The Smith’s DNA was not like any Smith in England that Perego could find. Perego began DNA detective work — trying to find a close match. After narrowing his search he discovered that the Smith family DNA matched very closely with the many descendants of “Niall of the Nine Hostages,” a fifth-century Irish warlord who […]
More than 500 Smith family descendants gathered in Salt Lake City to participate in the reunion, which included a service project to help refugees, who — like the Smith family and other early Church members — have been driven from their homes. “You descend from a long line of people who believe in the Two Great […]
Written by Mary Ellen Elggren “What of Joseph Smith’s family? What of his boys? I have prayed from the beginning for Sister Emma…They are in the hands of God, and when they make their appearance before this people, full of his power, there are none but what will say – ‘Amen! We are ready to […]
Article submitted by Julie Weber I am writing to tell you what it has been like to be raised a descendant of Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Hale Smith. We were not allowed to talk to Mormons (or anyone) about our lineage. We were raised to believe that Mormons would either try to kill us […]
From the Latter-day Saint perspective in the 19th-century West, the whole world was against them. “Brigham Young is hearing comments of Emma stating this or that, most of which are taken out of context because he is hearing them through third parties. … So he makes all these harsh statements about Emma — and those […]
My name is Gracia Normandeau Jones. Last 17 March 2018, I will celebrate the sixty-second anniversary of my baptism into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. My grandmother, Coral, was a granddaughter of Joseph and Emma Hale Smith; her father, Alexander Hale Smith, was their third surviving son. Many people ask how it […]
Below is an eye witness testimony of President Wilford Woodruff given on Friday, March 19, 1897 concerning his experience with the Prophet Joseph Smith calling the Quorum of Twelve Apostles concerning the authoring of the Temple endowments. President Woodruff and George Q. Cannon at the office. President Woodruff again spoke into the graphaphone or talking […]
“Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer of the Lord, has done more, save Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man that ever lived in it.” (D&C 135:3) I used to wonder in my early days of membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since Joseph Smith has done so […]
“An orator, jurist, statesman, soldier and a Christian … a lawyer for over fifty years and a life without reproach,” reads in part the inscription on a grave site monument dedicated to revered Missourian, Alexander W. Doniphan. On Oct. 22, members of the community in Liberty, Missouri, gathered at a symposium and award banquet to […]
This is Kimberly Jo Smith and I invite you to enjoy our new music video, Serenity Blue. This song is about the lives of my great-great grandparents, Joseph and Emma Smith. It is a story about Lucy Mack Smith, a mother who has lost her sons, and Emma, a wife who has lost her husband. […]
