Family History and Other Fascinations
Welcome to Venita's World
"We need to learn how to forgive and how to repent. That's all." ~Hugh Nibley
Provo River & Mount Timpanogos
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I live in Provo, Utah, which is located between the beautiful Wasatch Mountains to the east
(a part of the greater Rocky Mountain Range), and Utah Lake to the west. I'll be changing this photo every week or two to share the beauty and
variety of my surroundings. Unless otherwise noted, all photos are by Venita* who also holds the
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Comments are welcomed!
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FREE and now available at "Books" on iTunes:
(Go to the iTunes Store. In the top menu bar, select "Books." Type "John Lambert Bodyguard" into the search field.) No
iTunes access? See below.
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Please click --> to access the .pdf version which you can read online, or download to your computer or
other device. Be patient - the book is about 65MB in size, 120 pages.
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John slipped his hand into his pocket to check once more. Yes, the bloody kerchief, and the lead ball wrapped inside it, were there. Every time he touched
it, the awful scenes of the Prophet’s martyrdom flashed before his eyes. He had been there, arriving just seconds too late to stop the murders of Joseph and Hyrum.
Tears welled in his eyes whenever he remembered that day, but this day he put those scenes behind him and faced the future. It was
February 1846, just past five years since they had left England. Everything was loaded into the wagon and the family was on their way across the
frozen Mississippi River, fleeing from persecution, and another home they thought they would never leave. He sat beside his bride of two weeks, his widowed
mother next to them. His youngest brother, Joey, was following behind on a horse. His only sister, Lizzy, and their other brother, Richard, were not with them.
They had said they would bring their young families along later, maybe in the spring, maybe after the harvest. Or maybe they would stay in Hancock County and wait for
Joseph Smith III to grow up and lead the church. Why follow Brigham Young to an unknown place?
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I just finished reading your book and absolutely loved it. You did such a great job... Are you writing a sequel to carry the Lambert family on to Salt Lake?
I hope so. It was such great reading and provided such insight into their history from the perspective of someone who lived it. ~Vaughn Lewis
Thanks cousin Venita, more than I can say. This is a fascinating treasure! ~David Poore
Have you published this great book? I would like to buy a hard copy. ~Ralph Montgomery
I am amazed. I felt like I was traveling with the family from the beginning to the end and it was awesome, wonderful, sad and inspiring. I was just a
little disappointed that it stopped, I could have read, and read some more it was just so good. ~Shirley Weitman
Loved the book; we too are looking for the sequel. We printed the book, then took it to Staples and had it spiral bound. It will be a good
keepsake. ~Dallin Wrigley
I finished reading your book. I liked it a lot. Maura is reading it now. Do you plan to write another taking the family from MO to their lives in UT?
~Lloyd Carlson
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(Please visit often for regular updates) |
| Last update: 16 May 2013
Listed in order of updates:
Ancestors Main Index
- UPDATE - Updates to parish names, and links to tagged g-maps added.
(25 Mar 2013)
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WorldConnect Files
- UPDATE of all files. See links at the bottom of My Ancestors index page. Note: Several additions and corrections in my
Welsh ancestry. See the
file HERE.
(13 Feb 2013)
Welsh Photo Links
- UPDATE - Several dead links deleted; two new links added.
(13 Feb 2013)
Danish Photo Links
- UPDATE - One dead link deleted, one new link added.
(3 Feb 2013)
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Ancestral Family Files
- Update of all Reunion 10 Web Cards and new data added. (See EDWARDS of Vaynor.)
(30 Dec 2012)
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Old Photo Albums
- Update to MICHIE - Other: Two water color paintings of the highlands near Strathdon
(21 Dec 2012)
Family
- Update on family information, and photo of Garrison added
(25 Jun 2012)
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Histories
- General update, all histories
(26 Mar 2012)
Utah Pioneers
- General update, all links, all stories
(26 Mar 2012)
Family Headstones
- General update, all cemetery sites
(26 Mar 2012)
Views of Utah
- General update, all pages of photos of Utah
(26 Mar 2012)
Views of Wales
- General update, all pages of photos of Wales
(26 Mar 2012)
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*Unless otherwise noted, all photos on this website were taken by
Venita, who also holds the copyright.
Should you wish to download any of them for any reason (other than your own enjoyment),
please credit Venita
as the photographer and add my URL:
venitap.com
Comments are appreciated!
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