Andrew F. Ehat: Why Did Joseph Smith Build Temples? The First Endowment of this dispensation

08
May
Kirtland Restoration of Keys and Ordinances

Andrew F. Ehat: Why Did Joseph Smith Build Temples? The First Endowment of this dispensation

Andrew Ehat is the Director of Research of the Joseph Smith Research Institute:  The purpose of the Joseph Smith Research Institute is to research, chronicle, interpret, and promote the life and teachings of the first prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Institute aspires to understand and articulate Joseph Smith’s perspective […]

Smith Descendants Gather for Reunion 2013

05
Aug
Elder Ballard Speaking to Descendants

Smith Descendants Gather for Reunion 2013

SALT LAKE CITY — Descendants of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith met in greater force than ever before to both renew family ties and remember history at a reunion over the weekend. Roughly 1,100 Smith descendants from Hyrum, Joseph Jr. and Samuel Smith’s lines came to This Is The Place Heritage Park for the […]

Tribute to Asael Smith

20
Aug
Asael Smith Memoriam

Tribute to Asael Smith

On 28 July 2012, members of the Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith Family Association, along with local members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints met at the Union Cemetery in Stockholm, NY to pay tribute to and refurbish the headstone of Asael Smith who was the grandfather of the LDS […]