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Show J r w miS v IHHsHSni t W i 3 Classified Ads & .13.12 SECTION .f i i wr i m. lii , EDITOR SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2007 I Elyssa Andrus eandrusheraldextra.com 344-255- 3 LaRae Free Kerr It's All Relatives Conference offers hope to pornography addiction sufferers t . Cody Clark DAILY HERALD MOW, GROOW For many people who are drawn to pornography against their better judgment, breaking free of it can seem like a hopeless cause. The struggle can be especially bleak in Uah Valley, with its high concentration of members ' of The Church of Jesus Christ of IMMIGRATE ANCESTORS y Saints LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley emphatically reiterated the faith's longstanding condemnation of pornography in 2004 by saying, "Let any who may be in the grip of (pornography) get upon their knees in the privacy of their closet and plead with the Lord for help to free them from this evil monster. Otherwise, this vicious stain will continue through life and even into eternity." "A More Excellent Hope," a one-da- y conference happening today at La Quint a inn in Provo, wants to send the message that people fighting to overcome an attraction to pornographic films, magazines, books and Internet sites shouldn't give up. And they shouldn't be afraid to talk about their problem. Actually talking about pornography and its effects, said event organizer Joseph White, is an important first step to recovery. And it's not an easy one to take. "People will call me up to talk about the conference," White said, "and they'll say, Yeah, I'm calling you up to talk about the conference.' They can't even say the Latter-da- If word." put. In one spot. For generations. Then our hunts for them would be so much easier. But just like people of this age, they moved all over. A very old genealogy "rule" said ancestors probably stayed within 20 miles of their birthplace. Well we know better now. Our ancestors were a movin', groovin' bunch. The good news is that many of our ancestors' moves were recorded. The bad news is that many of those records are rotted, burned, drowned, chewed by mice, lost at least to us. More good news is that more and more extant emigration and immigration records are being digitized and printed. rule has While that old been disproved, another old genealogy rule, "search the neighbors," has been improved. When you find your immigrant family in its first American census, note its nationality and naturalization Then find neighbors of your family from the same place. If your family immigrated before the 1850 census, check tax records and deeds for neighbors. This allows you to follow the trail of several families at once. If one disappears, perhaps you can follow the other, eventually leading to the place they all called "home." So, where do you look for your movin' ancestors? . Ancestry .corn's immigrationemigration indexes record millions of movin' ancestors. They include Filby's Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, s which covers nearly 500,000 immigrants found in published sources. Filby's is a volume set available at some libraries, including the Arizona State Library and on CD at some libraries and at http: www.genealogy.com354facd. htmPpriority 0000900. As mentioned, it is available and completely searchable on Ancestry.com along with thousands of rolls of microfilmed passenger records from the National Archives. A regular stream of movin' ancestors left Russia for the fanning lands of the Canadian Northwest before World War I. This migration pattern is dis- - Courtesy photo John Charles Wester will be formally installed on Wednesday as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City. White, a sociological research professor at the University of Neraska-Iincolsaid that a variety of experts will speak at the conference. Some sessions will be geared to people struggling to overcome their addictions, while others are focused on new research into the problem. The conference is being presented by LDS Marriage Network, an independent action group of concerned Latter-daSaints, and Med ridian Magazine, an online magazine. n, NEW y LDS-theme- SHEPHERD If you go conI What: A one-da-y ference for people who counselors, therapists and others who try to provide hope and healing for affected individuals. La Quinta Inn, S. University Ave., DAILY I When: HERALD Bible records that the great Testament missionary Paul called to his ministry while the road to Damascus. John Wester, who will be formally installed on Wednesday as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, was Provo The Today, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. I Cost $75person or $140couple; student rates also available 30-pl- called to the Beehive State while traveling between Los Angeles and San Francisco on Interstate 5 in California. 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