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=== Quick History === | === Quick History === | ||
[[Image:Utah Alpine.JPG|thumb|right|<center>Alpine, Utah 1923</center>]] Seven immigrant families from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, lead by William Wordsworth, were sent South in the fall of 1850 to a sleepy valley tucked in among the Wasatch mountains. On Jan 19, 1855 the Legislature granted a city charter to Mountainville but because of the beautiful mountains surrounding it, Brigham Young, the Latter Day Saint Prophet, requested the name be changed to Alpine because it reminded him of the Swiss Alps. | [[Image:Utah Alpine.JPG|thumb|right|<center>Alpine, Utah 1923</center>]] Seven immigrant families from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, lead by William Wordsworth, were sent South in the fall of 1850 to a sleepy valley tucked in among the Wasatch mountains. On Jan 19, 1855 the Legislature granted a city charter to Mountainville but because of the beautiful mountains surrounding it, Brigham Young, the Latter Day Saint Prophet, requested the name be changed to Alpine because it reminded him of the Swiss Alps. <ref name="Alpine Yesterdays">Alpine yesterdays - a history of Alpine, Utah County, Utah, 1850-1980 by Jennie Adams Wild. Published in Salt Lake City, Utah : Blaine Hudson Printing, 1982. 415 p., ill., ports. FHL Book 979.224/A2 H2</ref><br> | ||
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*Utah Death Certificates Index 1904-1956- A free internet access to the death cerificates can be viewed at [https://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch Catalog] | *Utah Death Certificates Index 1904-1956- A free internet access to the death cerificates can be viewed at [https://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch Catalog] | ||
*For deaths before 1904 see | *For deaths before 1904 see [http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/searchburials Utah State Burial Index] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Special:Search?fulltext=true&search=Social+Security+Death+Index+%28SSDI%29 Social Security Death Index] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Special:Search?fulltext=true&search=Social+Security+Death+Index+%28SSDI%29 Social Security Death Index] | ||
'''Birth and Marriage Records''' | '''Birth and Marriage Records''' | ||
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{{Main|Alpine, Utah Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint Wards and Branches}} | {{Main|Alpine, Utah Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint Wards and Branches}} | ||
Early records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for Utah County Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City or at the Family History Library at Brigham Young University. | Early records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for Utah County Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City or at the Family History Library at Brigham Young University. They are found under:<br> | ||
#Alpine Stake | #Alpine Stake | ||
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