Tag: family history work
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…
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…
How FamilySearch.org Strengthened Ties with My Mother
I’d like to thank FamilySearch.org for one of the most enjoyable times I’ve spent with my mother. While I was in Salt Lake recently, one…
When Goats Fly
One of the Young Single Adults in Shanghai recently talked about her experiences in doing family history research. In learning about her ancestors, she had…
No Man Knows My History
No man knows my history . . . at least not for the past few weeks. Guess I haven’t been keeping my journal very well…
The Savior of the World, the Entire World: Grace Effective to Save All Men
Some critics have argued that the Latter-day Saint concept of moral agency (a.k.a. free agency) would make God no longer sovereign if we were really…