thebegats:I’m in Salt Lake City, mostly for RootsTech, but also to get the kind of sense books
thebegats:I’m in Salt Lake City, mostly for RootsTech, but also to get the kind of sense books can’t provide of the way ancestry figures into Mormonism. And, of course, to do some research.Yesterday I went to the Family History Library to look into my grandfather’s marriages. My mom says he told her that he was married thirteen times to twelve women, and when I started researching I only knew the names of two: my grandmother and her successor (whom he married twice). Since then I’ve identified four more spouses, but I’d like to find the rest, if I can, assuming they actually do exist, which given what I’ve learned about his life and personality doesn’t seem unlikely.Family History Library is part of LDS through Family Search, the church’s genealogical branch. I figured if anyone could help me find out more about my (not religious) grandfather’s reputed marriages, the Mormons could. When I arrived, the nice man at the information desk said that I should watch a short video and then “a missionary or someone” would be over to help me. The helper who was assigned to me afterward listened to the things I wanted to research and then said, “why would you even want to find that?” Her look of disapproval did not wane throughout our interaction, but she did run me through a few FamilySearch searches I’ve done a million times myself on other sites. Nothing new came up. I think I probably need to look more closely at Las Vegas. -- source link