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Sunday, June 21, 2015

Well it's been a while since I last posted, so I thought I better write something. Some of you may remember Desbah Tsinnie. She passed away since we've been here. Her daughter has had a rough go of life for quite a while. She came in the other day and wanted to do some volunteer work. I started her on obituaries and then decided to have her start her family tree. When we connected her father and then her grandfather connections or links as some would call it started to appear. The links kept going on and on. The last person I looked at was dated 1203. Her birth father was Sioux and it appears that somewhere along the line she has royalty from Europe in her line. She did not realize what a gold mine she had found, but the two others in the center did. We found death certificates and marriage certificates for her uncles, which is a rarity. Their names were clearly typed as was the wives with maiden names and the date of the marriage. We also found death dates for several family members on the Social Security Death Index. Since we started the genealogy class during Sunday School we have had people in every Sunday. Some of them come in during the week also. It's nice staying busy helping people find their ancestors without having to leave Tuba City to do so. We are finding death records for children that they did not know even existed. There is such an amazing spirit that can be felt when that happens. Our new Seminary teaches came in Friday. They are from North Carolina and it is fun to listen to them. It will take them a while to get used to Tuba and the weather. It was 103 today. I enjoyed staying indoors, and I think they did also. They will teach Seminary when school starts, but for now they will teach Institute and help with Pathways. Our other Sister Missionary will return from Maryland this week. It will be so fun to see her again. She has been wonderful to post things every week about what was going on. She plans to do Family History when she returns. ;o}

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