Latter-day Saint Emigration and Immigration: Difference between revisions

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 '''[[LDS Colonization]]''' and '''[[LDS History]]''' sections of this outline.

'''Indexes to Pioneer Companies (1847–1869).''' The following indexes list members who crossed the plains before the transcontinental railroad was completed:

Bashore, Melvin L., and Linda L. Haslam. [Database of] ''Mormon Pioneer Companies Crossing the Plains'' ''[1847–1868] Narratives: Guide to Sources in Utah Libraries and Archives''. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Historical Dept., 1998-. It is arranged by year and lists each company by date of departure. For each company, it lists sources of accounts alphabetically by author. For each source cited, it gives a summary of the account and list of every name and place mentioned in the original. It includes the repository and call number for each narrative. The staff at the Historical Department—Church Library will search the current database for you. The Family History Library only has the predecessor listed below:

Bashore, Melvin L. ''"New Mormon Emigration Finding Aids: The Compiler’s Personal Experiences." Nauvoo Journal 10'' (Spring 1998): 97–108. (FHL 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 outline.

''Record of Early Members of the Church Who Died in Missouri, Kirtland, Nauvoo and on the Plains: Taken from the Evening & Morning Star, the Messenger & and Advocate, the Elders’ Journal, the Times and Seasons, the Wasp, the Nauvoo Neighbor, the Prophet, the St. Louis Luminary, the Frontier Guardian, the Mormon, the Western Standard, and the Deseret News: Down to 1868''. Holograph, 1965. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1965. (FHL book Q973 V2rc; film 413034 item 2). This is an alphabetical list of people who died along the trail. It gives the person’s name, birth date and place, and death date. It includes only the pioneers who died crossing the plains whose temple work was not completed as of 1918.