Days searching the halls and files of the Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Salt Lake City; data from rare books in several different state libraries; inf...view moreDays searching the halls and files of the Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Salt Lake City; data from rare books in several different state libraries; information sourced from genealogical societies (some run by blue haired little old ladies in church basements) and, lastly, diligent study from the internet: compilation from all these origins is the content of this book. This study of genealogy brought one ancestor to the author’s attention. She tells multi-faceted, true tales of real women’s lives during an era obscured by the curtain of far distant time.
Darlene Porter’s education at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, resulted in the degree of Bachelor’s of Science, Nursing, and a minor in history. The author spent 33 years working as an RN. She currently lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains with her husband and two fuzzy little dogs.view less