She was a beautiful, young Irish maid, working in a wealthy English household. Her employer’s oldest son fell in love with her. When he announced intentions to marry her, his parents said they would disown him. He married her anyway. Then, bride and groom ran away to live happily ever after. “Her name was Mary Cordial,” my maternal grandmother Marilyn Matilda Dietz told me, that distinct glimmer of pleasure in her eyes—the one she always had when she retold this story. “And you are her legacy.”

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Ancestry.com Contest -- Enter Now!


Heads up!

Ancestry.com has launched a Facebook promotion to better their chance at winning Utah Business' People's Choice Most Admired Companies Contest.

In exchange for your vote, Ancestry will give you a chance to win a Genealogy Kit, which contains a 6 month Deluxe Membership, a DNA test kit and Family Tree Maker 2012 software. (Please note that you must be a member of Facebook to have access to the contest, and you will be asked to "like" Utah Business' page before you vote.)

Three lucky winners will be chosen. Vote now by clicking here.