Roberts Roots & Branches

 

 "The family historian,  like the family photographer,  is often absent from the family album." --Laura Hedgecock, RootsTech 2021

  Angie Lucas gave an insightful RootsTech 2021 class.   Her ideas are supportive and encouraging as she highlights why and how we should journal.   Angie highlights three aspects:   vision, voice, and value.   When discussing vision, Angie says to open your eyes and look around while embracing your one-in-a-trillion perspective.   This idea encourages your unique ideas and viewpoints, where this is one of the first things that usually frustrates a new journal keeper.   Angie encourages us to use our voice.   Honor your own unique voice, your perceptions, and your experiences.   Pointed out in this class is it is far more important to tell rather than how you say it.   Remember also to engage your five senses:   sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Regarding value, Angie Lucas states, people do not write because it is easy, but because they believe it matters.   Commit to participate in journaling and believe that it ma...

From the Live Question & Answer in RootsTech 2021,  Matt Paxton suggests a legacy list.  What is a legacy list?  A list of 3 to 5 prized possessions you want to save and then write and tell the stories about those five things.  Objects have stories.  What items would be on your legacy list? What objects do you own that have stories?

 I have the BEST family ever!  Thank you everyone for your response to purchasing my books and for the donations!   You ARE the best!   I am so glad you are all part of my family!

 "Your efforts in this great work are recorded by angels in heaven.   What a reunion you will have with your eternal brothers and sisters. . ."  --Elder Holland, RootsTech 2021

 "We want to encourage all of you to stay close to your homelands and the various  locations that have meaning to you.  We need to connect to those scenes that provided the backdrop of our lives when we were children, when we were going through those volcanic teenage years, as well as our young married years, right up to the situation you find yourselves in now.  Take photos, that's easy now with almost every phone; keep journals even if it's only highlights of current family experiences or stories from the family's past; or record anything else that connects us to the past.  Doing so will prove to be a blessing to you, to your families and those who come after you."  --Elder Holland, RootsTech 2021

  Now that “Where Our Roots Rest, Volumes I & II” are printed and selling (make sure you contact me to get your copy) I am ready to release some information about my third book:  "Leaves on Our Tree." “Leaves on Our Tree” is a book of stories about our ancestors.   It is a selection of interesting stories about our family members from their own words, histories, interviews, and research.   I have chosen some interesting stories, common stories, and fun stories.   These stories are rich with history and documentation about the lives of our Roberts family members.   These stories will introduce you to our ancestors and their lives.   These stories will put together a family picture of the Roberts family in Wyoming and their contributions to shaping the coalmining towns they lived in.   Here is the table of contents of the story titles that I have included in Leaves on Our Tree: Immigration 1886, 1887, & 1906 Wyoming Coalfields & Geolog...

Today is the Day!!! Here is the information to order the books:   Where Our Roots Rest, Volume I, is Sweetwater County burials. Where Our Roots Rest, Volume II is Lincoln County burials. I have tried to keep prices very low, and shipping is outrageous.  So, if you live along the Wasatch front or in Wyoming I can drop books off to you or we can meet.  Message me, text me, or email me and we can figure a time and place to meet.   I will try and save everyone on shipping where possible. Finally, when it came to accepting other forms of payment it became complicated.  So, I accept cash, check, or money order.  And it also became too complicated to do an e-book.  So it is only available in print form for now.

 

  Where Our Roots Rest, Volume I, is a comprehensive reference book containing the descriptions, photographs, and specific directions to the various Hugh & Margaret Roberts family members buried in the Rock Springs, Riverview, and Rest Haven cemeteries in Sweetwater County.   Where Our Roots Rest, Volume II, contains the descriptions, photographs, and detailed directions to the various Hugh & Margaret Roberts family members buried in the South Lincoln Cemetery District, specifically the Kemmerer City Cemetery and Diamondville Cemetery in Kemmerer and Diamondville, Wyoming. Where Our Roots Rest, Volumes I & II each book contains pedigree charts of the family members buried in each cemetery as well as family group sheets of all family members of the Hugh & Margaret Roberts family.   Individual pages are entitled with the family member’s names as well as their relationship traced back to Hugh & Margaret.   This allows the reader to understand ...

  Where Our Roots Rest, Volume I & Volume II are done! I cannot believe it! Wow, that was so much work! But, they are done! Release date, my father's birthday!  March 5, 2021  This week, Friday! More details to come. . .   Where Our Roots Rest, Volume I & Volume II are reference books.  They are the graves, obituaries, maps, and family plots of our family for the Sweetwater County and South Lincoln District cemeteries.  It is my hope that family members will take these reference books when they visit the cemeteries to locate the graves and pay respects to our family members.  While at each grave one may read the obituary to gain a small perspective into that family members' life.   a n d Book three is almost done too!  Currently, I have so much written and it has come together beautifully.  There have been so many inspired moments and thoughts I know I am receiving help from above.  I still have some writing to do ...

  Saint David's Day, or Feast of Saint David, is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales. How about a reminder of your Welsh heritage.  Here are some links to Welsh heritage recipes. Welsh Cakes: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/welsh-cakes how about a Welsh Onion Cake:  https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/welsh-onion-cake Welsh Clay Pot Bread: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/bacheldre-welsh-clay-pot-bread Traditional Leak and Potato Soup: https://www.dailypost.co.uk/special-features/celebrate-st-davids-day-traditional-19938634 Here is a link  for several Welsh dishes at Allrecipes: http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipes/st-david-s-day-recipes.aspx