"Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord; And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the Children to their fathers, Malachi 4:5-6 Behold, I will reveal unto you the Priesthood, by the hand of Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the Great and Dreadful day of the Lord. And he shall plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers, and the hearts of the children shall turn to their fathers. If it were not so, the whole earth would be utterly wasted at his coming. Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? Why are they then baptized for the dead? 1 Corinthians 15:29 Family History Genealogy has become the number one hobby in the world since the church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints was organized in 1830.  The spirit of Elijah has truly gone forth in the world and turned the hearts of the Fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers.  This work is going forth in the earth and being done by even those who know not why they do it.  Records are being gathered by members and non  members alike.   The temples of the Latter days are being filled with the work for these people whose names have been gathered and recorded.  It is wonderful to see this as I work in the Family History Center in the Moses Lake Washington Stake center.  I see people who know not a thing about the church being so diligent in doing this wonderful work and preparing the way for the temple work to be done for their ancestors, not realizing just how important this work is that they are spending so many hours at.  I see dedicated Librarians and workers donating many hours each week to this work also.  I feel the spirit of Elijah working on them and the patrons that come in to do this special task.  There are so many wonderful sites on the web dedicated to genealogy.  Some of them are directly associated with the church and some are not.  But whether they are or not does not matter because they are still doing the Lord's work.   Before Elijah came to Joseph Smith in the Temple and restored the keys to this great work there were only about 1000 (estimate) families that had been gathered and recorded as far as we know, but this great work has captured the hearts of the whole world and has even become more prevalent since the movie "Roots" was made.  The way to do this work has been opened by our Father in Heaven in so many different ways. The technology that has been inspired, such as the computers, microfiche, microfilm and others have just been wonderfu l for me to behold.  It makes things so much faster and so much more enjoyable for us to gather information.  The telephone, and methods of transportation is another invention that has come about to further this work and other work of the Lord.  The evidence is all around us and all we have to do is open our eyes and behold the Glory of the Lord.  I am very grateful to be a part of this work and enjoy the time I spend in the Family History Center. I love working with the other librarians and the wonderful people who come in to search for their loved ones. Our Father in Heaven has really blessed me in calling me to do this work.  I would advise anyone who wants to feel a special spirit to begin to search out their ancestors.  It will capture you and not let you go.   This is special. ~*Welcome to our genealogy pages on the Web*~ Ancestral Photos Unknown Ancestral Photos ~ * The unknown ancestral Photos are pictures my mother had in her photo album with no names on them.  I am posting them in hopes that someone out there in cyber space will know some of them and help me put a name to the face. Please contact me via my email address which is linked below if you have any information at all.*~ ~ *Thank you*~ "Many of the family lines have "off shoots" or marriage lines that will not be available by going to ancestors therefore I have gone to the end of the line and done decendancy pages for those who have been unable to find the families they may be looking for. to get to these pages click on parents of each individual until you come to the last ancestor on this line or go to the names list and find the name that you are looking for and check for the link for their decendants. I hope this will help in your research. Good luck and God Bless." My Family Tree My Decendents ~*Our Family Journals*~ Monty Rulon Rigby James LaVoy Bowman Agnes Elizabeth Mason Bowman Henry "Granpap" Sadorus John Woodland James Whitaker Hyrum Webster Bowman Ephraim Wills Jenkins