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= '''Crossing the Plains''' = | = '''Crossing the Plains''' = | ||
The Church’s movement to the valley of the Great Salt Lake is the largest organized migration movement in American history spanning from 1846 until 1925. This section covers this major migration. For more information about other migration movements see | The Church’s movement to the valley of the Great Salt Lake is the largest organized migration movement in American history spanning from 1846 until 1925. This section covers this major migration. For more information about other migration movements see [[LDS Colonization]] and [[LDS History]]. | ||
The following indexes list members who crossed the plains before the transcontinental railroad was completed: | The following indexes list members who crossed the plains before the transcontinental railroad was completed: | ||
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Bashore, Melvin L., and Linda L. Haslam. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=subjecthitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&subject=Mormons+-+Emigration+and+Immigration&presubject=Mormons+-+Emigration+and+Immigration ''Mormon Pioneer Companies Crossing the Plains (1847–1868.)'' Narratives. Third Revised Edition]. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Historical Dept., 1990. (Family History Library book 289.3016 B291m; film 1592752 item 6). Since then, many more sources have been added. Pioneer companies are listed chronologically by year and then by company leader. This is indexed in the [[Early Church Information File (ECIF)|Early Church Information File]]. | Bashore, Melvin L., and Linda L. Haslam. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=subjecthitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&subject=Mormons+-+Emigration+and+Immigration&presubject=Mormons+-+Emigration+and+Immigration ''Mormon Pioneer Companies Crossing the Plains (1847–1868.)'' Narratives. Third Revised Edition]. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Historical Dept., 1990. (Family History Library book 289.3016 B291m; film 1592752 item 6). Since then, many more sources have been added. Pioneer companies are listed chronologically by year and then by company leader. This is indexed in the [[Early Church Information File (ECIF)|Early Church Information File]]. | ||
Bashore, Melvin L. ''"New Mormon Emigration Finding Aids: The Compiler’s Personal Experiences." [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=529374&disp=The+Nauvoo+journal%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Nauvoo Journal] 10'' (Spring 1998): 97–108. (Family History Library book 977.343/N1 H25n). This article explains the sources he used to compile his emigration indexes and reference works which are cited in this | Bashore, Melvin L. ''"New Mormon Emigration Finding Aids: The Compiler’s Personal Experiences." [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=529374&disp=The+Nauvoo+journal%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Nauvoo Journal] 10'' (Spring 1998): 97–108. (Family History Library book 977.343/N1 H25n). This article explains the sources he used to compile his emigration indexes and reference works which are cited in this article. | ||
Hafen, LeRoy R. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=54974&disp=Handcarts+to+Zion%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''Handcarts to Zion: The Story of a Unique Western Migration, 1856–1860, With Contemporary Journals, Accounts, Reports, and Rosters of Members of the Ten Handcart Companies'']. Glendale, Calif.: Arthur H. Clark, 1960. (Family History Library book 289.309 H119h; film 1059487 item 7; fiche 6031590 [set of 4]). This is a good resource for accounts of the handcart companies. However, the rosters are incomplete. This is indexed in the [[Early Church Information File (ECIF)|''Early Church Information File'']]. | Hafen, LeRoy R. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=54974&disp=Handcarts+to+Zion%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''Handcarts to Zion: The Story of a Unique Western Migration, 1856–1860, With Contemporary Journals, Accounts, Reports, and Rosters of Members of the Ten Handcart Companies'']. Glendale, Calif.: Arthur H. Clark, 1960. (Family History Library book 289.309 H119h; film 1059487 item 7; fiche 6031590 [set of 4]). This is a good resource for accounts of the handcart companies. However, the rosters are incomplete. This is indexed in the [[Early Church Information File (ECIF)|''Early Church Information File'']]. | ||
Also check | Also check [[LDS Biographies]] and [[LDS Genealogy]] for more sources that may have accounts of the journey. <!--{12036939371560} --><!--{12036939371561} --> | ||
== '''The Pioneer Trail''' == | == '''The Pioneer Trail''' == | ||
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{{Wikipedia|Mormon Trail}}The following books and Internet sites also good places to find trail maps and histories: | {{Wikipedia|Mormon Trail}}The following books and Internet sites also good places to find trail maps and histories: | ||
[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=699620&disp=Historical+atlas+of+Mormonism%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''Historical Atlas of Mormonism''] cited fully in | [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=699620&disp=Historical+atlas+of+Mormonism%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''Historical Atlas of Mormonism''] cited fully in [[LDS Colonization]]. | ||
Kimball, Stanley B. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=278832&disp=Discovering+Mormon+trails%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''Discovering Mormons Trails: New York to California, 1831–1868'']. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 1979. (Family History Library book 978 E7k). Includes index. This shows current maps with the original trails marked. Using these maps, you can travel along the original trails. | Kimball, Stanley B. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=278832&disp=Discovering+Mormon+trails%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''Discovering Mormons Trails: New York to California, 1831–1868'']. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 1979. (Family History Library book 978 E7k). Includes index. This shows current maps with the original trails marked. Using these maps, you can travel along the original trails. | ||