Friday, September 21, 2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Blessed To Have 3 Pioneer Families: Cragun, Bingham, Porter
My serving here in Salt Lake City Family and Church History Headquarters mission has been a chance to feel a greater love and respect for my pioneer ancestors. The community here emphasizes it more. There is the Pioneer day parade and celebration. Our local youth did a Pioneer Trek this summer. It's talked about more and I appreciate it.
In doing my genealogy I have learned how Elisha Cragun found the church not long after his wife and 23 year old daughter died. He gave up his plantation and slaves and moved to Nauvoo where the church members were gathering. He and 4 of his childrens families went with him. One son, ended up in Minnesota while Simeon Cragun and two sisters headed west. Elisha didn't make it, he died in Winter Quarters. Great Grandfather Simeon and family were the first to settle in Pleasant View, Utah.
Sanford Porter was my first ancestor to join the church, not long after it was founded. He had an amazing, actually several amazing experiences leading up to his joining the church. Sanford Porter had two sons that are great grandfathers of mine: John President Porter and Lyman Wight Porter. Lyman Wight was named after one of the missionaries that taught Sanford. The Porters traveled in the Charles C Rich pioneer company, and it's not surprising one of the Rich girls married John President.
My Bingham ancestory has a touching situation. Erastus had 10 children and lived in England. He and one daughter joined the church and came to America and were pioneers. They seemed to have had to give up their family to come as my grandmother records they never saw or heard from her mother and siblings again.
The Porters settled in Morgan County Utah. You may be related to some of them: Joseph Rich Porter, Marlow Rich Porter, Bertha Maria Porter, Joseph Irvin Porter, Mary Viola Porter, Nathaniel Victor Porter, Nellie Electa Porter, or Eleca Elizabeth Porter. Electa is my great grandmother, the others her siblings.
My great grandfather Simeon Cragun had a son, Simeon who is my grandfather. His first wife died. His second wife Blanche Bingham is my dads mother. So my Cragun and Bingham lines come together through this marriage.
I'm proud of my pioneer heritage. I'm grateful my ancestors found the church so I could be a part of it and its blessings from my youth.
In doing my genealogy I have learned how Elisha Cragun found the church not long after his wife and 23 year old daughter died. He gave up his plantation and slaves and moved to Nauvoo where the church members were gathering. He and 4 of his childrens families went with him. One son, ended up in Minnesota while Simeon Cragun and two sisters headed west. Elisha didn't make it, he died in Winter Quarters. Great Grandfather Simeon and family were the first to settle in Pleasant View, Utah.
Sanford Porter was my first ancestor to join the church, not long after it was founded. He had an amazing, actually several amazing experiences leading up to his joining the church. Sanford Porter had two sons that are great grandfathers of mine: John President Porter and Lyman Wight Porter. Lyman Wight was named after one of the missionaries that taught Sanford. The Porters traveled in the Charles C Rich pioneer company, and it's not surprising one of the Rich girls married John President.
My Bingham ancestory has a touching situation. Erastus had 10 children and lived in England. He and one daughter joined the church and came to America and were pioneers. They seemed to have had to give up their family to come as my grandmother records they never saw or heard from her mother and siblings again.
The Porters settled in Morgan County Utah. You may be related to some of them: Joseph Rich Porter, Marlow Rich Porter, Bertha Maria Porter, Joseph Irvin Porter, Mary Viola Porter, Nathaniel Victor Porter, Nellie Electa Porter, or Eleca Elizabeth Porter. Electa is my great grandmother, the others her siblings.
My great grandfather Simeon Cragun had a son, Simeon who is my grandfather. His first wife died. His second wife Blanche Bingham is my dads mother. So my Cragun and Bingham lines come together through this marriage.
I'm proud of my pioneer heritage. I'm grateful my ancestors found the church so I could be a part of it and its blessings from my youth.
Opening The Blogging Success Class With This VIdeo
Kathleen and I will be presenting Blogging For Genealogy Success today at 11AM at the Riverton Family History Library.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Descendacy Research for Genealogy
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Setting up a Facebook Page for Your Ancestors
Social Media is A Genealogy Godsend
The Facebook paragraph below is from the Family Search blog. One of many the church is publishing. The Family Facebook Page concept is in line with the new focus of FamilySearch Family Tree: that of collaboration. Click the link below to go to the full article.
We will be teaching our blogging for genealogy class next Saturday at the Riverton FamilySearch Library Saturday Seminar. This is a 9AM to noon event with three one hour sessions. They are great for learning family history.
Facebook has long since moved into first place as the social networking site of choice for millions upon millions of people. This is in part due to being in the right place at the right time with the right product. No matter what you think about Facebook as a social phenomena, you have to recognize the great potential the program has to connect families doing genealogical research. My own experience with the program only goes back a few years, but I have seen several very helpful connections with relatives as a result. There are several ways to enhance your chances of finding genealogy-minded relatives through Facebook Pages.
To go to the full article, click here.
Monday, September 10, 2012
A Month Of Great Webinar Training
Webinars are a very important part of the learning process. You can pick the class you want and watch it from your computer.
GeneaWebinars.com does a good job of informing you of upcoming classes. Here is their calender for the next 30 days. This is a photo and the links are not live. To go to their website and register for a class click here, then click on the class you want.
GeneaWebinars.com does a good job of informing you of upcoming classes. Here is their calender for the next 30 days. This is a photo and the links are not live. To go to their website and register for a class click here, then click on the class you want.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Blogging Is Fun and Easy To Learn
Kathleen had created a beginners manual that you can download by clicking here: http://www.slideshare.net/larrykcragun/how-to-start-a-blog-14222141
I have created a website with all kinds of tips, videos, and instruction. I think I have covered all the bases. If not, let me know and I will add what is needed.
Here is the link to the website: http://bloggingforgenealogyresults.blogspot.com/
or you can just Google: blogging for genealogy success. :)
When you are there you will notice the categories on the right column. Click the category you are ready for and each article on that topic will come forward.
I have created a website with all kinds of tips, videos, and instruction. I think I have covered all the bases. If not, let me know and I will add what is needed.
Here is the link to the website: http://bloggingforgenealogyresults.blogspot.com/
or you can just Google: blogging for genealogy success. :)
When you are there you will notice the categories on the right column. Click the category you are ready for and each article on that topic will come forward.
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