I have wanted to write this New Year letter for several days. The year 2022 was a complete bust for me and my various genealogy enterprises: Three bouts of Covid- 19 which put me to bed for the first 6 months of the year, in spite of being vaccinated and boostered to the hilt, And caught in a new weather pattern for western Utah and its Desert Climate—used to 7 inches of rain all year—living with 20+ inches of rain for 2022—all of which came into my basement some 50% of the weekends requiring shop-vac duty every night. Now for the good news. A new roof spans the stairwell with its blind drain ..read more

Annette Perrone, or Tony as  she was known to her friends and family, passed away 1 October 2021. My Christmas card and letter were returned as “undeliverable.” She battled health issues for several years. So as many of us seem to do of late, she was on borrowed time. And she worked in genealogy any way–planning conferences and seminars, assisting local researchers with their genealogy questions, training novices in the intricacies of family history, and filling library duty for the LDS Family History Center. For many years, Tony’s home was my home away from home while visiting clients, s ..read more

It’s Spring! At least the calendar says it is. Today is a bit warmer with a very cool breeze—typical of Utah in March. March is usually the deadliest month for surviving diseases. And as I have learned of many others with second and third bouts of Covid—some even hospitalized at first, I am amazed at the lack of current scientific coverage (except on Fox Television), of real information. Diseases of the past have statistics and projections and origins and even full medical treatments that have become widely known. Covid-19 appears to be enshrouded in mystery and constantly changing data. The f ..read more

Tracing a genealogy that is accurate requires much knowledge to enable you to evaluate your records and the evidence they supply in context. For the past is almost never a mirror of the present in which we live. And it is easy to interpret what we find in the past with experiences from the present. For example, My family believed in vaccines. I believe in vaccines. And my own vaccines have been up-to-date as required by law, by the school district where I lived, by the School of Nursing I attended, and by my personal physicians responsible for my general health. Recently, my life was exposed t ..read more

Arlene H. Eakle, 7 March 2022 Hello my genealogy friends and clients— 2022 is well underway. And this letter was originally designed as a Holiday greeting and an update on the status of our Genealogy Library Center, LLC. Life caught up with me and Covid-19 put me in bed for several weeks. So, although I recovered from the initial infection and a second round of more than a week in bed, some residual symptoms still persist. “Brain fog” and fatigue—two fellas that are still trying to block my genealogy achievements! However, my feelings of being overwhelmed from the fire which hit my building in ..read more

…The Genealogy Library Center, Inc. contains more than 100,000 books, maps, microfilm reels, microfiche cards, historical artifacts, photographs (including negatives), and original genealogy research collections donated by genealogists who want to preserve their research work for the benefit of others who share the same ancestry. The majority of items in this one-of-a-kind genealogy and family history collection are still boxed and stored on shrink-wrapped pallets. Some boxes are covered with drape cloths and tarps awaiting shelving. Only a small number of books have been put onto book shelves ..read more

That was the consensus of watchers as the historic Daryl Building complex burst into flames and after 5 hours collapsed into a heap along the road. Firefighters from three communities and police officers from all over the county fought to save the Genealogy Library Center building, the new community church the insurance office and cleaners, and small shops along main street in Tremonton, Utah. Tuesday afternoon, 13 July 2021, was almost 100 degrees at 4:00 pm when the four-alarm   fire broke out. with billows of black acrid smoke that eventually turned into thick, suffocating white&n ..read more

Being an American appears to be a questionable and sometimes dangerous way to identify oneself. I made a trip to England in 1988 to receive a genealogy award. I did not plan to do client research, because I wanted to visit the places where my British Isles ancestry originated. The right hand rear view mirror snapped off as a lorry passed me too close and too fast. I stopped in the roadway, got out and retrieved the mirror (which did not appear to be damaged) and scrambled back into the driver’s seat quickly. I moved the car some distance  so that I could pull off the road. A gentleman app ..read more

I invite you to check my blogs, listed below, for the sources and answers you need to understand the American Revolutionary War and to trace your ancestors who participated in it or lived through it. Much research has already been done to help you find and understand your ancestors’ roles. Genealogy Evidence Blog:28 Aug 2012     American Military Bounty Lands 20 Sep 2012     3,000 Pages of American Women in the Revolutionary War 28 Sep 2012      Who Fought the American Revolution? Part I–Career Soldiers 3 Oct 2012    &n ..read more

There is a remarkable Bicentennial commemorative newsbook printed by the Lakeville Journal newspaper and edited by Edward Fales, Jr., an artist who resides there. It is called Arsenal of the Revolution: The Forgotten Story of Freedom’s Other Cradle. The importance of your ancestors on the New England frontier to the settlement origins of the American population– Let me quote a few short passages from it: “Mount Washington was obviously named for George Washington, the area may have seen its earliest farmers-settlers come up from the Hudson Valley, before 1700; however, a 1753 report to the M ..read more