Lost – Now Found

This year I decided to research the lineage of our sons-in-law for their birthday presents. The effort has been a big hit with them and their extended families.
During their holiday family gatherings, they shared their lineal information and in some cases the wall charts they’d had printed at BYU with their families. [...]

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From Blocks to Electrons

It is Christmas time again. This week, I thought about the types of toys I received as a child and then compared them to the high tech toys our grandchildren will receive this Christmas. The wee tots blocks and dolls are basically the same design, although most are made in China now, however, the [...]

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Tombstone Symbols

I looked through photos of ancestors headstones today and again wondered about the meaning of many of the symbols on them.
Some of the themes were obviously favorites of the stone cutters, but many of the symbols were picked by loved ones. They had meaning to the surviving spouse and children.
What were the [...]

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Free Unlimited Online Image Storage

The power supply in my main computer workstation failed a week ago and in its dying gasp, sent a power spike through the system that fried the motherboard too. We all know that the hard drive in our machines will die at some point, but power supplies are typically more robust and you don’t [...]

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Have Kit – Will Travel

After my father died a number of years ago, I realized how much I’d lost by not interviewing him and getting his stories and family history on tape. Immediately deciding to rectify this character flaw, I gathered together a small collection of note pads, pens and an old cassette tape player to make an [...]

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