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''[[LDS History|LDS History]] > LDS Colonization'' | ''[[LDS History|LDS History]] > LDS Colonization'' | ||
This section is about the history of Church settlements and colonies. This information will help you understand your ancestors’ movements and may help you determine their origins. | This section is about the history of LDS Church settlements and colonies. This information will help you understand your ancestors’ movements and may help you determine their origins. | ||
For information about the Church immigration to the United States, or the journey of the pioneers to Utah see [[LDS Emigration and Immigration|LDS Emigration and Immigration]]. | For information about the Church immigration to the United States, or the journey of the pioneers to Utah see [[LDS Emigration and Immigration|LDS Emigration and Immigration]]. | ||
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'''Mexico and Canada'''. To avoid persecution in the United States, Church members also colonized areas of Mexico in 1885 and Canada in 1887. To find information about these colonies, look in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog for the town, county, state, or province. The following sources tell their story: | '''Mexico and Canada'''. To avoid persecution in the United States, Church members also colonized areas of Mexico in 1885 and Canada in 1887. To find information about these colonies, look in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog for the town, county, state, or province. The following sources tell their story: | ||
[[Image:LDS Colonies in Mexico.png|thumb|right]]{{FHL|630624|title-id|disp=The Mormon Colonies in Mexico}}. [Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 1938]. (Family History Library map 972 E7mc). This map helps to identify the location of many Church colonies in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora. | [[Image:LDS Colonies in Mexico.png|thumb|right|LDS Colonies in Mexico.png]]{{FHL|630624|title-id|disp=The Mormon Colonies in Mexico}}. [Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 1938]. (Family History Library map 972 E7mc). This map helps to identify the location of many Church colonies in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora. | ||
Romney, Thomas Cottam. {{FHL|250216|title-id|disp=The Mormon Colonies in Mexico}}. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 1938. (Family History Library book 972 F2ro; film 1059492 item 6). This is a history of the Church colonies in Chihuahua and Sonora. An index is included. | Romney, Thomas Cottam. {{FHL|250216|title-id|disp=The Mormon Colonies in Mexico}}. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 1938. (Family History Library book 972 F2ro; film 1059492 item 6). This is a history of the Church colonies in Chihuahua and Sonora. An index is included. | ||
[[Image:LDS Colonies in Canada.png|thumb|right]]Hicken, John R. {{FHL|511301|title-id|disp=Events Leading to the Settlement of the Communities of Cardston, Magrath, Sterling, and Raymond, Alberta}}.''Logan, Utah. (Family History Library fiche 6334072)'' | [[Image:LDS Colonies in Canada.png|thumb|right|LDS Colonies in Canada.png]]Hicken, John R. {{FHL|511301|title-id|disp=Events Leading to the Settlement of the Communities of Cardston, Magrath, Sterling, and Raymond, Alberta}}.''Logan, Utah. (Family History Library fiche 6334072)'' | ||
Lethbridge Family History Center [Internet] Home Page (now part of Mary's Genealogy Treasures). Lethbridge, Alberta: Genealogy Resource Center, 15 May 1997 [cited 24 September 1999]. Available at http://[http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/ www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/]. This site includes Alberta pioneer historical sketches, descriptions of Lethbridge Family History Center resources and databases, a surname registry, and links to Internet sites about Canadian genealogy, immigration, and cemeteries. | Lethbridge Family History Center [Internet] Home Page (now part of Mary's Genealogy Treasures). Lethbridge, Alberta: Genealogy Resource Center, 15 May 1997 [cited 24 September 1999]. Available at http://[http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/ www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/]. This site includes Alberta pioneer historical sketches, descriptions of Lethbridge Family History Center resources and databases, a surname registry, and links to Internet sites about Canadian genealogy, immigration, and cemeteries. | ||