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 == The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS)  ==
-The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been the predominant religion in Utah since the pioneers arrived in 1847.&nbsp;To locate records of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints it helps to use an index. The ''LDS Family History Suite 2 ''and the ''Early Church Information File'' are two important indexes used to find Church members and other people of Utah. A source that describes events in Church history from 1805 to 1913 is:
+The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been the predominant religion in Utah since the pioneers arrived in 1847.&nbsp;
+Membership records can identify parentage, birth, marriage, death, baptism, priesthood ordination and missionary information along with geographical locations where LDS families were living between the1840s-1960s. The Family History Library has copies of ward, branch, district, stake and mission records up to 1948 with a few up to 1977. The Church Archives has more recent records than the Family History Library does.
+To locate records of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints it helps to use an index. The ''LDS Family History Suite 2 ''and the ''Early Church Information File'' are two important indexes used to find Church members and other people of Utah. A source that describes events in Church history from 1805 to 1913 is:
 Jenson, Andrew''. Church Chronology: A Record of Important Events Pertaining to The History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.&nbsp;''(Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=84435&disp=Church+chronology%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 289.303 J453c;&nbsp;film 599327 it 2; fiche 6051314].)&nbsp;
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 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Historical Department. ''Index to Journal History''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Historical Department, 1973. (On 58 Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=52690&disp=Index+to+Journal+history%20%20&columns=*,0,0 films beginning with 1233503]).&nbsp;Films do&nbsp;not circulate to family history centers. This index contains an alphabetical listing of individual names, places, events, and subjects. Each entry gives the date and page where the entry is found in the ''Journal History ''films.
-Membership records of the LDS Church&nbsp;can identify parentage, birth, marriage, death, baptism, priesthood ordination, and missionary&nbsp;information along with geographical locations where LDS families were living between the1840s-1960s.&nbsp; The Family History Library has copies of ward, branch, district, stake and mission records up to 1948&nbsp;with a few up to 1977. The Church Archives has more recent records than the Family History Library does.
+A register listing call numbers for membership records at the Family History Library&nbsp;is:&nbsp; Jaussi, Laureen R. and Gloria Chaston. ''Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers''. Two Volumes. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=979.2258+A3j book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507]).
-A register listing call numbers for membership records at the Family History Library&nbsp;is:&nbsp; Jaussi, Laureen R. and Gloria Chaston. ''Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers''. Two Volumes. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=979.2258+A3j book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507]).
-Most of Utah's other major denominations were well-established by the 1870s and 1880s.
 == Roman Catholic  ==