Photos of the Month--Perspective

The theme for the photo group for March was perspective.  This was an interesting subject partly because I wanted something that was somewhat different from the typical road disappearing in the distance.

Since we were in Salt Lake City I decided to find my "perspective" pictures there.  These are two of my favorites.  I really liked the chapel (Assembly Hall) in the foreground and the new building rising up behind it.  I had to sit on the ground to get this view.  Another thing I liked about it was the old growth in the tree and building on the right as compared with the new growth in the short bushes and trees as well as the building on the left.

I had walked around Temple Square and then up the street to the state capital.  I was amazed by these giant trees by capital.  They looked so much bigger with all their leaves gone.

Gibsons Come for Brooke's Wedding

Ben's sister broke got married on February 10th so the family came down for that event in the Gila Valley Temple. Fred and I went over to watch the children while the Gibsons were all in the temple. I took a few pictures afterwards. The kids are just growing up too fast. It was fun to spend a few days with them after the wedding. The older three wanted to collect some things that were uniquely Arizona so I took them on a little hike.

Rootstech Conference in February

The first week in February we drove to Salt Lake City to attend the Rootstech Conference.  Wonderful things happen when thousands of genealogists and technologists get together to discuss how technology can advance genealogy research!  It is fun to be in that atmosphere of working together to search out our ancestors.  Big names in technology were there including FamilySearch, of course, BrightSolid, Ancestory.com, Archives.com and Google.  Interestingly enough, Google has come up with several sites that have some connection with genealogy.  We've all used Google Maps but have we used it to find family?  Take a look at Google Images or News to find Ancestors.  I put in "cemetery, Anson, Texas" into the search bar of Images and up came a dozen photos of Mt. Hope Cemetery in Anson, Texas where my grandparents, great-grandparents and other relatives are buried.  This is one of them.

I then put in Waikato Hospital, Hamilton New Zealand and up came the hospital where Maria, Laura, Tanya and David were all born.  Also try out Google Books for some interesting information for Family History research.