Author Archives: Donna Potter Phillips

Hallelujah and hooray, I think I’ve convinced a friend to  join the Salt Lake Christmas Tour this coming December! Her name is Sandy and she’s from Florida………… remember her beautiful face to say hello when you meet her. Yes, she Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………….. Week’s Peek→

    This is me last February at the FindMyPast booth at RootsTech………… I was super excited because I had just connected with a phone call to an ancestor!!!  Don’t I look happy??? Yah, right, you’re saying. And of course you Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour…………. Week’s Peek→

  Had a nice “family” reunion with Melonie Liening at the recent Washington State Genealogical Society (WSGS) conference. I came south from Spokane to Yakima and she came north from Tacoma; Yakima is about mid-state. It was a great conference Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour…………. Week’s Peek→

  We all…….. you all…… need to know about JSTOR because you can use this libraries-only database from the Family History Library. Internet Genealogy magazine (June-July 2013 issue…… www.internet-genealogy.com ) carried a great explanatory article about this website. I quote Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour……………. Week’s Peek→

      Last May 2013, Maureen MacDonald and I were lucky girls and got to spend a couple of days at “HistGen” or the New England Historical Genealogical Society’s library in Boston, Massachusetts. (We were double lucky because it Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour Week’s Peek……………..→

Ever heard of Mourning Rings?  Not morning rings but mourning rings……. memorial rings given to commemorate a deceased relative, close friend or historical figure.   Do a search on Google Images and you’ll see hundreds of different Mourning Rings (some are for sale). Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………. Week’s Peek→

On this Memorial Day Weekend, flowers are a part of our remembering. We love to visit cemeteries over this weekend and see the proud American flags and the sea of flowers. Speaking of flowers, did you realize that over 50-some Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………… Week’s Peek→

Have any of you heard of this project? Their stated goal is “to study the surnames, families, clans, of the people of Ulster and their descendants throughout the Diaspora. Another goal is to allow Ulster descendants in the Diaspora to Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………… Week’s Peek→

This is not my William Nelson (who came in the ship Fortune to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621), but I imagine he might have looked quite like this. Just like folks living today, William saw himself in General Court in Plymouth in Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………….. Week’s Peek→

Surely one of you has the answer to my question:  How do I get more productive time in my life???? I found and just love this Google image clock. Time swirls around, past and over me just like this crazy Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour…………. Week’s Peek→

  Guess who I ran into at NERGE (New England Regional Genealogical Conference)?  Since it was held in Manchester, New Hampshire, where Sue Miner lives, she attended and posed for her picture with Maureen MacDonald and me. Notice the shirt Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………..Week’s Peek→

Was there really one big rock at the beach on Plymouth harbor where the Mayflower Pilgrims stepped ashore? The folks in Plymouth, Massachusetts (where I am today) certainly will swear to it. Years ago, a huge “display case” was built Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour……………….. Week’s Peek→

Do you recall that back in January we talked about goals………. and our Salt Lake Christmas Tour family’s goals?  According to that January list, we should already have accomplished these goals or steps:  (January) Sorted and organized all the research Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour…………. Week’s Peek→

I’m off to Salt Lake City and Roots Tech before dawn tomorrow and I’m ready. One thing I’m really hoping to accomplish is to rendezvous at least briefly with some of you, our Christmas Tour “family.” I’ll be looking for you Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour…………… Week’s Peek→