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To: Scoutmaster
LDS historian and author Todd Compton maintains a 'working' genealogy of Mitt Romney at this website.

A more complete genealogy of Mitt Romney was posted at my first post.
102 posted on 01/16/2012 2:10:34 AM PST by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: Brown Deer; pyx; SevenofNine
A more complete genealogy of Mitt Romney was posted at my first post.

Thank you, Brown Deer. The genealogy you posted is more complete in the sense that it goes back further, as a single-line, single-individual, date of birth and death (etc.) genealogy.

Some people are interested in other details to fill out a person's life. For example, I'm always interested when I find out that an ancestor was a coffin builder in the Indian Territory, or had fourteen children, or lost three wives between two censuses.

Compton's genealogy of Romney includes details such as where Romney's closest ancestors were born and whey they were there; the names and number of siblings; movement from the U.S. to Mexico and return to the U.S.; the importance of polygamy as a sacred and traditional part of life to the point that they would leave the U.S. to colonize Mexico (and return because of the Mexican Revolution).

Todd Compton is a practicing member of the LDS Church. He's a respected LDS professor, writer, and historian, whose books win awards. His positions are neo-faithful - you'll see that he expresses sympathy with LDS members who leave the U.S. because federal laws threaten to take property from LDS members for practicing polygamy.

The genealogy you posted is fascinating because of how far it goes back, but to me it's a skeleton. Those are assembled for the purpose of baptism for the dead. Most people are interested in fleshing some things out. What did my ancestors do? Where did they live? Did they move around? Did they serve in the military? How did they die? And so on.

103 posted on 01/16/2012 5:29:28 AM PST by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it)
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