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By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another”

John 13: 35

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Picturing the West: 1852 lithographs of Salt Lake Valley provide unique look at the past

Nineteenth-century Americans were fascinated with the lands that stretched beyond their western borders. Yet, they knew very little about them.

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Engineer cuts digitizing time for 2.4 million records

Software engineer Heath Nielson cut the time it will take to digitize 2.4 million records in the Granite Mountain Records Vault from a century to a decade. The digitized images will ultimately be accessible online.

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Interactive scrapbooking appeals to women -- and men

Collecting memories should be an interactive experience -- not just a look back, says the founder of a company that specializes in interactive scrapbooking.

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Pushing and pulling: handcart treks test youths, make memories

Dave Burnham hoped to take 300 teenagers "further than they've ever thought they were capable of emotionally, physically and spiritually" this summer.

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PAF group meeting Saturday

Provo -- The next regular, second-Saturday-of-the-month meeting of the Utah Valley PAF (Personal Ancestral File) Users Group will be Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon in the LDS "Red" Chapel at 4000 N. Timpview Drive (650 East), in Provo.

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Wiki adds resources to FamilySearch research

FamilySearch Research Wiki, in beta testing, gives genealogy buffs an easy-to-use "encyclopedia of research sources" from around the world.

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Researchers at the University of Utah used family history records to help identify a genetic mutation found in families with a 16-times greater disposition for colon cancer than the general population.

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