by Bruce D. Despain

The following ancestries are from the data I have entered into the computer using the Personal Ancestral File. Do not be confused by the Latter-day Saints ordinance events included by this program. Members of this church have diligently performed these ordinances in a temple by proxy for their ancestors who died without having been baptized before 1843. The records associated with this ordinance work is the common source of most of the data. One thing to be aware of concerning this work is that the people gathering their original sources for the data were not professional genealogists. They were prone to take many publications and work of professed genealogists at face value. A second very important consideration is that the tendency was to accept speculative pedigrees on the assumption that it would be better to perform the ordinances for the individuals represented than to prohibit any ancestor of this opportunity.

In many cases I have been able to consult the original sources and sometimes left off spurious ancestry. However, I have included very few references of sources in this particular Personal Ancestral File. You will also note that I have also referred to spouses of the children of ancestors, but rarely given individual identifiers or any date for the marriage sealing.

Ancestral Families of Some of My Ancestors

Ancestral Families of Some of My Wife's Ancestors

A Grand Union of Lineages

Works of Wonder