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Historical membership records for most of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint congregations (called Wards or Branches) are now located in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. Many additional copies (originals) are found in the Church History Library. Currently, these records may only be viewed in the Family History Library. Digitization for most of these records has not been completed. Dates of living baptisms are mostly available for church members. These baptismal dates may be viewed in FamilySearch.org's Family Tree. However, there are (yet) many early convert baptisms which have supposedly been indexed (at least), but which are not made conveniently accessible in the Family Tree at this time. There is a hope and expectation that FamilySearch.org will prioritize the completed living early baptismal (indexed) data (the pre-1920 baptisms) by making it available in an accessible online format at some point in the near future. [Note to Church members: Just about all other ordinances for the living and by proxy (for deceased loved-ones) performed in nearly 180 years-worth of temple proxy work, are mostly available and found in FamilySearch.org's Family Tree. The place of baptism is never given. The place and original date[s] of living baptisms are found in the microfilmed branch/ward membership records of the town in which they occurred. Look in census records to help you determine where your ancestor resided in order to help determine in which the likely township or city a person was likely to have been baptized.] | Historical membership records for most of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint congregations (called Wards or Branches) are now located in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. Many additional copies (originals) are found in the Church History Library. Currently, these records may only be viewed in the Family History Library. Digitization for most of these records has not been completed. Dates of living baptisms are mostly available for church members. These baptismal dates may be viewed in FamilySearch.org's Family Tree. However, there are (yet) many early convert baptisms which have supposedly been indexed (at least), but which are not made conveniently accessible in the Family Tree at this time. There is a hope and expectation that FamilySearch.org will prioritize the completed living early baptismal (indexed) data (the pre-1920 baptisms) by making it available in an accessible online format at some point in the near future. [Note to Church members: Just about all other ordinances for the living and by proxy (for deceased loved-ones) performed in nearly 180 years-worth of temple proxy work, are mostly available and found in FamilySearch.org's Family Tree. The place of baptism is never given. The place and original date[s] of living baptisms are found in the microfilmed branch/ward membership records of the town in which they occurred. Look in census records to help you determine where your ancestor resided in order to help determine in which the likely township or city a person was likely to have been baptized.] | ||
Here is a digital version of an [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/150018-redirection '''excellent Family History Library reference aid, called ''LDS in Britain'' for finding local branch records in England'''], with colored maps. | Here is a digital version of an [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/150018-redirection '''excellent Family History Library reference aid, called ''LDS in Britain'' for finding local branch records in England'''], with colored maps. Those records held in the Family History Library's collection have not yet been digitized. However, the [https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/ '''Church History Library'''], which has also acquired at least a majority of branch membership records, has digitized some of these records and they are accessible for research online. For those that have not been digitized, by submitting a "Request" to digitize (see the online catalog entry), one can obtain access for a limited time period. Allow approximately two to three months (sometimes longer) for digitization processing. | ||
==Huguenots== | ==Huguenots== | ||
===History and Beliefs=== | ===History and Beliefs=== | ||