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BUSHMANS IN NAUVOO – VIDEO
It’s Martin Bushman’s birthday and we’re going to celebrate with the release of Krisi Church Summer’s newest film production, The Bushmans in Nauvoo!
The Bushmans in Nauvoo shows us the discoveries made about Martin and Elizabeth’s family’s time in Nauvoo, Illinois following on from Krisi’s earlier production, The Pennsylvania Bushmans. She ties all the research together beautifully with interviews, imagery, and music.
Please consider making a generous donation to the Martin and Elizabeth Degen Bushman Family Organization (use the Donate button above) as we honor Martin’s birthday this year.
Your donations on Martin’s and Elizabeth’s birthdays make productions like this one possible and let us watch it together, free of charge, and share it with everyone we know!
Watch the video with us HERE:
A new children's book! The Bushmans in Nauvoo, by Kim Bushman Aguilar and Brityn Willis Bennett is now available on bushmanfamily.org. It makes a super meaningful birthday gift! Don't wait too long. This sequel to The Bushmans Come to America continues Martin and Elizabeth's story starting with a thousand-mile trek from Pennsylvania to Nauvoo, IL. Although their time in Nauvoo was cut short they lived and worked alongside their friends to build a temple of God. This beautifully illustrated 8” x 10” 50-page book with maps, timelines, and notes is written to be enjoyed by both children and adults.
The Martin and Elizabeth Degen Bushman Family Organization invites YOU to help us
Celebrate April 1st,
the 221st Anniversary of the Birth of
Martin Bushman
by making a contribution to the projects of the family organization!
Your generous contribution will help fund projects such as:
· More childrens books and videos on our ancestors
· Children's coloring book of Bushman ancestors
· Website development
· Genealogical research on Bushmans and Degens in Europe
· Proposed family memorials in Lehi (like our bronze memorials in Lancaster, PA and Nauvoo)
· Statue of Elizabeth Degen Bushman
· Purchase of Farm in Nauvoo and Bushman home in Lehi
· A video of short stories for children about Bushman ancestors
· Upkeep of Trout Burying Ground aka Cedar Hill Cemetery, near Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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Help us find our Cousins!!!
Which one of Martin & Elizabeth's children do you descend from?
CALLING ALL ARTIFACTS!
If you have any family artifacts you would like to share by photograph or by putting them in a museum, restored family home, or archives, contact us!