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The ''Pioneer Heritage Library'' includes over 10,000 photographs. It also has many biographical sketches, stories, diaries and autobiographies, histories, early LDS newspapers and periodicals, doctrinal works, emigration sources, and the ''Utah Historical Quarterly''. It includes major sources such as Wiggins’ ''Mormons and Their Neighbors'', Black’s ''Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1830–1848'', and Bitton’s ''Guide Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies''. It also includes sources like the published series of pioneer histories by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Jenson’s ''Encyclopedic History of the Church'', and Joseph Smith’s ''History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints''. Some of the sources in this library are not available elsewhere. | The ''Pioneer Heritage Library'' includes over 10,000 photographs. It also has many biographical sketches, stories, diaries and autobiographies, histories, early LDS newspapers and periodicals, doctrinal works, emigration sources, and the ''Utah Historical Quarterly''. It includes major sources such as Wiggins’ ''Mormons and Their Neighbors'', Black’s ''Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1830–1848'', and Bitton’s ''Guide Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies''. It also includes sources like the published series of pioneer histories by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Jenson’s ''Encyclopedic History of the Church'', and Joseph Smith’s ''History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints''. Some of the sources in this library are not available elsewhere. | ||
The ''LDS Vital Records Library'' includes 12 reference works about the pioneers that must be searched separately. The majority of the books in this section were compiled by Harvey and Susan Easton Black. It also includes an index to Utah deaths from 1898 to 1905 excluding Salt Lake County. | The ''LDS Vital Records Library'' includes 12 reference works about the pioneers that must be searched separately. The majority of the books in this section were compiled by Harvey and Susan Easton Black. It also includes an index to Utah deaths from 1898 to 1905 excluding Salt Lake County. These 12 sources are now available on the Internet at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/search.aspx WorldVitalRecords.com].<br> | ||
These sources in these databases are also available for a subscription fee at the Ancestry.com Internet site discussed in the "Archives and Libraries" section of this outline. | These sources in these databases are also available for a subscription fee at the Ancestry.com Internet site discussed in the "[[LDS_Archives_and_Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]" section of this outline. | ||
Wiggins, Marvin E. ''Mormons and Their Neighbors: An Index of Over 75,000 Biographical Sketches from 1820 to the Present''. [Provo, Utah]: Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, 1984. (FHL book 978 D32w). This is a name index to biographies in 194 published sources. It includes Church members from the western United States, southwestern Canada, and Northern Mexico. This is indexed in the ''Early Church Information File'' | Wiggins, Marvin E. [http://www.lib.byu.edu/Ancestry/ ''Mormons and Their Neighbors: An Index of Over 75,000 Biographical Sketches from 1820 to the Present'']. [Provo, Utah]: Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, 1984. (FHL book 978 D32w). This is a name index to biographies in 194 published sources. It includes Church members from the western United States, southwestern Canada, and Northern Mexico. This is indexed in the ''Early Church Information File'', is included in the ''LDS Family History Suite 2'', and is available on the Internet at http://www.lib.byu.edu/Ancestry/<br> | ||
Bitton, Davis. ''Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies''. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1977. (FHL book 016.2893 B549g; film 1059488 item 2; fiche 6053254). This book provides a brief synopsis of each diary or autobiography and lists the names of libraries where the originals or copies may be found. It lists 2,894 works alphabetically by author. It is indexed in the ''Early Church Information File'' and included in the ''LDS Family History Suite 2''. | Bitton, Davis. ''Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies''. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1977. (FHL book 016.2893 B549g; film 1059488 item 2; fiche 6053254). This book provides a brief synopsis of each diary or autobiography and lists the names of libraries where the originals or copies may be found. It lists 2,894 works alphabetically by author. It is indexed in the ''Early Church Information File'' and included in the ''LDS Family History Suite 2''. | ||
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