What Will You Remember about 2020?

What Will You Remember about 2020? What Did You Learn about COVID-19 and Yourself? I have previously addressed the value and importance of keeping a journal in multiple posts here. 

We are currently living during an unprecedented time in the world with the COVID-19 pandemic which effects everyone differently. How has this year with the pandemic changed your life or the life of your family or loved ones? Have you been overwhelmed by all of the information and misinformation?  Additionally we are in the midst of an election year which seems to be adding fuel to the fire. 

I remember when I first heard about the pandemic I thought it is just like another cold or flu bug, but then life started changing so quickly with new information coming out once or twice a day. I decided to start writing about my experiences during this year in my journal as I knew this was something I would want to remember, share with my family and perhaps help someone in the process. Being in the medical field myself, I have watched how science has evolved regarding the pandemic as more information was learned. Whether or not you believe this is a hoax or whether or not this is really a problem, writing down you thoughts and experiences helps you personally to solidify your feelings and may help one of your descendants down the line in the process.

Writing about your experiences while in lock down or isolation can provide you an outlet and also provide insights to future generations of the reality of this time in the worlds history. Each country will or has been experiencing the pandemic based upon their unique locations, the government recommendations and/or restrictions, the impact of the pandemic on the economy, etc.  You may want to consider how your felt when you first heard and felt about the pandemic; how the pandemic has affected your life and the life of your family economically, socially; how did your work life change: did you start a new hobby; and what things have changed in your life since it's beginning.

Using your journal to keep records of your genealogical research by creating a page for each person you are researching, where you have searched, what you have found, what you have proved correct or eliminated.

Benefits of journal writing:

1. Journaling/writing can help provide prospective and encouragement by noting how the challenges were overcome or dealt with even if the outcome was not what you wished. 
2. Journaling can help you know you can do hard things and be successful despite the hard things. 
3. As you journal you may reflect on what you have learned about yourself, how you have changed and/or how your world has changed
4. Possibly discover blessings you have been blessed with during this challenging time. 
5. It can help you sort out your priorities and organize your life
6. Inspire creativity
7. Help to relieve stress and anxiety
8. Goal setting

Journals come in various types and sizes including: a study journal, art journal, weight loss journal, scripture study journal, work journal, photo journal, bullet journals, and/or a life experience journal. Journals can be on single or multiple sheets of paper, a bound journal like the example in the picture above, a spiral bound journal, or you can journal with your computer in a Word Doc or something similar, or using an app for journaling. Journaling is for all ages; children can create their journal with their artwork; teenagers and young adults can journal about their experiences with friends, family, teachers. 

If you am not sure where to start or need inspiration, all you need to do is to google journal prompts and you will find numerous websites providing you ideas.

The great thing about journaling is there are so many ways to journal and there is no right or wrong way to write. No one will grade you on it; it is just your thoughts and ideas. One word of caution, if you decide to have an electronic journal, remember to always, always, always to back up your writing in case you have hard drive failure.  Happy writing!

A Treasure Trove Of Information

 I recently found a "Treasure Trove" of information that is available for those researching their ancestors in Australia. This website is user friendly with a search box on the home page. This site allows you to research in digitized newspaper, journals, diaries, and photographs to name a few. Please note the site also provides links to other sites that may have information regarding your query; some of them require payment and others are free to use. From the home page you can select the collection you would like to research within to narrow your search. Thus far, I have noted researching the newspaper collection is free. If you would like to research your Australian ancestors in the newspaper collection, click Trove digitized newspapers. If you prefer to perform a general search click Trove National Libary of Australia Home.

What is a Picture worth

As one ages, you begin to realize time flies on wings of lightning.  The once endless summers as a child become the cherished months spent escaping from the rigors of college.  After college, life begins  to settle in with the normal adult responsibilities of a job, family, travel, and a variety of activities that fill the days, months and years.  If we do not capture these fleeting moments, they pass far from our view and can never be recaptured.  Or can they?

Some say "A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words."  I think pictures can speak volumes and not just "A Thousand Words."  One professional photographer from Argentina has been taking pictures of each member of his family from 1976 to the present.  The picture is taken the same whether it is a good or bad day and it is always the same pose. Looking at these just reminds us of the importance of documenting our family not only with names, dates, and places,  but also the importance of photographs and stories.  One of the most precious gifts we can give our family are pictures. Pictures record a snap shot of ones life and help others to know what we were like and remind us of times in the past. Pictures are part of history and can be very artistic.  If you would like to see the full picture of the Diego Family through the years, click Diego Goldberg :: The Arrow of Time.  One word of caution, please remember to label your pictures with an acid free pencil or scan and label the people in the photographs so you don't forget who was in the photos.

Have you told your story or the story of those you love?

This week, I wanted to share with you a new website that is in the development stages called StoryVault. This website has been developed and is able to be utilized free of charge, but you have to sign up for an account to use the site. It has been to browse through the videos that are currently available to view regarding people's life experiences. You can view one of them that I have post below. The videos range from war experiences to daily living experiences. The video I posted below shows you that even a young person can conduct the interviews. The interviews are meant to be 10 minutes or less, so that one would share a memory of a particular event, place, or person. The site notes that ideal length of the video is approximately 5 minutes. The video below is an interview between a father and his son regarding an experience that father had while flying and the plane had major engine trouble.  The son did a great job in the interview.  Watch to find out what happened.

Another feature of the website is the capability for one to create their own family tree. The site does not allow one to import their GEDCOM to the site, therefore, you have to manually enter each individual into the site.  The website also provides a hints/tips section about how to conduct an video interview and the videos are able to be linked to your family tree as well. If you would like to learn more, click Story Vault Frequently Asked Questions.

Do You Have Jewish Ancestors? Do you need help?

The Center for Jewish History has a digital collection that is available for research. The collections available for research include scrapbooks, photographs, letters from the Front, dissertations, oral interviews, video interviews, and much more. Also noted on this site was Association for Free Distribution of Matsot to the Poor (New York, N.Y.) records, 1855-1858. This record contains information regarding the distribution of Free Matzoth to the needy and poor in New York City during the years of 1855 - 1858. This site has a wealth of information that could assist you with your research.  You will want to spend  time perusing through the vast collections available for research.


The website design is a little clunky and difficult to research, but it has the possibility to provide a great deal of information and insight to the researcher.  The site has a simple and advanced search feature.  I also found that browsing the collections interesting. Some of the files are very large and can a little while to load in the viewer.  Additionally there are some records that are in German and Russian.  There site has a simple and advanced search feature, but I found that browsing the collections interesting. Once you have found something you would like to view, you need to click on the picture on the left of the screen  to view the information, as noted in the picture on the right.


Once you have clicked on the picture, you will either see the image directly or you will be given an option to select the folder you would like to view.  Please note that there are plus signs next to folder, which indicate there is additional information included in the folder.  To open the folder, simply click on the plus sign and you will be able to view the information in that folder.

I hope that this has not confused you.  I think that this site has a great deal to offer for the genealogist and family historian.  It take a little time to understand the navigation of the site, but is wealth worth the investment of time.  The site is free to use, but there are disclaimers siting that you must not use this information to sell or profit by.  The information provided is for personal use and educational uses. If you would like to search in this site click Center for Jewish History Digital Archives.

Preserving Family Pictures

As a follow-up to my previous post regarding Picasa, I wanted to show you the possiblities of Picasa by creating a little video utilizing some of my family pictures.  As you can tell, I love the numerous ways that Picasa allows you to preserve memories.  I hope you enjoy it.

Now who was that in the picture?

How many times have you looked at older photos of family or friends and wondered: "Now who was that in the picture?" I have numerous pictures from the past and present that have multiple people in the photos. Wouldn't it be great to be able to label the people in the pictures so that their names will not be forgotten?

I am not the only one that has thought of this idea.  As the digital age continues to explode, it affords the individual with more options for family history work including preservation, research, sharing, and documentation of family history. You only need to go to Dead Fred and see all of the nameless pictures of people to realize how important the documentation of the names of individuals in a photo.  It has been said that if your history is not written down or documented, you or your family will be lost in the memories of others within 2 generations. 

The Apple/Mac platform utilizes I-photo which allows for the labeling and categorization of the photos on my laptop computer.  I liked this platform very much, but I also have a PC so I wanted one that would work across both platforms.  I wanted the flexibility of being able to work on either my macbook or my desktop PC while working on my family history picture archives.  I began searching for a program that would satisfy these requirements.

Over the past month or two, I began utilizing a free program that I think every genealogist will want to have at their finger tips. The new tool that I have begun to utilize is most likely familiar to many of you; it is Picasa.  The newest version of Picasa is free to download and use to assist with the organization of your family photos.  If you have used this before, you know how easy it is to install and the program automatically finds all of the photos on your hard drive. The newest version allows one to perform simple color corrections, remove red eye, and a few other tools to tweak the picture to be at it's best.  Another feature of Picasa is the face recognition program.  The face recognition works fairly well however, it does not always pick up every face in the image.  This is easily corrected as the program allows you manually tag/add individuals in the photo. Once you have labeled the individual the program will begin to search the photos on your hard drive organizing them by individuals.   The program works well in categorizing the faces properly, requiring only a click for you to confirm the identity of in the individual.  Additionally you can geotag each photograph.  I am impressed with the program and the ease of use. I think that you would enjoy using it as well.  To download and/or learn more about this program check out Picasa.

Tweets to be archived in the LOC

I was researching online this past month and found out that if you are a member of twitter and posted some tweets, they are going to be archived in the Library of Congress. Just think...the daily activities that everyone writes about will be in the Library of Congress. The News posted at the Library of Congress states: "The archive follows in the Library's long tradition of gathering individuals' firsthand accounts of history, such as "man on the street" interviews after Pearl Harbor; the September 11, 2001, Documentary Project; the Veterans History Project (VHP); and StoryCorps. While the Twitter archive will not be posted online, the Library envisions posting selected content around topics or themes, similar to existing VHP presentations."

If you would like to learn more about this, you can visit Library of Congress or the The Twitter Blog.

One Picture Says a Thousand Words

It has been said more than once "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words." I have found this to be the case throughout my life and this morning was no different. A while back I was up early in the morning when I came across this photo essay regarding Ugandan Memory Books. The photos and captions are simple yet poignant. If you would like to see the pictures, click Ugandan Memory Books. This photo essay was very thought provoking in many ways. It reminds us all of the importance of preserving our memories for future generations. Dennis B. Neuenschwander in “Bridges and Eternal Keepsakes,” stated: "A life that is not documented is a life that within a generation or two will largely be lost to memory. What a tragedy this can be in the history of a family. Knowledge of our ancestors shapes us and instills within us values that give direction and meaning to our lives." If you would like to read the entire article you can read it here. One of the greatest gifts we can give to our descendants is a record of our life. It will help them know who they are and where they are from.

Unlikely location for a bit of History

This past Monday I was reading on the Reuters website to learn more about the current market environment when I came across an interesting article written by JoAnne Allen titled: "Museum finds "secret" message in Lincoln's watch". I was intrigued and began reading the article. The article discussed that a recent discovery by the Natural Museum of American History revealed that an inscription by the watchmaker dated April 13, 1861 was loacted on the back of President Lincoln's watch. The inscription states: "Fort Sumpter was attacked by the rebels; thank God we have a government."

This made me contemplate the various avenues we take to increase our knowledge and understanding regarding our ancestors. We frequently look in the census, land, and vital records. These types of records provide the statistical data regarding one's life. How can we learn about the individual on a more personal level. How can we learn about the "dash" between the birth and death dates of our loved ones. Our knowledge about our ancestors can be enhanced from heirlooms or other artifacts from their lives. These items can help us to fill in some of the missing blanks of our past loved ones, providing insights into their likes and dislikes. You can also learn more about your ancestor by learning about the environment in which they lived including their neighbors, religious and community groups in which they participated.

Family History can be found in unique places as in the example of Lincoln's watch. Once you have the back bone of an ancestors information, don't forget to put the meat on by gathering information about who they really were by collecting pictures and stories. You might be surprised with new information after searching out information on your ancestors neighbors and/or associates. Who know, you could come across your ancestors being mentioned in a neighbors diary, family bible or as in the case of the President Lincoln, in the back of his watch. You find out about President Lincoln by the type of watch he had and also learn information about the watchmaker. If you would like to learn more about how the inscription ended up on the back of President Lincoln's watch, click Museum finds secret message in Lincoln's Watch. I would encourage you to read the article. It is very interesting.

Who Is That In The Picture?

One of the treasures for genealogists or family historians is the identification of family members in photographs. How many of us have boxes or digital folders on our computer of unidentified pictures? Working on labeling and organizing pictures can be a daunting process, but if completed is small segments of time it becomes more manageable. I would recommend identifying the individuals in photographs as soon as possible. The reason being that over time we forget the particular circumstances and the names of the individuals in the pictures. This is evident from the numerous websites like Dead Fred where people post pictures in hopes of finding someone who is related and can identify those photographed.

Maureen Taylor has developed a website and thriving business of helping others analyze the mysterious pictures that they have received from their cousins, aunts or other family members regarding ancestors. She offers a service that will help you to identify the place and time period of the picture by evaluating the background, dress, and the way the photo was processed. Ms. Taylor also offers services to locate old family photos, paintings or engravings. She also provides you hints and tips regarding the storage of your prized photographs. Ms Taylor is a noted author and regularly contributes to Family History Magazines such as Family Tree and Ancestry with links provided on her website to articles regarding identifying family photographs and many other topics. If you would learn more about the services that Maureen Taylor offers click PhotoDetective. Make sure that you take a look at her PhotoDetectiveblog and The Last Musteras well. They will provide you with interesting information regarding photography and the current project that she is working on in collecting photographs from the Revolutionary war generation. I know that you are wondering about whether or not that photography was even possible that early, but if you want to listen to a podcast with the Genealogy Guys, she discusses the possibilities of these older photographs. To listen to the podcast click Finding the Revolutionary War Generation.

Have fun learning!

The Cotswolds Genealogy Site of England

One of my favorite things to do in researching my family is to put flesh on their bones so to speak. I want to come to know them and try to understand a little bit about how and where they lived. I have found a site that helps to give life to your ancestors dates and places.

The Parish Churches of the beautiful Cotswold area provides one with an inside look to the various parishes throughout the area. The site provides greater than 8,ooo images of 833 parishes. These images include the exterior and interior of the parish including pictures of the beautiful stained glass windows. Adding pictures where an ancestor was christened, baptized, or married increases the reality of my ancestor's life. The parishes are included in the following counties: Gloucestershire, Bath and north-east Somerset, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire, with the largest portion of the pictures available for the Gloucestershire area. If you would like to view some of these parish pictures click Parish Churches of the Cotswolds Area. Have fun and enjoy the great photography!

Who Are You Most Like?

Who are you most like, your father? your mother? I found a site that will analyze your family pictures and tell you who you look like the most.

My Heritage Website is a social genealogical networking site similar to familylink, geni, ancestry and many others with the exception of a few things. My Heritage allows you to create a family website, upload your family tree, create news and many more options similar to MyFamily. My Heritage also provides a unique feature that is more fun than scientific that will compare a picture of a child with pictures of the parents and tell you who the child looks like the most. The pictures below are an example of this process. The site wants you to upload a baby or child picture and then pictures of the parents. The pictures below are the same child and parents but just at different ages so you can see that the age of the child does make a difference when deciding which parent the child looks like. You also can upload a picture of someone and find their celebrity look-a-likes. I found this feature to be entertaining and thought that I would share with you so that you can take a break from your research to check out this site. Registration is not required to utilize this site, but if you decide you like what you see on this site, registration is free.

I joined this site so that I could test out some of the features of creating "Family Pages" and uploading of a "Family Tree". I found that when I am using this site that it seems to slow down my internet browser which indicates to me in my simplistic way of thinking that this site is a memory hog of your CPU. In all fairness to the site, it could just be my internet connection but I am not technically savvy enough to determine if the slowness is related to the site or my internet connection.

As I delved further into the MyHeritage website offerings, I discovered their unique research tool. I think that this is the most impressive genealogical option located on the site. This is what MyHeritage states about their research engine:

"With MyHeritage Research, your genealogy research becomes easier, because for the first time, you can:

* Search over 1350 genealogy databases with one "super" search, or focus on a smaller subset of databases that interest you
* Research several variants of a last name with one search to maximize hits and explore new avenues for research based on alternative spellings of a name. Read more about our Megadex™ technology.
* Do both: search multiple databases for multiple spelling variations, at once."

Please note that the search includes subscription and non-subscription databases. A few of the features of this search engine include but are not limited to:
1) Searching up to 10 different variations on the spelling of a name
2) Search 1350 plus genealogical databases through one search engine
3) You can schedule the search engine to run automatically and notify you of any new information.
4) You can also save your search results to review later.

The site also provides with you a Tip section regarding how to make the most effective use of their search engine and I would suggest that you read that prior to beginning your search.

This site also includes a community area where like facebook, myspace, and other social networking sites allow you to meet new people. The members in the community do not have to be interested in genealogy or family history so I am not sure that this area of the site would produce much benefit for those of you trying to connect up with other genealogists or family historians.

One other feature of this site is that it provides you with a free windows based genealogy program that you can download and use it to interact with the website if you wanted to have your data online at the site. It has some nice features including the standard pedigree and family group records and multimedia feature that allows you to annotate individuals in group pictures. This program also supports 21 different languages.

If you are interested in investigating the site further My Heritage is only a click away. Have fun! I know that I did!

WeRelate - The New Genealogy Wiki

I am sure that you have all heard of the term, Wiki, floating around on the internet. For those of you who are not familiar with the term, a Wiki is a piece of software on the internet that allows you to create and edit web pages with ease. Dallan Quass, a software engineer and researcher has developed the website WeRelate. WeRelate is a genealogical based wiki that is a new way to look at family history encouraging collaboration between it's users.

I joined the site and easily uploaded a partial gedcom file for my family line. Once your file is uploaded, WeRelate creates a wikipage for each individual in the file. Pictures, biographies, and other documents can be uploaded to the individual's wikipage. Each of the pages created are by default set to contact you if there is a change on the page. The wiki format encourages collaboration between researchers/cousins regarding individuals in the family tree. WeRelate owner Dallan states that they are currently working on a merging feature that will make suggestions for possible merges, but the merging of the files is not automatic. Another nice feature of the wiki format is that it keeps a history of all of the changes made to a particular wiki page.

Dallan has also developed a nice pedi-map feature. This feature provides you with the standard pedigree chart with a map from Google maps located at the bottom of the pedigree. The map displays the significant times in a person's life, i.e., birth, marriage, and death signified by specific emblems on the map. The map also shows the migration pattern of the families on the pedigree. I love the map and pedigree feature being incorporated into one place.

WeRelate has many other nice features that can be explored at your leisure. WeRelate is provided to the internet genealogical community free of charge. You must register at the site to create your personal account which allows you to upload the information to the wiki site. Below is a short video of Dick Eastman interviewing Dallan Quass at the 2007 Federation of Genealogical Society's (FGS) meeting. The interview is insightful and may answer some of the questions that you have after reading this post. If you would like to register for or learn more about WeRelate click WeRelate Main Page. Have fun!

Memory Miner

Mac and PC users alike will rejoice in the new Memory Miner Program being developed by John C. Fox, the founder of Group Smarts. The program was initially designed for the Mac environment but they are currently working developing the program to also run in the Windows Vista and XP environment. The program, Memory Miner does exactly that.....helps you to go back through your pictures and mine for gems or snippets of one's life that are memorable. Memory Miner has been developed complementing the iLife Suite for Mac computers and working with Pulp Motion, but they are in the final process of developing the program to run on PC's. The program allows you to create a digital storybook that is connected by people, places, and time.

The intuitive nature of this programs allows you to easily drag and drop information specifying who is in the picture, where and when it was taken, and you can even map it with Google Maps obtaining the longitude and latitude. If you are like me, you can see the value and potential of this program especially when working with pictures that have a more than one person. You will be able to tag each individual with their name, birth date and place information along with identifying how they are related to you. Adding audio, video, documents and URL's from your Internet Browser and adding text to each photo add further understanding of the photo and your ancestors in the photos. For example you can add to your photo an audio recording of the person in the picture or a video that was taken during the time the picture was taken. For example, you have several Family Reunion pictures that you took and also short video clips from the reunion. You can add some of those video clips in connection with the pictures adding depth and personality to those pictures.


To view an in depth video (12 minutes) regarding the wonderful features of the Memory Miner program, click here to be directed to the site. Click on the pictures that looks like the ones shown below and it will start the video in a new window. I think that you will be as happy about this as I am.





Getting Started: MemoryMiner for Windows overview: repository creation and basic annotation.

Publishing to Web: MemoryMiner for Windows: publish to web.

If you would like to learn more about MemoryMiner for Windows or MemoryMiner for MAC, click MemoryMiner. To fully understand the capabilities of the program for genealogy work, I would suggest spending time in the Video Gallery where they demonstrate the full capabilities including importing your GEDCOM files. Have fun! I know that I am having fun with the Windows Release Candidate version.

Ancestors Lost and Found?

Remember when you lost your wallet, cell phone or something else of value? You were most likely feeling a sense of sadness and doom. You were probably thinking about who was going to use your credit cards, steal your identity or run up your cell phone bill to an astronomical amount.

Now remember the elation you felt when you found the valuable item; the sense of peace and calm that you felt and the fact you wanted to tell everyone that you found that which you had lost.

Why did I mention the above? I wanted to share a new website that I found titled "Ancestors Lost and Found Website." Who of you have not been totally thrilled when you have finally found your Ancestor that has been off of your radar search for more that a couple of years? It is thrilling to find the illusive ancestor. This site "Ancestors Lost and Found" is a website that provides you with another avenue to research that illusive ancestor. People on this site are willing to share their treasures of Family Bibles, pictures and other information with those that utilize this site. The directory to the site includes the following titles: 1) Lost Treasures, 2) Treasures to Share, 3) Treasures to Share, 4) The Mystery Gallery, and 5) Family Bibles, lost and found.

The site is easily navigated utilizing the links on the main page. A search engine for this website is also provided making the searching of this site for a particular ancestor surname a cinch. If you would like to browse this site, please click here.

Ancient Faces

Ancient Faces is a website that is free to search for family connections, photographs, and other documents. The site is easily navigated by clicking on the "Free Search" link on the top tool bar. Once you have done this you will be able to search by surname or you can browse alphabetically. The pictures are easily browsed alphabetically and like the "Dead Fred" website, an area titled "Mystery Photos" or unidentified photos are available for browsing and hopefully identification. Maybe you will be fortunate enough to find a picture of one your ancestors at this site.

Ancient Faces has also been designed for you to share and submit your genealogy, pictures, recipes, documents etc. This feature of sharing your pictures and genealogy is a subscription feature of the site.

Click Ancient Faces to be directed to this web site to browse the free features. Enjoy browsing.

Remember Me

It has been a while since I posted a video, so I thought I would share with you this idea for family history. This video created by cyberlucy on youtube.com is a video photo album and is wonderful. I love the music "Remember Me" is from the movie Troy and is performed by Josh Groban and Tanja Tzarovska. I am posting the lyrics for you to read which are located below the video. The lyrics remind us all that we all want to be rememberd and not forgotten once we have passed on from this earth. We want a voice. The video and lyrics are remarkable, reminding us how we can honor our ancestors by remembering. Enjoy!




Josh Groban with Tanja Tzarovska Lyrics - Remember Lyrics

Artist: Josh Groban with Tanja Tzarovska Lyrics
Song: Remember Lyrics
Remember, I will still be here,
As long as you hold me, in your memory

Remember, when your dreams have ended,
Time can be transcended,
Just remember me

I am the one star that keeps burning, so brightly,
It is the last light, to fade into the rising sun

I'm with you,
Whenever you tell,
My story,
For I am all I've done

Remember, I will still be here,
As long as you hold me, in your memory,
Remember me

I am that one voice, in the cold wind,
That whispers,
And if you listen, you'll hear me call across the sky

As long as,
I still can reach out, and touch you,
Then I will never die

Remember, I'll never leave you,
If you will only,
Remember me

Remember me...

Remember, I will still be here,
As long as you hold me,
In your memory

Remember,
When your dreams have ended,
Time can be transcended,
I live forever,
Remember me

Remember me,
Remember... me...

Welsh Mormon History

The Welsh Mormon History is the brain child of Dr. Ronald Dennis as he researched his own Welsh ancestry. He has also assisted in the translation of many Welsh documents regarding the early records of The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to English.

Welsh Mormon History website is easily navigated using the tool bar on the top which includes the following tabs:
1) Home
2) Immigrants
3) Resources
4) Users - Adminstrative link
5) About - Provides information about the site

The site is nicely organized with a search engine allowing you to search for your specific Welsh ancestor by surname and/or given name. Dr. Ronald Dennis has obtained this information through the use of documents, journals, photos, biographies, books and various writings. Each of the various sources are online and can be read page by page if desired.

Click here to visit Welsh Mormon History and have fun!