Family History is Fun!

  Dear Brothers and Sisters, This is an exciting time to be doing Family History!   We have been talking about different records being available for our research and how easy it has become to obtain information.   People all over the world are working together on family trees – adding documents, little details, photos and stories.   We may not know these distant family members but we have the blessing of benefitting from their contributions.   Each little added piece of information brings us closer together   -   members and non-members alike building one wonderful family.   We as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, have an additional blessing.   We have the Temple so we can be proxy for those family members on our tree and help them become part of our eternal family!   Before COVID became part of our lives, we could go to the Temple just about any time we wanted.   Now as Temples are slowly opening up again, there have been some changes to our attendance.  

  Dear Brothers and Sisters, This week we will be celebrating Veteran’s Day – a day set aside to honor and celebrate all Veterans of the Military Service –   those who have passed away and those who are still living. As many of you do, Brother May and I have a rich heritage of military service in our family trees.   The more recent heritage includes Brother May’s parents -   his father was in the Air Force, his mother was in the WAC’s.   My father was in the Navy and my sister was in the Army and National Guard.   Brother May, himself, served in the Air Force, following his father’s footsteps, then also served in the National Guard.   (Me?   I am a Navy “Brat” – didn’t serve in the military, but was born while my father was on active duty.   I was probably more “brat” in my teenage years but that is a different story and won’t be told here :-) When we are researching our family’s military records to add information and sources to our trees, it can be really enlightening.   Some of