Archive for the 'Family History Library' Category

Online Documents Making Genealogy Research Easier

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

The following is a teaser from an extensive article written by Jackie Burrell. I found the article to be revealing and of interest to me - as a Genealogist.
IT SOUNDS like a script for a Hollywood movie or some new reality show — a granite vault stacked with precious books and more than a million […]

Australia Inaugurates a National Family History Week

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

Some years ago, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, that repository of the world’s largest collection of genealogical data, did Australia the great public service of collating a five-volume family history of the Prime Minister, John Howard.
The information was collected from information stored in vast sealed granite vaults overlooking the Utah capital, Salt […]

The Mouse Family Tree

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

The following excerpt is from Salt Lake City’s “alternative” weekly newspaper.
Mickey Mouse is alive and well, at least as far as the folks at Disney are concerned—and they should know. According to some prankster, however, the famous rodent is not only dead, but also eligible to be baptized, endowed and sealed (with wife Minnie) in […]