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Family History stories: Chance encounter results in family connection

Many readers from Northern Utah and Utah Valley responded to an invitation to share their favorite family history stories and experiences. Here is one of those stories: My energetic elder sister, Sheryn, was our go-to person for family history. There was no reason for me to even get into it, ...

Family History stories: A 3-cent breakfast

Many readers from Northern Utah and Utah Valley responded to an invitation to share their favorite family history stories and experiences. Here is one of those stories: My father, Clair Bernard, was a young man attending school during the Great Depression. On summers he left home for adventure ...

Family History stories: Grandma’s memories — an oral history interview

Many readers from Northern Utah and Utah Valley responded to an invitation to share their favorite family history stories and experiences. Here is one of those stories: Back in 1971 as part of the last class I took before graduating from Weber State, I did a series of oral histories. One of ...

Family History stories: Remembering big family news from the 1950s

Many readers from Northern Utah and Utah Valley responded to an invitation to share their favorite family history stories and experiences. Here is one of those stories: In 1954, my father was working on his PhD at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He and my mother had been married for ...

Family History stories: Isaac Sheldon

Many readers from Northern Utah and Utah Valley responded to an invitation to share their favorite family history stories and experiences. Here is one of those stories: Isaac Sheldon (January 26, 1844 – November 9, 1940) was my great-great grandfather. At first I knew very little about ...