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People ask some interesting questions in Google search bars, and now "why is Utah so Mormon?" is one of them.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may have found a site for a temple in Afton. It's not official yet, but the city attorney confirmed the church had entered a contract agreement with a piece of property in town. Seven months ago, after the church announced it was planning a temple in Star Valley, the station spoke with residents about the prospect of an LDS temple.
Samuel Amos Woolley (1825-1900) was a member of the prominent early LDS Woolley clan. Like his more famous brother Edwin D., Samuel was bishop of a Salt Lake City ward. He served a mission to India beginning in 1853.
Just a little less than two weeks after her 93rd birthday, Sister Hortense Hogan Child Smith, former member of the Young Women general presidency, died peacefully at her home in Salt Lake City on May 17. President Thomas S. Monson was among those who spoke at her funeral on May 23 in the Salt Lake Monument Park Stake Center.
Apparently these two actually tract with their ukeleles in hand, serenading any who will listen. (Read more about them at Well-behaved Mormon Woman.)
A trio of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints competed in the Winter Olympics during the Presidents Day weekend.
Mormon scriptures long predicted that "every man shall hear the fullness of the gospel in his own tongue." Of course, the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sends missionaries worldwide to preach in native languages, and it translates General Conference speeches into scores of tongues.
The First Presidency has recently called the following couples as new mission presidents and their wives. They will begin serving in their assigned areas in July 2012. Couples are listed by initial publication date in alphabetical order. Please see the gallery for names, photographs, and biographical summaries of the couples.
If there is one thing the first two weeks of The History Channel’s blockbuster miniseries, “The Bible,” has proven, it is this: There is an appetite for Bible stories. Television industry insiders indicate “over 50 million cumulative viewers have seen at least a portion of the series since it began on March 3.”
FamilySearch, Archives.com and findmypast.com are joining to launch the 1940 U.S. Census Community Project to help quickly publish a free, searchable, high-quality name index to the 1940 U.S. Census after it is released in April 2012 by the National Archives and Record Administration of the United States, according to a news release.