Saints, Witches, and Murderers

Over the past 30 years, I have unearthed a cache of family history stories. I have been stunned to find many heroic stories and a handful of colorful ones. Here I will share the fascinating stories of my ancestors.

Friday, October 4, 2013

Alvin Moroni Jensen Shoots Off an Indian Chief's Toe

Alvin was comfortable around horses, as shown in this photo taken in the 1970's Gary Alvin Jensen, grandson of Alvin Moroni Jensen, ...

Alvin Moroni Jensen Helped Notorious Butch Cassidy Visit His Family

Butch Cassidy, neighbor of young Alvin Moroni Jensen. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia. In a previous post I uploaded my Great Grandpa Alv...

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

An Expert's Conclusions on the Ranulphus de Kingsleigh Story

I consulted a medieval expert on the Ranulphus de Kingsleigh story. He looked at the story in depth and responded with the following sum...

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Alvin Moroni Jensen's Autobiography

Alvin Moroni Jensen, my great grandfather, wrote a detailed autobiography which he passed on to his children and grandchildren. My father...

Sunday, April 14, 2013

May Donaldson West-- Autobiography

In the 1990's, I began calling my Grandma West every Sunday and recording the phone conversations. I wanted to record her persona...

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Melanie J. Johnson: I'm a wife and mother of 7 beautiful kids and also a grandmother. I am a designer with a degree in Art from Brigham Young University. I'm a Jack of many trades and master of none,

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