By LaRae Free Kerr

Let’s say you’d like to find a little more about your Mormon and Mountain West relatives , and you figure there’s more on the web by now than what I recommended last year or the year before. Or maybe you know more ancestral names than you did when last I did a column on Western and Mormon sources. Or maybe you just have a few unfettered moments by the computer and want to have some fun. Here’s a list of URLs you can look at. Maybe somebody you are related to in some way will show up.

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By Alison Palmer

Scripture: D&C 124:40

Song: “I Love to See the Temple,” Children’s Songbook, 95

Preparation: Gather a stack of index cards and 2 different colored pens or markers.

Lesson: Talk to your family about their favorite places to be. Allow each member to share the place they love best and why. Next, ask them to think about what these three words have in common: house, church, and temple.

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After encountering anti-Mormon banners at LDS Church General Conference in 2003 stating that “DNA proves the Book of Mormon false”, Rod Meldrum began research on the subject.
A professional scientific researcher, with access to several world class research libraries and scientific search engines, Rod began a three-year process of in-depth research into scientific journals, historical accounts and the scriptures. His research led to some rather unexpected DNA findings and then to questioning the origin of the theories surrounding the geographical setting of the Book of Mormon.

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by Dan and Shannon Pointer

The Church now recommends a certain order for home storage. In the pamphlet, “All Is Safely Gathered In” we are counseled by the First Presidency to first have a 3-month supply of things we usually eat. This should be our first priority! The longer-term supply is our goal once the 3-month supply is in place. BYU has had forums recently about a flu pandemic, and the experts feel that a 3-month quarantine is a very real possibility. Having your 3-month supply of the regular food your family normally eats will be essential.

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Latter-day Saints from all over the country have served in Iraq and Afghanistan either as soldiers or civilians in the “war against terror.” Patriotic and religious artist, Chad S. Hawkins, travelled the world to gather and publish their stories in their own words in Faith in the Service (Deseret Book, $21.95, Hardcover; Book on CD, abridged, $16.95)

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The breathtaking story of the Brighton family continues in, From the End of Heaven (Deseret Book, Hardcover, $22.95), the highly anticipated book five of the best selling The Great and Terrible series.

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