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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 Church settlements and colonies. This information will help you understand your ancestors’ movements and may help you determine their origins.  
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''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=671578&disp=Map+of+the+city+of+Nauvoo+%5Bward+divisi%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Map of the City of Nauvoo. [1842?]]'' Reprint, Nauvoo, Ill.: Nauvoo Restoration, 1971. (Family History Library map 977.343 E7n). This map is drawn from 1842 plats. It shows each Nauvoo land section. Use this map in conjunction with the land records to see exactly where your ancestor lived in Nauvoo.  
''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=671578&disp=Map+of+the+city+of+Nauvoo+%5Bward+divisi%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Map of the City of Nauvoo. [1842?]]'' Reprint, Nauvoo, Ill.: Nauvoo Restoration, 1971. (Family History Library map 977.343 E7n). This map is drawn from 1842 plats. It shows each Nauvoo land section. Use this map in conjunction with the land records to see exactly where your ancestor lived in Nauvoo.  


''Nauvoo Restoration Incorporated Historical Index''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Nauvoo Restoration Incorporated, 1973. This index is not listed in the Family History Library Catalog, but it is available on 16 reels of microfilm in the Special Collections Room in the Family History Library. It is not available to Family History Centers. This source indexes Church and civil records for Nauvoo and the Hancock County area. It has has more than 100,000 cards. It indexes tax records, newspapers, periodicals, cemetery records, land deeds, and census records. Most cards give a person's name, page, and source. Some cards give more information. This source is explained in:  
''Nauvoo Restoration Incorporated Historical Index''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Nauvoo Restoration Incorporated, 1973. This index is on 16 reels of microfilm. It is not at the Family History Library. [Currently checking into places where it is located.] This source indexes Church and civil records for Nauvoo and the Hancock County area. It has has more than 100,000 cards. It indexes tax records, newspapers, periodicals, cemetery records, land deeds, and census records. Most cards give a person's name, page, and source. Some cards give more information. This source is explained in:  


Sperry, Kip. ''The Nauvoo Restoration, Incorporated Historical Index''. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=244938&disp=Crossroads+%28Utah+Genealogical+Associat%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Genealogical Journal] 4, no. 1 (March 1975): 34-39. (Family History Library book 973 D25gj v. 3-4). This has a selected list of 71 of the more useful sources included in the Nauvoo Restoration Incorporated Historical Index.  
Sperry, Kip. ''The Nauvoo Restoration, Incorporated Historical Index''. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=244938&disp=Crossroads+%28Utah+Genealogical+Associat%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Genealogical Journal] 4, no. 1 (March 1975): 34-39. (Family History Library book 973 D25gj v. 3-4). This has a selected list of 71 of the more useful sources included in the Nauvoo Restoration Incorporated Historical Index.  
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