influence of the Holy Ghost draws people to identify, document, and cherish their ancestors and family members—both past and present.
The Spirit of Elijah affects people inside and outside of the Church. However, as members of Christ’s restored Church, we have the covenant responsibility to search out our ancestors and provide for them the saving ordinances of the gospel. “They without us should not be made perfect” (Hebrews 11:40; see also Teachings: Joseph Smith, 475). And “neither can we without our dead be made perfect” (D&C 128:15).
For these reasons we do family history research, build temples, and perform vicarious ordinances. For these reasons Elijah was sent to restore the sealing authority that binds on earth and in heaven. We are the Lord’s agents in the work of salvation and exaltation that will prevent “the whole earth [from being] smitten with a curse” (D&C 110:15) when He returns again. This is our duty and great blessing."
So little time, so much to do.
In college I generally spent conference weekend with Grandma and Grandpa Nelson (Fred and Leona). We would spend the hours in between conference labeling pictures, telling stories... and just enjoying the time together. Often it was just me (or me and Gene) with them... I remember one year when between sessions Gene and Grandpa were in the front rose bed trying to dig up the water line to find a leak... and Grandma and I sat on the porch and watched and talked. They're not here anymore. I sure do miss them.
When my older kids were little we went to Kanab most often to visit Grandpa and Grandma Gold for conference. We'd come and enjoy other cousins and their kids and have a great time.
Now in Texas we head up to my parents' place and almost all of my siblings and their families that are in Texas get together and we play and watch conference. It's a quick weekend, but it's relaxing and fun to be together.
During the Saturday afternoon session of conference Elder Bednar spoke about family history, and I thought I'd share... (I've added the bold for emphasis).
"Elder Russell M. Nelson has taught that the Spirit of Elijah is “a manifestation of the Holy Ghost bearing witness of the divine nature of the family”. This distinctive influence of the Holy Ghost draws people to identify, document, and cherish their ancestors and family members—both past and present.
The Spirit of Elijah affects people inside and outside of the Church. However, as members of Christ’s restored Church, we have the covenant responsibility to search out our ancestors and provide for them the saving ordinances of the gospel. “They without us should not be made perfect” (Hebrews 11:40; see also Teachings: Joseph Smith, 475). And “neither can we without our dead be made perfect” (D&C 128:15).
For these reasons we do family history research, build temples, and perform vicarious ordinances. For these reasons Elijah was sent to restore the sealing authority that binds on earth and in heaven. We are the Lord’s agents in the work of salvation and exaltation that will prevent “the whole earth [from being] smitten with a curse” (D&C 110:15) when He returns again. This is our duty and great blessing."
So little time, so much to do.
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