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We move into 1885 with a reminder that Ann didn't know her own birthday. She was just a few days off, but it's a strong reminder of...

Just posted this on Facebook and remembered to put it here as well... Sisters. Lois Jarvis Graham and Margaret Jarvis Overson. T...

After almost a year here is another installment in the journal of Ann Prior Jarvis. This deals mostly with the weather and with family matt...

Several weeks ago a grandson of Joseph Marion Tanner added a picture to FamilySearch showing his grandfather on his mission in Constantinop...

Just one New Year's Resolution this coming year: finish my book. The book is called Slaves in Zion: African American Servitude ...

Don't miss this great summary of the history of women suffrage in Utah. Votes for [Mormon/Utah] Women! .

While he served as President of the Southern States Mission, John Morgan or his missionaries sent regular letters to the Deseret News keep...

I am slowly starting to build a case that the Tanner family disliked plural marriage and, with the possible exception of Nathan, only pract...

In 1890 Ann Prior Jarvis sat down with a new blank book and wrote out a clean copy of her autobiography. She got 33 pages in and then never...

From Flickr , used as is. Sometime in 1810, perhaps in the later half of the year after the harvest was over, a census taker followed t...