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Show 209 Notable from the play and film adaptation is the depiction of the pre-existence- basically fog machines in what looks like a photography studio-and the fact that Mormon families knew each other before they came to earth, and will know each other again after. That is one of the least appealing parts of the religion for me, but my brother served a Mormon mission in Ecuador and said the notion of eternal family life was one of the biggest selling points. The church keeps genealogical record banks with the names of over two billion of the planet's dead. The storage place is called the Granite Mountain Vault, and the system of tabulation is called Genealogical Information and Names Tabulation, or GIANT. That facility will take most any Mormon record. My friend Cole's dad hand-wrote everything he could find about his family history and donated it just before he died. Mormons like to know where we come from, partially so that we can ensure that all of our family has been baptized-especially those who lived during the Dark Ages (generally defined as the time of Christ to Joseph Smith's discovery of the Golden Plates) when there was no true church on earth. It is also fun discover which famous people you are related to. My mom studies genealogy as though it gives her distinctive pieces to a puzzle. We come from Wales-that explains why my kids like to argue so much. At night: salt below, salt stars above. Antelope Island is a popular spot to visit, but not very many people camp there because there is nothing but sand and |