descendancy work on FAMILY SEARCH

We have been serving our family history mission at the Orem Processing center for over a year, We learned how to do Descendancy search from our good friend, Brother Hawley, In doing this search we find family members as least 115 years after they have passed and then 4 generations over. This means we are finding relatives, greatly removed cousins, whose work have not been done, Along with the fact that my cousin Stewart Neel hired a professional genealogist and he found grandma Aagot Marie Randby Lunds real family (she was adopted) so , these lines opened up.
Monday Morning, Jim and I got up at 4am and took Mariah and Andrew, along with Austin Lund and Karina to the Provo temple for Baptisms for the dead, This is a joy that I have been waiting for a long time. Now, I will be able to complete the rest of their work, I am so happy that I can serve my family both living and passed. I love family history and am so happy that Jim and I can serve together

a visit with Uncle Lee

Uncle Lee turns 90 this year in March 2015. Here he is in 1944 on leave in World War ll. From left in this photo is LaRue, Jean. Lee, and not sure who the rest are. Is it Joyce and then Celia? I always prided myself in knowing which twin was which but now I am challenged every time I think I know. Now that we all have daughters and grandchildren I try to see which sister looks like their offspring. What did I learn from the visit? Lee told the story of how popular he felt when his train drove through Salt Lake City and he had all  j his beautiful sisters cheering and waving for him. He says it was never quite in his home. Most of the fights were over clothes. The sisters were always borrowing each others things. Because of my love of family history, next week some of the grandchildren will be able to do temple baptism for Aagots family. This information was received by my doing the descendancy lists, I am so happy that I have the opportunity to help my family be together forever.

266 Douglas St, Salt Lake City, Utah

Here is the home that Gordon Lund spent most of his childhood and youth. It is very close to the University of Utah. He wrote in his autobiography that he was lucky to get a great education at a young age because he was taught by student educators at the University. The home was in a very nice area and Djalmar and Aagot wanted to have a home in a prestigious area. The house was very small for their large family. It was always very clean. Aagot wanted to keep the cultured refinement that she felt was important. They had linen napkins that were folded neatly and put into napkin rings. They were left on the table and the family would use the same seat each day with the same napkin until the end of the week. Dorothy Olsen remembers 

visiting the home and feeling timid going there. I, too, remember being told bu my father to keep our hands at our sides and not tough anything when we visited grandma and grandpa. After talking to my cousins, they, too, had the same memories. The home was kept neat and clean. It was necessary to maintain order there. That maybe why Gordon loved to clean up when Joyce went away. Gordon kept his things very neat. His closet was orderly. Our house was not as clean, as my mother did not want to throw out papers, napkins, magazines, tickets, programs, any food from any party or church function or cruise. Mom did not throw things out. I love her and do carry some of her habits. I also   have learned that her sisters did not  throw things out either!!! I still love her!!

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Dorothy Olsen..interview

Dorothy has been serving in the Salt Lake

Temple for 39 years, getting up at 3;15am..that is  early morning, twice a week to serve. She and I have be same great grandpa, Rasmus Hansen Lund. Her grandpa is HMH, Djalmars older brother. Her mom is Stella Smith and father Robert Smith. She had 2 children, a daughter, Tonya who died in a car accident at the age of 19 AND  a son Rocky. Rocky had one son Rocky, and he had one son Rocky.She remembers Djalmar an Aagot, my grandparents home as being one where there was much care for keeping things nice. She felt timid in their home. Her father was military.
It was a great visit and she was a pleasure to talk with. She lives close to 13th East in Salt Lake. I am so happy that I could interview her and learn more what life was like when she was young

Utah dinners at Karinas

this year we have been lucky to have dinners together for birthdays and some holidays. Austin is living at Karina's so that makes the party even bigger,,,literally! It is great to see how much fun we grandkids have together. We are blessed to live so close. We miss Val and her cuties so traveling to her home often helps/

JOYCE at University of Utah

Ny new  years goal is to finish writing my mom's story. For Christmas I finished copying her diary from 1939-40, when she was in Junior High and just entering into the Boy crazy stage of her life. Her diary was a Christmas gift which she started when her family moved to 1501 S 5th East. This is the home that I remember best. It was a few blocks from Liberty Park. Recorded and finding family stories and photos has been my passion this  passed year. I did not blog or write as much about my life as I did about those that influenced my life,,,my family history,, AND this continues to be our service mission-- working at the Orem Processing Center, being a second witness as we check titles, clarity, and searchablity of the content. We spent twice a week doing this FAMILY SEARCH mission and the rest of the time at Institute, the Temple, and serving the family

4 X's more Christmas fun

We flew to the Mercado's home on December 17 and left three weeks later. The time went quickly as we had Christmas. Karissa's Birthday, New Years Eve, and Best of all , Karissa's baptism. We skated, traveled to the biggest Christmas store and a delightful German town ,Frankemule?, watched movies, made jewelry, alot of healthy cooking, and Jim had many work projects. He made a wall desk for Victoria, organized the garage, and repaired various house projects. I loved to see how creative the girls are with their dancing, piano, and art work. Austin is a great gamer. Erik went from a none eater and wearing the same thing everyday, to wearing boots and changing his shirt! (mostly because it got very cold. He helped granma tell if her drink was warm or hot> he loves his "hot chocolate" and granma loves her lemon water.