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''Nauvoo Restoration Incorporated Historical Index''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Nauvoo Restoration Incorporated, 1973. This index is on 16 reels of microfilm. It is not at the Family History Library. [Currently checking into places where it is located.] This source indexes Church and civil records for Nauvoo and the Hancock County area. It has has more than 100,000 cards. It indexes tax records, newspapers, periodicals, cemetery records, land deeds, and census records. Most cards give a person's name, page, and source. Some cards give more information. This source is explained in: | ''Nauvoo Restoration Incorporated Historical Index''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Nauvoo Restoration Incorporated, 1973. This index is on 16 reels of microfilm. It is not at the Family History Library. [Currently checking into places where it is located.] This source indexes Church and civil records for Nauvoo and the Hancock County area. It has has more than 100,000 cards. It indexes tax records, newspapers, periodicals, cemetery records, land deeds, and census records. Most cards give a person's name, page, and source. Some cards give more information. This source is explained in: | ||
Sperry, Kip. ''The Nauvoo Restoration, Incorporated Historical Index''. | Sperry, Kip. ''The Nauvoo Restoration, Incorporated Historical Index''. {{FHL|244938|title-id|disp=Genealogical Journal}} 4, no. 1 (March 1975): 34-39. (Family History Library book 973 D25gj v. 3-4). This has a selected list of 71 of the more useful sources included in the Nauvoo Restoration Incorporated Historical Index. | ||
''Nauvoo Social History Index''. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1983. (Family History Library fiche 6334931 [set of 6]). This is a personal name index to over 71,000 records including Nauvoo property records, tax lists, ship lists, censuses, family group records, and research notes. Shows the name, sex, and source information for each entry. | ''Nauvoo Social History Index''. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1983. (Family History Library fiche 6334931 [set of 6]). This is a personal name index to over 71,000 records including Nauvoo property records, tax lists, ship lists, censuses, family group records, and research notes. Shows the name, sex, and source information for each entry. | ||
Sperry, Kip. ''Nauvoo and Hancock County, Illinois: A Selected Bibliography of Family and Local History Sources''. In "Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History-Illinois. Provo, Utah: Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University, 1995. Several hundred sources are listed with full bibliographic information. This source is available in the [ | Sperry, Kip. ''Nauvoo and Hancock County, Illinois: A Selected Bibliography of Family and Local History Sources''. In "Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History-Illinois. Provo, Utah: Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University, 1995. Several hundred sources are listed with full bibliographic information. This source is available in the FamilySearch library [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog catalog]. | ||
'''Utah''' was primarily settled by Church members. Many histories of these communities are available. Look in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | '''Utah''' was primarily settled by Church members. Many histories of these communities are available. Look in the Place Search of the Family History Library [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog Catalog] under: | ||
UTAH, [COUNTY]— CHURCH HISTORY | UTAH, [COUNTY]— CHURCH HISTORY | ||
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For maps and tables of Utah settlements see: | For maps and tables of Utah settlements see: | ||
{{FHL|96665|title-id|disp=Atlas of Utah}}. [Ogden], Utah: Weber State College; Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1981. (Family History Library book Q 979.2 E7a). It gives the date of settlement. These maps also show county boundaries needed to find church and civil records | |||
'''Western United States'''. Church members settled many areas in the western United States, especially the states immediately surrounding Utah, parts of California, and western Oregon. To find information about these communities in the Family History Library Catalog, look in the Locality Search for the town, county or state. Each state’s research Wiki article may also give you more information. | '''Western United States'''. Church members settled many areas in the western United States, especially the states immediately surrounding Utah, parts of California, and western Oregon. To find information about these communities in the Family History Library Catalog, look in the Locality Search for the town, county or state. Each state’s research Wiki article may also give you more information. | ||
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Histories of these settlements may identify the origins of the settlers and add color to family histories. The following histories discuss Church settlements and colonization in the western United States. They are organized alphabetically by state: | Histories of these settlements may identify the origins of the settlers and add color to family histories. The following histories discuss Church settlements and colonization in the western United States. They are organized alphabetically by state: | ||
McClintock, James H. [http://patriot.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH6&CISOPTR=39858 ''Mormon Settlement in Arizona: A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert'']. Phoenix, Arizona: Manufacturing Stationers, 1921. (Family History Library book 979.1 K2m; film 1033844 item 10). This book discusses about 200 Church settlements in Arizona between 1847 and 1920. | McClintock, James H. [http://patriot.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH6&CISOPTR=39858 ''Mormon Settlement in Arizona: A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert'']{{dead link}}. Phoenix, Arizona: Manufacturing Stationers, 1921. (Family History Library book 979.1 K2m; film 1033844 item 10). This book discusses about 200 Church settlements in Arizona between 1847 and 1920. | ||
Muir, Leo Joseph | Muir, Leo Joseph {{FHL|257023|title-id|disp=A Century of Mormon Activities in California}}. Two volumes. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Press, 1952. (Family History Library book 979.4 K2m; film 1000136 items 5–6). This is not circulated to Family History Centers. Volume one has historical information. Volume two contains biographical sketches. This is indexed in the [[Early Church Information File (ECIF)|Early Church Information File]]. | ||
Lyman, Edward Leo. | Lyman, Edward Leo. {{FHL|651880|title-id|disp=San Bernardino: The Rise and Fall of a California Community}}. Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 1996. (Family History Library book 979.495/S1 H2L). Includes index. This is a definitive history of the LDS colony. | ||
Flower, Judson Harold | Flower, Judson Harold {{FHL|title-id|disp=Mormon Colonization of the San Luis Valley, Colorado 1878–1900}}. [Mesa, Ariz.: H. H. Haynie], 1981. (Family History Library book 978.833 K2f; film 1059492 item 10). A bibliography is included. This is indexed in the [[Early Church Information File (ECIF)|Early Church Information File]]. | ||
Scarcello, Mary Linemuth. | Scarcello, Mary Linemuth. {{FHL|684777|title-id|disp=Mormon Pioneers in Pueblo, Colorado, 1846–1900}}. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1994. (FHL film 1598130 item 9). This includes members who lived in Pueblo, Colorado, from 1846 to 1847 or died en route. It also includes Pueblo vital records from 1846 and 1847. | ||
Arrington, Leonard J. | Arrington, Leonard J. {{FHL|50464|title-id|disp=The Mormons in Nevada}}. Las Vegas, Nevada: Las Vegas Sun, 1979. (Family History Library book 979.3 H2am; film 1059488 item 7). This is a short history of the Church in Nevada from 1847 to 1976. This is indexed in the [[Early Church Information File (ECIF)|Early Church Information File]]. Another index to this book is: | ||
Tolman, Sybil. | Tolman, Sybil. {{|FHL|503767|title-id|disp=Index to Leonard J. Arrington’s The Mormons in Nevada}}. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987. (Family History Library film 1421708 item 7). | ||
Kullberg, Lois G. | Kullberg, Lois G. {{FHL|526955|title-id|disp=Saints to the Columbia: A History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Oregon and Southwestern Washington, 1850–1990}}. Vancouver, Washington:'' L–K Publications, 1991. (Family History Library book 979.5 K2k). This book includes information on the Portland and Seattle Temples and the Northwestern States Mission. It is indexed. | ||
[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=199322&disp=Star+Valley+and+its+communities%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''Star Valley and Its Communities'']. Afton, Wyoming: Star Valley Independent, [1970]. (Family History Library book 978.782 H2s; film 1059486 item 8). This has histories of the Church colonies in Star Valley, Wyoming, 1879–1964. | [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=199322&disp=Star+Valley+and+its+communities%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''Star Valley and Its Communities'']. Afton, Wyoming: Star Valley Independent, [1970]. (Family History Library book 978.782 H2s; film 1059486 item 8). This has histories of the Church colonies in Star Valley, Wyoming, 1879–1964. | ||