HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Happy Thanksgiving. As you all know, I will be celebrating Thanksgiving by myself this year, but I hope that everyone has a great one.

Just for fun and for you to know a little history on my family, my great ancestors actually sailed across on the Mayflower and signed the Mayflower compact and celebrated the first Thanksgiving. Here is a list of the names that signed the mayflower compact:

The Mayflower Compact

In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread Sovereigne Lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britaine, France and Ireland king, defender of the faith, etc. having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honour of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civill body politick, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just and equall laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete and convenient for the generall good of the Colonie unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape-Codd the 11. of November, in the year of the raigne of our sovereigne lord, King James, of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fiftie-fourth. Anno Dom. 1620.

John Carver	Edward Tilley	Degory Priest
William Bradford	John Tilley	Thomas Williams
Edward Winslow	Francis Cooke	Gilbert Winslow
William Brewster	Thomas Rogers	Edmund Margeson
Issac Allerton	Thomas Tinker	Peter Browne
Myles Standish	John Rigdale	Richard Britteridge
John Alden	Edward Fuller	George Soule
Samuel Fuller	John Turner	Richard Clarke
Christopher Martin	Francis Eaton	Richard Gardiner
William Mullins	James Chilton	John Allerton
William White	John Crackston	Thomas English
Richard Warren	John Billington	Edward Dotey
John Howland	Moses Fletcher	Edward Leister
Stephen Hopkins	John Goodman

::My ancestors names are Samuel and Edward Fuller. I have always liked learning about my family and where I came from. I feel that it's important to know who your family is and what kind of challenges they faced during their time and where they traveled to. If you want to know more about your family and do some background research, The LDS Church offers free services to those who want to do some genealogy work on their family. Here is a site that will help:

http://www.ancestorhunt.com/mormon_church_records.htm

Lots of people from all over the world will travel to Utah (Mormon or not) and will do their genealogy work at the building downtown. There is a vast database of information that they have and it's cool to see other people who care about their family and want to know more history about them. Here is the website for the genealogy library and just a little paragraph about it:

http://www.utah.com/mormon/family_history.htm

"The Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the largest genealogical library in the world with copies of millions of original records including the names of more than two billion deceased people. People come from literally all over the world to search the library's records and find information about their heritage. The library has become one of the most popular tourist destinations in Salt Lake City."


So hopefully everyone has a good Turkey Day! Make sure you save a plate for me when I come back to town, lol.