FINDING GRANDMA THROUGH
THE LONDON FAMILY HISTORY CENTRE

INTRODUCTION

• This is posted on http://uvtagg.org under Class Outlines > Don's Listings > Internet Genealogy
• Our mission to the England London Mission, London Family History Centre (Jun 2007 - Nov 2008)
  • London FHC Web page -- http://www.londonfhc.org/
  • Photo visit to Hyde Park Chapel and London FHC
  • Google map of London FHC -- http://www.maps.google.com
    • Click on Show Search Options > User-Created Content -- search for "London FHC"
    • Tutorial video of how to create a Google map -- http://maps.google.com/help/maps/mymaps/create.html
• Ann Stafford Snow Condie
  • Was the only grandparent Don ever knew
  • Born in England 1867; joined LDS Church; emigrated to America in 1880; married Erastus Beman Snow in 1885; died in St. George, Utah 1948
  • LDS Church Genealogical Surveys -- Member Autobiographies
    • 4-page form that all Church members were asked to complete in 1924-1929
    • Hard copy in FHL and on 10 microfilms (FHL #1059454-1059463)
  • Timelines
    • Detailed timeline of her life
    • html timelines from -- http:www.ourtimelines.com -- save as pdf or html

ANN STAFFORD: EVENTS IN ENGLAND

• Linda Snow Westover's prepration to visit us in London
  • 20-year brickwall of where Ann Stafford was christened in Church of England
  • Linda's online discovery - search for Ann Stafford -- http://www.genuki.org.uk
  • Ann Stafford christened in St. Thomas Church, Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
  • London FHC has the microfilm!
• Our genealogy trip
  • Photos of trip - car, map, GPS, churches, graveyards
  • Birth certificate -- http://www.freebmd.org.uk
    • Birth - 27 Apr 1867, Factory Street, Walton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
    • Chesterfield from Lewis' Gazetteer http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=445
    • Google search for a history and map of the potteries -- "potteries Chesterfield Derbyshire" -- http://www.google.com
    • GPS coordinates of Factory Street, Walton
  • Ann living with grandparents -- 1871 UK Census (age 4)
  • Baptized into LDS Church -- 1877 (age 10)
    • Conference records - Chesterfield LDS Branch -- FHL #86991
    • IGI Deceased Membership Record
  • Eliza Dennis' mother grave site in Leeds, Yorkshire, England -- from National Burials Index avaiable on http://www.findmypast.co.uk
  • Google map of Ann Stafford Snow Condie locations
• Further English research
  • First and second families of Joshua Stafford
  • GenesReunited -- http://www.genesreunited.com

ANN STAFFORD: EVENTS IN AMERICA

• Immigration
  • Mormon Immigration Index - on CD from LDS Distribution Centers -- listed as Anna Stafford (age 13)
  • Ship Wisconsin, 5-16 Jun 1880 - steamship to New York City
  • Picture and information about ship Wisconsin from http://ellisisland.org
  • Castle Garden Immigration Station, New York City -- http://www.castlegarden.org
  • Passenger Manifest from FHL #295791 -- see http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1209237&disp=Register+of+New+York+City+passenger+list%20%20&columns=*,0,0 (FHLC call number 974.71 W33r -- Roll 427)
  • Came to America with Reddish family 5-16 Jun 1880, also of Chesterfield Branch
  • Fare paid by future husband Erastus Beman Snow, missionary returning 6 months later
• Marriage to Erastus Beman Snow in St. George Temple 24 Feb 1885 (Annie age 18, EBS age 32)
  • Western States Marriage Record Index -- http://abish.byui.edu/SpecialCollections/WesternStates/Search.cfm
• Eldon Stafford Snow born 1891 - Don's Dad -- Story of his birth certificate
• Death of Erastus Beman Snow 1900 - widow at age 33
• Marriage to George Condie 29 Oct 1906 in St. George (Annie age 39 and George age 56)
• St. George Ward Records -- FHL #26001: Items 1-3 Record of Members; Item 4 Form E
• Death of George Condie 1910 - widow again at age 43

THREE STORIES ABOUT ANNIE

• Excerpt from Mothers' Day talk by son Carl Condie
• Remembrances of Carl Condie's mission to Great Britain about 1931
• "Meet the Mormons" article in Look Magazine, 10 Mar 1942, with picture of Annie

DEATH OF ANN STAFFORD SNOW CONDIE

• Utah Death certificates 1904-1956 -- http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1004924
• Obituaries -- http://digitalnewspapers.org/
• Utah Cemeteries database -- http://www.utahcemeteries.org
• GPS coordinates of grave site - To show on Google maps Enter "lattitude, longitude" in http://maps.google.com ("37.10793,-113.57048" - no quote marks)

SUMMARY

• Hope we have given you some ideas of what you can do for your own ancestors with information online now
• Good illustration of how service to others (our mission) pays off for your own FH