Thomas Jones aka Thomas English Jones was my 3rd great-grandfather.  He was born in England.  When he was about 25 he had to have his leg amputated above the knee.  A couple of years later his wife died.  He then joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and emigrated to the United States.  He lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, United States until the Saints moved west to Utah.  He traveled across the plains with the Heber C. Kimball company.  He is an example to me of enduring well to the end.

Various records from church records from Tuttlingen, Wuerttemberg, Germany.

 Christening record 

 Marriage record

 Marriage record

 Christening record

 Christening record

This record is from a Family Book.  Family Books are a collection of families from the town.  This one happens to be from Tuttlingen, Wuerttemberg, Germany.

The following images come from church record books from Tuttlingen, Wuertttemberg, Germany.  What's nice about these particular records is that it covers a time period when there aren't other records filmed that have the birth, marriage, or death records available.  They are from a record called a "Seelenregister" which is basically a church membership record.  

 This particular image led me to other records that enabled me to extend this particular line.  It was an exciting find for me.

Yes, I enjoy playing Words with Friends.  This is what came up one day when I was doing one of the challenges.  I did not change the order of the letters.  They appeared this way when I opened the app.

 Could this grin be any cheesier?

 Those fingers sure taste good.

 CTR Sr. Chillaxin'

Bekah and CTR III hanging out and Nana's.

This is just a reminder of why I do family history research.

Another assignment for my class.  We got a free pass on this one too, but I wanted to do it anyway.   It may be difficult to read, but it’s basically four generations of my family starting with me.  I had a lot of help with this since most of it was done by other people, but I did have to fill in the names.  

Life Goals

As part of the assignment we are to post some goals we have for the future.  We were already given credit for this assignment because it falls about the time of General Conference.  I wanted to do it anyway I think this is an easier task when a person is younger and has their whole life ahead of them.  These goals were not to be family history or temple goals, but mine are related to both of those topics.  One goal I have I share with my husband.  To be honest it's more his goal than mine, but since we're in this partnership together I have made it mine too.  He wants to serve a mission when he retires.  He hopes to have that happen in the next five to ten years.  I'm willing to go, but I will request it to be a genealogy mission.  I know that doesn't mean that's what we'll get, but I can at least try right?  Another goal I have is to graduate with my AAS in Family History.  I plan to finish with school about the same time that my husband plans to retire so it works out great.