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=== What is the Early Church Information File? === | === What is the Early Church Information File? === | ||
The Early Church Information File (ECIF) is an alphabetical card index of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) along with some of their neighbors. It focuses most on the years from 1830 to 1914. This file indexes over 1,200 sources with an abundance of entries for Latter-day Saints. The ECIF contains 1,091,919 cards. Each person found in the ECIF is listed on about one to a dozen cards. Each card for an individual cites a different source document. Most source documents contain further details about that person. Cards for any one individual may be scattered under variations of his or her name. | The Early Church Information File (ECIF) is an alphabetical card index of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) along with some of their neighbors. It focuses most on the years from 1830 to 1914. This file indexes over 1,200 sources with an abundance of entries for Latter-day Saints. The ECIF contains 1,091,919 cards. Each person found in the ECIF is listed on about one to a dozen or so cards. Each card for an individual cites a different source document. Most source documents contain further details about that person. Cards for any one individual may be scattered under variations of his or her name. | ||
These cards were originally preserved on 75 rolls of {{FHL|480808|title-id|disp=FHL Films 1,750,655 to 1,750,729}}. These microfilmed card images are now also made available on the Internet via a ''FamilySearch Historical Records '' collection mislabeled as ''[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2078505 Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900]''. The card images on this free Internet site can easily be browsed in alphabetical order, but the names on the cards are not <u>computer</u> indexed. | These cards were originally preserved on 75 rolls of {{FHL|480808|title-id|disp=FHL Films 1,750,655 to 1,750,729}}. These microfilmed card images are now also made available on the Internet via a ''FamilySearch Historical Records '' collection mislabeled as ''[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2078505 Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900]''. The card images on this free Internet site can easily be browsed in alphabetical order, but the names on the cards are not <u>computer</u> indexed. | ||
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:*{{FHL|37069|title-id|disp=''Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register''}}. | :*{{FHL|37069|title-id|disp=''Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register''}}. | ||
Entries in the file often refer to an event such as a person's birth, marriage, or death. Entries may also refer to a biographical sketch. The Early Church Information File usually gives a person's name, the date of the event, and a source reference and library call number for the source. The original record may supply additional family history information as well. | Entries in the file often refer to an event such as a person's birth, marriage, or death. Entries may also refer to a biographical sketch. The Early Church Information File usually gives a person's name, the date of the event, and a source reference and library call number for the source. The original record may supply additional family history information as well. | ||
=== How Can The ECIF Help You? === | === How Can The ECIF Help You? === | ||