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Heritage Albums

Do you know what a heritage album is? In short, it’s an album you make of photos of your ancestors. I did my first one last year. We took a trip the summer before last down to Southern California. While we were there, we dropped in on dh’s dad. We hadn’t seen him in years. Paul’s parents divorced when he was young and he was raised by his stepfather. It was an interesting time as we spent several days there really getting to know them for the first time. Chuck (Paul’s dad) had saved a lot of photos of his … Continue reading →

Family History – Are You Doing It?

I have a deep and abiding love of genealogy. The very first time I ever felt the Spirit prompt me – the prompting that lead me to sitting down with the missionaries – was when I learned that families could be sealed together for all eternity. It should be no surprise that, on my first trip to the LDS bookstore I ever made, I immediately purchased genealogy software. As a college student, I spent a lot of my free time researching my ancestors. I made a lot of mistakes starting out that I’ve had to go back and correct, but … Continue reading →