Website Goal
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When we find our ancestors we find ourselves.
Information on this website is a result of my life's journey but by no means represents more than a partial amount. When finished my hope is to leave record of the interesting story of the families of my eight Mormon Pioneer great grandparents -- when and where they came from, and the driving forces that caused them to leave their homelands and travel across the American continent in covered wagons and handcart to the land they called "the valley."
Preserving the past for future generations is a key goal of this website. If you have never researched your family history you cannot know how it feels to be strangely pulled into dusty corners and there rewarded with a fascinating piece of your family's past. There is much to be found by reading the information placed here. Though my hands are shaky now, I am frequently motivated to write and do so as guided by daily impulse. Reasoned and logical objectives are frequently set aside by the realization that the greatest satisfaction, productivity and accomplishments are driven by the unseen force. |
Images have been created of not only photos and picture collages but of text also which you can save to disk. Also, please copy and read the PDFs or send one to a family member you know who loves to do family history. Click to enlarge and fully enjoy the information and images.
In addition to accounting and recording kinship, their are fascinating journeys -- discovering details about the lives and historical context of deceased forebears. The recent discovery of great-uncle William Reynolds, who rode as escort to Tecumseh Sherman, John C. Fremont and Stephen Kearney, and then later, learning about two distant cousins who served in Sherman's army in his historic "March to the Sea" across Georgia, was somehow peculiarly exciting compared even to the best novels I have read. I humbly encourage you to "give it a shot." Discovering who you are can create the anchor you need to live in the sea of humanity. Of the roughly 7 billion people in this world, you can discover that you are, indeed, a very unique and special person. Source: Genealogy Now Blog; Finding ourselves. 11/30/2012. |
Included here are photos, histories, and documents inherited from past ages and from living and generous kin who have worked hard and traveled far in search of their past. There are images, poems, illustrations, and compositions set to print by the author so others can savor the many unique and often heroic examples that have survived their times. Our recorded ancestors lived during the pioneering era of this great nation. They were soldiers of the Revolution and the Civil War and missionaries of restored truths. They were farmers of the land and stock-men too. They were believers of the Word who stood by their convictions through good and bad times as well. Mostly they were common folk, just like us, but among them were teachers, community builders, writers and poets. From their examples we can take courage and develop our own commitments to live a better life.
"Don't Blame Me!"
Suggestions for improvement and correction of any item on this site is solicited. Your patience is appreciated as new items are being added, almost daily. Priorites are on creating a life picture of our closest 14 line ancestors. Be sure to click on the images to enlarge.
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The Sea of humanity
A fan chart, like the one above, can easily be created if your genealogical information is included in the Family Search database. Just go to https://treeseek.com/ and enter your FamilySearch user name and password and follow a simple direction and the chart will be produced in PDF.
This knowledge that each of us is a "very unique person" has long intrigued me and I have written about it in a piece I entitled "The Search for Who We Are." I must admit that I am still trying to drop anchor and will probably continue looking for the right place as long as blank spaces exist on my fan chart. Just look at the one on the left. In the ninth generation there are places for 256 names but about 85 or 33 percent are missing. The fact that I inherited DNA from each of those 256 individuals sure tells me something about the possible variations that exist with each of us, but that's not enough. I just want to know who each of them are.
This knowledge that each of us is a "very unique person" has long intrigued me and I have written about it in a piece I entitled "The Search for Who We Are." I must admit that I am still trying to drop anchor and will probably continue looking for the right place as long as blank spaces exist on my fan chart. Just look at the one on the left. In the ninth generation there are places for 256 names but about 85 or 33 percent are missing. The fact that I inherited DNA from each of those 256 individuals sure tells me something about the possible variations that exist with each of us, but that's not enough. I just want to know who each of them are.