Website Changelog

We have some great content on the Theodore Turley Family Organization website, but there is so much more to add! Below is our website changelog, a running list of additions and updates to the website.

2020

November

• Nov. 5: Added one page: Website Changelog.
• Nov. 4: Published blog post “October 10th TTFO Meeting Minutes”; updated events pages (Events, Semi-Annual Meetings, Annual Birthday Celebrations, and World Family History Day) and Current Leadership page.

October

• Added many obituaries to the In Memoriam page.

September

• Sep. 28: Added one page with multiple PDF files: The Theodore Turley Family Book, a.k.a. “Red Book.”

June

• Jun. 9: Added one page: Illinois Newspapers.

April

• Apr. 29: Added one page: Canadian Newspapers.
• Apr. 16: Added one page: Timeline.
• Apr. 15: Added one page: British Newspapers.
• Apr. 9: Added one page: 1850 U.S. Census (Utah County, Utah).
• Apr. 8: Published blog post “Celebrating the U.S. Census with Theodore Turley’s Census Records”; added one page: 1840 U.S. Census (Hancock County, Illinois).
• Apr. 7: Added one page: 1971 Letter from Joseph Soll Turley to Descendants of Theodore Turley.

March

• Mar. 30: Added four biography installments:
  • 43: What to Do?
  • 44: Overland Journey
  • 45: Nauvoo
  • 46: A Growing Family
• Mar. 29: Added one biography installment: 42: The Erie Canal.
• Mar. 28: Added one biography installment: 41: Steaming Up the Hudson.
• Mar. 22: Added two biography installments:
  • 39: Making Preparations for Landing
  • 40: New York
• Mar. 21: Added five biography installments:
  • 34: “Sickness, Vomiting, Groaning and Bad Smells”
  • 35: “Much Grieved in Consequence”
  • 36: “All Hands on Deck”
  • 37: “He Appeared Vexed”
  • 38: “They are Mad and Swear Vengeance”
• Mar. 10: Added three biography installments:
  • 31: Preparing to Leave England
  • 32: Preparing to Leave England (cont.)
  • 33: Leading the Emigrating Saints
• Mar. 7: Published blog post “Family History in the Age of Social Distancing”; added four biography installments:
  • 27: On with the Work
  • 28: Preaching Again to the Family
  • 29: “Satan Rages in the People”
  • 30: The Manchester Conference
• Mar. 5: Added one biography installment: 26: Free at Last.
• Mar. 4: Added one biography installment: 25: Still in Prison.
• Mar. 3: Added one biography installment: 24: Keen Reflections from Jail.

January

• Jan. 24: Published blog post “From the Inbox: Do We Have a Turley Coat of Arms?”
• Jan. 22: Added one biography installment: 23: Imprisoned.
• Jan. 21: Added one biography installment: 22: Trying to Convince the Family.
• Jan. 17: Published blog post “Minutes from the October 12th Semi-Annual TTFO Meeting.”
• Jan. 7: Published blog post “TTFO Website: 2019 in Review”

2019

All 2019 updates were listed by topic in the January 2020 blog post, “TTFO Website: 2019 in Review,” but they are listed here in chronological order.

December

• Dec. 22: Added one biography installment: 21: Preaching, Sightseeing, and Genealogy.
• Dec. 21: Added two biography installments:
  • 19: From Liverpool to Birmingham
  • 20: With the Family in Birmingham

October

• Oct. 12: Added one page: Who was Theodore Turley?
• Oct 4: Added two pages:
  • Family Treasures
  • Clarence F. Turley, Sr., 1992 Interview
• Oct. 2: Added one page: Photos from Charles Herman Turley’s Papers.

September

• Sep. 30: Updated Wives page and added individual pages for each wife:
  • Eliza Georgianna Clift
  • Frances Amelia Kimberley
  • Mary Clift
  • Ruth Jane Giles
  • Sarah Ellen Clift
• Sep. 18: Published blog post “Do We Have Theodore’s Death Date Wrong?”; added multiple pages:
  • Theodore’s 1837 Letter to Isaac Russell
  • Theodore’s 1848 Letter to Brigham Young
• Sep. 17: Added five pages and one biography installment:
  • Historical Documents
  • Family Memorial – Frances Amelia Kimberley
  • Family Memorial – Mary Clift
  • Family Memorial – Sarah Ellen Clift
  • Theodore’s 1864 Letter to His Children
  • 18: Early Missionaries Continue their Voyage to England
• Sep. 16: Added one page: Theodore Turley’s 1872 Probate Record.
• Sep. 14: Published blog post “Semi-Annual Meeting on Saturday, October 12th”; added three biography installments:
  • 15: From Kirtland to the East Coast
  • 16: New York City
  • 17: The Voyage to England
• Sep. 13: Added two biography installments:
  • 13: Starting for England
  • 14: The Journey to Kirtland

July

• Jul. 23: Published blog post “Crossing the Plains with the Silas Richards Company.”
• Jul. 12: Added one biography installment: 12: Preparing for a Mission.
• Jul. 11: Added one biography installment: 10: Refugees in Search of a Home.
• Jul. 10: Added two biography installments:
  • 8: Fleeing Far West
  • 9: Prophecy Fulfilled
• Jul. 7: Added one biography installment: 7: Helping the Poor to Move.
• Jul. 5: Published blog post “In the Valley of the Great Salt Lake.”
• Jul. 4: Published blog post “Theodore Turley Gains U.S. Citizenship.”

May

• May 4: Added one page: Theodore Turley Biography by Ella Mae Judd.
• May 3: Added three pages:
  • Life Sketch
  • Other Books and Websites
  • Theodore’s Autobiography
• May 2: Added two biography installments:
  • 5: Gathering with the Saints
  • 6: Trouble in Zion
• May 1: Published blog post “May 15th ‘Virtual Reunion’: Join Us by Uploading Memories into FamilySearch!”; added one page and three biography installments:
  • 2019 TTFO Temple and Family History Day Presentation Transcript
  • 2: The Pre-Conversion Canadian Years
  • 3: Joining the Latter-day Saints
  • 4: Church Life in Canada

April

• Apr. 23: Added one page and two biography installments:
  • Table of Contents
  • 1: Early Life in England
  • 47: Polygamy
• Apr. 19: Published blog post “Audio Recording of 2019 TTFO Family History Day Presentation Now Available.”
• Apr. 18: Added one page and a biography installment:
  • Theodore’s 1855 Letter to Hosea Stout: A Testimony of Joseph Smith
  • 11: The First House Built by a Saint in Nauvoo
• Apr. 11: Published blog posts “From the Inbox: Bringing the British Converts to Nauvoo” and “Notes from the April 5th Semi-Annual Meeting”; added three pages:
  • Annual Temple & Family History Days
  • World Family History Day
  • Fact vs. Fiction
• Apr. 7: Added two pages:
  • Semi-Annual Meetings
  • Search
• Apr. 5: Published blog post “Semi-Annual Meeting on Friday, April 5th”; added fourteen pages:
  • Ancestry
  • Children
  • Current Leadership
  • Events
  • Grandchildren
  • In Memoriam
  • Newsletter Archive
  • Parents and Siblings
  • Resources
  • Theodore Turley
  • Theodore Turley Papers
  • Theodore Turley: A Biography by Richard E. Turley, Jr.
  • Theodore’s Family
  • Wives
• Apr. 4: Added two pages:
  • About Us
  • Theodore’s Photo