Category: Wasgatt

  • In which I confess my sins – Family History Library fun!

    I feel like a kid that ditched church to go fishing. I was bad. I was VERY bad! Here I am in Salt Lake City, registered for the RootsTech conference, but spent 80% of my time at…..DRUM ROLL please….THE FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The library has been a place I’ve sought to visit for the last…

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  • Family Planning and the 19th Century Family Tree

    My great grandmother, Susan (Stanwood) Clark is shown above, holding my grandmother’s sister, Beatrice. My grandmother, Goldie (Simpson) Edwards, and Auntie Bea were the only surviving children born to Grandma Susie, who was herself one of eight children, seven of which lived to adulthood. Her father, Albert Stanwood, however, was one of only four children.…

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