"Dr. Bill" wrote: > Can you tell us about your week at the FHS? > It would be like a travelogue to many, myself included. Since I don't fly (won't is more like it) and if you want me on the east coast give me 5 or 6 days notice <LOL> and AmTrack cannot take one "exactly" where one wants to go, I have for the past 15 years relied on Good Old Greyhound. I left Tacoma on Saturday afternoon the 16th at 5:45 p.m with an hour layover in Portland, Oregon then off we started for Salt Lake City. Naturally the driver's are very considerate of the "smoker's group" and makes these short stops at various intervals for their "necessity". Since I don't smoke I sit back and relax. It is, I am sure, for many people a very tiring ride as I arrived in Salt Lake City at 5:25 pm Sunday afternoon. The workers at Greyhound took pity on this "older" woman and carried my suitcases next door to Best Western which would be my night "home" for a week. My day "home" was on the other side of Best Western at the famous LDS Library. By arriving on Sunday afternoon/evening it gives one time to relax, hang up your clothing for the week, assort whatever paperwork you took to guide you through the many hours of research you will be doing. For many years I have worked mainly on my mother's side of the family, since my mother was married four times, widowed three, but with children from three marriages, doing her side seemed to include all my siblings. THIS time I decided I was going to work on my father's side only. This being a standstill, as my father died at the age of 25 when I was 19 months old, his parents/my grandparents have been gone since I was 17 & 19, I had really no names or much to go on. Anyone being at Salt Lake City to do research knows the humungous number of books, film, fische, computer records, etc that they have there. And they are getting more and more all the time. Many of the more family related books have been moved over to the Joseph Smith Building. While I have gone to Salt Lake City for 15 years I have never taken the time to go over there and see what they have. I get so involved in the LDS Library that half the time I don't know lunch time has been and gone. I hear "In 15 minutes the library will be closing" and then realize it is 9:30 p.m. AND I have been there since 7:30 a.m. This time I decided to view Military records for my earliest WAUGHTEL which at that name was more WACHTEL but also was shown as WAGTAIL, WAUGHTILE, WACHTLE and other ways to be sure, and I thought of the heavy brogues they must have had and the understanding of what the person hearing that name was trying to figure out just what it really might be but then spelled it the way "he" thought it sounded. I was trying to find if any had been given "bounty land" and/or even a pension. Did find some records, indicating Company name and now must look for those Regiments which were mainly Pennsylvania. With the census records, although I knew some were in certain census readings, I wanted to find the actual record, print it off, and have it in my notebook binder. This way by having each record it gave me the "road" in which they traveled, resided, or if they indeed had stayed in one place, and that the boundary only had changed. I started with the books and found who was shown in each census, then I would get the film, find the item, name, twp., etc and then stand in line to use their copy machines. This went on for 6 days. When I found out that the library was open until 10 on Saturday I decided to stay until 8, grab a bite to eat and then head around the corner to Greyhound as my bus left for home at 10:45 p.m. I would arrive in Tacoma at 7:50 pm Sunday evening. Utah is Mountain Time and Tacoma is Pacific Time. I must say that I found alot of information on my WACHTEL/WAUGHTEL line, the LONGNECKER, VANTREESE aka VERTRIES/VERDRIES, and DRYBREAD which in the beginning was a German name of DROCHENBRODT especially marriage records that I can send for as I didn't have time to check if they had them OnLine there yet. I was really surprised that in Jackson County, Indiana that I was able to print off the actual copy of the marriage record. This confirmed my suspicions that my 2nd great Aunt Jane WAUGHTEL who had married (1) Enoch STARK in 1838 and (2) John SUMMA in 1840 and had 8 children all carrying the SUMMA name that the two oldest were actually STARK. I found the girl marrying as Sophia E. STARK rather than her census name of Sophia E. SUMMA. So instead of $1, or whatever the county rate is for a marriage record, I was able to print it off for 20 cents. I don't know if all the counties have these OnLine yet or not, but at least Jackson County, Indiana does. It is an unbelievable place to go to for research as there is so much to search for. Sometimes you tend to get sidetracked. While I knew my 3rd great grandfather Frederick WAUGHTEL had been in Washington County, Indiana from 1820 through 1836 (after that I can find hide nor hair of him) I decided to check some books in that section. Well, also some of my mother's SINEX & WALKER ancestry was there and I came across the obituary of my 3rd great grandfather and Lo and Behold his middle name was Sanders and not Samuel as we had thought for years and years. This was very logical as his mother's brother Prettyman BURTON had a son John Sanders BURTON. See, what I mean, I was not going to work on my mother's side of the family but was it Serendipity or what that drew me to that Obit book in Washington County, Indiana. Although I must still search for poor old Frederick at least I now know William S Walker's true middle name - the one that the S has stood for so many years. Well, Dr Bill, I can go on and on, but I think I got off track on a "travelogue". Sorry about that. It is a beautiful city, the capital building is within walking distance, the two downtown malls less that two blocks away, the Salt Palace, the Temple and its grounds across the street from the Library, all make for a lovely stroll outside. And not to be forgotten the Delta (can't think of the full name) but where the Utah JAZZ play their basketball games. And the Best Western has a "genealogy rate" but one must mention that fact <grin>. And with coffee in the room I finished off the pot and was on my way for the day <grin> and had breakfast/lunch/dinner at 10 p.m. daily. Too bad I can't get away with cooking one meal a day at home <LOL> Antoinette waughtel@oz.net