Research Team Lead for the Wilford Woodruff Papers

Sara Eagle Briggs

I began my adult life as an educator of young children and their families in the 1990s, and later raised my own family. I have always been interested in family history, but my professional journey truly began in 2019 when I returned to college, interned with the Wilford Woodruff Papers and a few month later was hired by them in 2022.

There, I am immersed in church history and the identification of individuals found in Wilford Woodruff's documents. Connecting these people in history to their families, gaining some understanding of their lives, and sharing that information with others—so that they, too, can connect—has brought a lot of joy and light into my life. My hope is to help others feel that same joy as they connect with the past in a meaningful way.