Kelsey – Family Locket

RLP 345: Edward Raymond Kelsey – Horseman and Sheriff’s Posse Member

Feb 17, 2025

In this episode of Research Like a Pro, Diana and Nicole discuss how to choose a favorite photo out of a large collection. Diana shares a photo of her grandfather, Edward Raymond Kelsey, on his horse, Pal, and talks about his love for horses. She experimented with using AI to analyze the photo and shares her findings. Diana used Mark Thompson’s Historical Photo Analyzer custom GPT and was impressed with the results. The AI provided...

Effie Kelsey and BitterSweet: A Poem – Researching Material Culture

Feb 2, 2025

Have you inherited family heirlooms that are a mystery? We might inherit Grandma’s china or Grandpa’s stopwatch and know something about their use and importance. Other items might challenge us to research them in an effort to understand more about our ancestors. I recently took Gena Philbert Ortega’s institute course, “Material Culture” and am now inspired to use the physical objects I’ve inherited to further my knowledge and understanding of their past. At the end...

William Henry Kelsey’s Diary and Spiritual Manifestations

Jan 27, 2025

Spiritual manifestations were recorded among early members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Like Joseph Smith’s vision of an angel, my ancestor, William Henry Kelsey recorded spiritual manifestations that occurred to himself and others in his diary during his time as a young missionary in England. This is the third post in my series about my ancestors and church history following this year’s Come Follow Me curriculum. This week’s lesson is titled,...

Edward Raymond Kelsey – Horseman and Sheriff’s Posse Member

Jan 19, 2025

How do you choose a favorite photo out of a large collection? I came across this photo of my grandfather, Edward Raymond Kelsey, on his horse, Pal, and decided it would be a perfect time to write about Grandpa Kelsey and his love for horses. I also wanted to experiment with using AI to help analyze a photo and learned its a great way to start researching a photo from your collection. Ed and His...

The Gift of Florence (Creer) Kelsey’s Diary

Dec 21, 2023

Do you have a diary or journal of an ancestor? If so, you have a treasure full of details that could give you a window into their lives. Because a diary can only be physically in one place at a time, transcribing or scanning the diary and then sharing it with family members is a wonderful gift. My maternal grandmother, Florence Matilda (Creer) Kelsey, was born on on 12 December 1892 in Spanish Fork, Utah, ...

RLP 283: Selina Kelsey – Utah Pioneer in the News

Dec 11, 2023

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about our ancestor, Selina (Beddoes) Kelsey. Selina lived until age 97, and was regularly featured in Utah newspapers due to being one of the last pioneers to arrive in Utah by wagon (before the railroad). Selina was only 4 years old when she crossed from Nebraska to Salt Lake City by covered wagon. Diana organized the newspaper clippings into a timeline in Airtable to keep track of...

Resolving Conflicts on the FamilySearch Family Tree: What To Do When Things Don’t Agree

Aug 12, 2023

What do you do when you’re researching an ancestor on the FamilySearch Family Tree and you run into conflicting information for a date, place, or even identity? You have a few choices: ignore the conflicts hoping someone else will figure it out, randomly choose what information to use, or do more research and resolve the conflict. I ran into this challenge when researching my second great-grandmother, Harriet (Huggett) Kelsey. I recently wrote about Harriet’s early...