My search for information about my great
grandfather John Hamilton Morgan began here five springtime’s ago. I visited
the Salt Lake Cemetery and snapped pictures of the Morgan family markers and sent
them to Amy at The Ancestor Files.
The more I learned about him the more I wanted
to learn about him.
Descendants donated his journals, papers, and
some pictures to the Marriott Library, Special Collections, University of Utah.
I have frequented the collection during the last five years. Anxious to verify an
item last week I attempted to pull up the list of their materials and learned that the John Morgan collection is now in a digital format. It is available on-line
through the MWDL Mountain West Digital Library and anyone can visit it here.
The copy of this remembrance card I had made from the collection was so
poor I could not read it. I was happy to see it revealed on the face page of the collection and I can now read what is written.
A
precious one from us has gone,
A
voice we loved is stilled;
A
place is vacant in our home,
Which
never can be filled.
God
in His wisdom has recalled,
The
boon his love had given;
And
thou the body moulders here,
The
soul is safe in Heaven.
It is hard to believe it has been 5 years since you started your research. It is so cool to learn about the MWDL.
ReplyDeleteThere is much to be discovered in John Morgan's collection at the MWDL that I've never looked at before. I hope family members will go sleuthing too.
ReplyDeleteFive years? Amazing!! And this entire collection digitized? Even more amazing!! Thanks for letting us know! Historic day!! (When I have a minute and am not running between places I'll put up a post at AncestorFiles.) I'll send notes to other interested researchers to make sure they see your post, too.
ReplyDeleteVery cool! Finding that records like these are a remote researcher's dream come true.
ReplyDeleteForty-seven pages of handwritten cards and letters! What a wonderful way to preserve this material and share it with so many interested people.
ReplyDeleteThank you Amy for your link, and for your comment Bruce.
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