Starting Out

Hey everybody, I started doing family history about four months ago (March) and I feel like I've already had quite a bit of success. When I first started I was completely new to it and I didn't really know how to do anything, but with practice and lots of help I've managed to get my feet wet. Most of my concentration up until now has been on the Whipple line, focusing on Andrew Jackson Whipple (born 1832). He's kind of the Whipple Family Enigma because we've never really known anything about him. When I started I only had a name and a wife, and nothing more. Since then I've managed to find out tons of information about his life. Still nothing on his parents though.

My Mom, Lisa Bishop, got really excited when I told her about my idea to start this blog. She agreed with me that it would make it easier for the family to share information and keep up to date on any work we might be doing. Plus, I hope that by reading these posts other members of the family will get excited enough to lend a hand. There's still so much that needs to be done that you can't use the excuse that all of the work has been done already. It's not true.

Last week I finally finished the Endowments for AJ Whipple, something that I've been working on for some time. It was such and amazing experience for me, and since then I have found more names that I plan on taking to the temple. All the same, even if you're not interested in helping with the temple work, please be willing to help do the research and collecting of information.

That's all for now, but in my next posts I'm planning on explaining how to log onto some of the church sites, share some of the interviews I've done, and share my work. Until later then,
Mike