Mormon Genealogy: - Mormon couple on a mission to carefully copy Vermont's records (The Burlington Free Press)

Mormon couple on a mission to carefully copy Vermont's records (The Burlington Free Press)
MIDDLEBURY -- When Richard and Carolyn Winn signed up to serve their church on an 18-month mission, they could have been sent anywhere in the world from the Americas to Africa to Asia. A day before they left, the retired couple from Boise, Idaho, found out they'd be coming to Vermont.
Struggle of Mormon trek across West honored during handcart ... - Kearney Hub

Struggle of Mormon trek across West honored during handcart ... Kearney Hub, NE - Feb 4, 2006 ... the nation s leading experts on the handcart pioneers, genealogy presentations, entertainment ... that the immigrants pushed their handcarts on the Mormon Trail. ...

In 200 Years of Family Letters, a Nation's Story
Hendersonville Times-News - BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 27 To most college students, instant messages, or I.M.'s, are about as ephemeral as the topics they typically address. One flicker and gone. Ethan Cowan, a 20-year-old cinema studies major, saves his I.M.'s on his computer to ...
Jean Sawyer (Independent Record)
Jean Sawyer of Helena, age 67, passed away Jan. 16, 2006, in Helena. Jean was born in Seattle, and raised in Everett, Wash. Jean attended school in Washington. She married Jimmy Carl Sawyer in August 1960. They were married for 17 years until they divorced.

Mormon Genealogy: - Black roots: a lineage of surprises

Black roots: a lineage of surprises
Denver Post - It's not uncommon for black American families to have assumed for generations that they are of African lineage with the possible exception of a long-ago Cherokee ancestor. High cheekbones, straight hair, lighter skin - these are among the markers