Right on! My Mom lives in Wendell, which is just up the road from Jerome where my grandfather Peck was born. Mom has nothing to do there but raise horses and make pottery :-)
Interestingly (and this has nothing to do with the Amiga in any way ;-) my forefathers came across the plains with the Mormons, but once in Utah, decided they didn't want to play anymore. In those days, you didn't just leave the Mormon city of Zion-not while still on the terrestrial plane anyway!
So, the Pecks bailed up to Idaho, where it was necessary to guard their new encampment for several years-as Porter Rockwell, the 'Avenging Angel' of the LDS religion at that time, came to pay several visits. Most people didn't survive a visit from ole' Porter, but the Pecks were hardy and well armed so they did :-) The church finally gave up trying to whack our family sometime in the late 1850s; however up until sometime in the 1990s, there were NO genealogical records about my family in the very thorough Mormon archives. The Church held a grudge for quite some time-Especially since one of Joseph Smith's daughters was among the traitors!
Because of this direct blood descent from the Church's founder, my Mom's mom was convinced for years that I was bound for the Quorum of the 70 or something if she could only just convert me. Sadly for her, that never happened.
So, there you go. My family's history with Utah and Idaho, in a nutshell. It is a very nice place to visit. Grandma lives in Harpster, too. Also very nice, gorgeous river running through it.
