I was sniffing around in our St. Paul Archives room with Tom Rasmussen last fall and came across a family tree, printed in 1948 and hand-updated until 1953. Now, at first glance, you might say to yourself, "Wow! By 1953, the family only had some 60 people in it. How'd we get to over 500 in the next 75 years?" You'd be right that our numbers have exploded. But a quick inspection of this family tree reveals several things - mostly about the era when this was produced: Wives of

You're amazing... not just because you're family but because you - like all of us in this big tapestry of a family - hold an important...

I am currently working on the RIC Communications Committee and the Family History and Archives Committee. Tom Rasmussen, with his deep...