Category Archives: Family History

An Elias Bushman Family Reunion in Lehi

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

On Saturday 27 July I celebrated Jacob Bushman’s birthday (my 2nd Great-grandpa) by attending a family reunion of his brother Elias’s descendants in Lehi, Utah.  I was thrilled to learn about this gathering and happy to go meet some of … Continue reading →

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Pioneer Day Talk–Sacrifice and Service

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Here is a talk I gave in our Orem Stonewood 4th Ward on Pioneer Day, 24 July 2011 Ann Lewis Pioneer Day–Sacrifice and Service I was born and raised on a farm in a small town in central California. My … Continue reading →

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Girls at Mutual Dell Girls Camp learn about Journal Writing

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

This evening I was invited to speak to a group of young women at a girls camp at Mutual Dell in American Fork Canyon.  They asked me to talk about Journal Writing and why it’s important.  That’s a topic I … Continue reading →

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Go Forward with Faith

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Today is the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the coming together of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Point in Utah.  I’ve been reading about what Brigham Young called the “pivotal and sweeping” changes this mode of transportation brought to … Continue reading →

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A little piece of advice from Bishop Finis F. Buchanan to a young Ann Laemmlen

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

When I was a student at Reedley High School, I was extremely busy with sports, school and extra curricular activities.  We lived a few miles out of town, and driving back and forth also used valuable time.  I remember going … Continue reading →

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Roger Minert, Mentor and Friend

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Every now and again you meet someone who absolutely changes your life.  Roger Minert is one of those people to me.  This week I attended his Last Lecture at BYU as he prepares for retirement. This is the man who taught … Continue reading →

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Keeping and Preserving

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

One of the things that keeps me awake at night is the fear that I won’t have time to empty everything that needs to passed on out of my mind and my computer and into someone else’s before I die.  … Continue reading →

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A Lewis Family Gathering

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

It occurred to me this week that I’m so busy looking for stories and histories and documents and photos of people in my family’s past, that sometimes I neglect the present, and those in our family now.  We had a … Continue reading →

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Be a Life Saver!

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

I’ve been spending my spare moments at the BYU Family History Library scanning photos and documents on their fast scanners.  It’s fun work, capturing and preserving images and lives.  With all the talk lately about “ministering,” I feel this is … Continue reading →

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Bringing Home the Tree!

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Growing up in Reedley, CA, we always went to a Christmas Tree Farm to cut a fresh tree.  It was always the beginning of the holiday season.   I think these photos were taken around 1972 or 1973 when I was … Continue reading →

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