Heritage Quest Research Library – Beginning Your Family Story Part B

by Donna Phillips Read recently an article by Alexandra Rain in the April 2023 issue of Deseret Magazine and was fascinated by her ideas.  I quote from her article: “The urge to document our lives is not new,” Rain wrote. “Humans have been documenting themselves for as long as we’ve had the ability to do so. The first known…

by Donna Phillips Picture this scenario, if you will please.  James Brown is 55 years old and a Methodist circuit rider in very rural Wisconsin in about 1870. He felt “called” and loaded up his saddle bags on Old Nellie and set off to preach the gospel.  When Grandpa James was 75, and was a widower…

I hope you’re starting to recover post RootsTech but for us the fun isn’t over! I want to draw your attention to another exciting announcement we made in the MyHeritage keynote 🙂 This time, it’s Family Tree Timeline, a new, free feature that allows you to explore how your family history unfolded over time. The…

by Donna Phillips Continued from last week’s post……………… The Union Pacific Railroad had a must easier time of it due to the flat midwestern terrain. A large 20-car work train crawled along the newly-laid tracks to bring supplies and support the army of workers. This train was a combination of factory, hotel, restaurant, hospital and administrative…