114. Saviors on Mt. Zion, Missionary Work, Redeeming the Dead, and Perfecting the Saints! (Indexing helps!)
I became interested in Family History when it was called "Genealogy". I first became very fascinated with it when I was about 16 years old, (1950). I had Aunt Sarah on my father's line, and my Aunt Vina on my mothers' line who had both done quite a lot of genealogy. I copied the large long family group sheets, and pedigree charts, and then went to our small library in St. George, and looked up names of my ancestors in New England in the few books they had. I was thrilled to find names of direct ancestors in the early records in various states, especially Connecticut and Massachusetts. I had a few in New York, Vermont, and some other states also. but their Temple work was already done. I have many who came in the early 1630's and 1640's. One ancestor was the first white girl born in America, the daughter of French immigrants, I believe. Another was the first person in New England to live to be 100 years old. I have a 1640 map of N...