Category: Family history work
The Bus to Inverness: Blessed to Attend Church in Scotland
As the first Sunday in June approached, I struggled with a difficult decision. I was in Scotland participating in a family reunion for my wife’s side of the family, where…
Help for My Mother’s Funeral From the Best Priesthood Lesson Ever, Courtesy of Latter-day Saint Poet Elaine W. Christensen
My mother, Mary Lyon Miles Lindsay, passed away a few days ago at the age of 91 years. Many blessings, even small miracles, made it possible for my wife and…
Do I Dare Join the Woman in the Boat?
“Woman Reading in a Boat” by Arthur Becher, ca. 1910. I just awoke from a dream, or series of dreamlike images, in which I stood on my familiar shore…
BillionGraves: A Remarkable Tool for Finding Graves of Your Ancestors
With the need to return to Utah for a while, my wife and I decided to drive instead of our normal routine of flying. This gave us a chance to…
God Bless China and the New Shanghai Temple
Update, April 29, 2020: Plans for a temple in Shanghai have hit an unfortunate snag, as was just reported today. See my post, “A Bump in the Road for the…