Church helps residents research their roots

SYCAMORE - A local church is offering resources to those trying to make a connection between where they are today and how their relatives got here many years ago. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 675 Fox Ave., operates the DeKalb Family History Center in the rear of the building. According to history center director Rae Ann Owens, the site is used by those working on their families' genealogy. "I just think it's great to go back and see where I came from," Owens said. "I mean, who am I connected to? What struggles did they do to provide me with what I have now?" The DeKalb Family History Center is connected to the Salt Lake Family History Library in Utah. According to Owens and Mike Mosolino, who works with the computers at