Thanks for letting me take off some time since the last post. Family health issues came into play for a while, but all seems better now. So, it's back to researching family history and having some fun.
I am spending a whole week in Salt Lake City, attending the POINT 2012 conference (Pursuing Our Italian Names Together). A great organization to join, for those of us who have Italian heritage. We'll talk about that a little more later.
Meanwhile, here in Salt Lake City, the local "play-land" for historians and family history buffs is the Family History Library. It is owned by the Mormon Church, aka LDS ( Church of the Latter Day Saints ). Part of their beliefs is that they should identify and honor their ancestors, and allow them to be "baptized" in the afterlife, so that they will be saved from the original sin that we are born with (according to most Christian religions, due to the sin of Adam and Eve). In order to accomplish this task, the LDS has sent liaisons with photographers all over the world to photograph the many civil and church records from every town and village where they were welcome. Imagine a large mountain vault chocked full of microfilms.
But wait, there's more....The LDS has recently begun to digitize the microfilmed records and have posted those on their website. This information is absolutely FREE. Can you keep your excitement down to a low roar, please.
This week I will be attending a daily seminar regarding Italian research topics. Then, my afternoons and evenings will be full of researching data from historical records in the Family History Library. Here is the link to the website for Family Search: http://www.familysearch.org
Family History Search
Visit it and enjoy it. Click on every available tab. Take a minute to explore, and listen to the flicks on various topics regarding family history research.
Tomorrow evening I'll post the fantastic findings that I know I'll find. Sit tight!
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