Latter-day Saint Emigration and Immigration: Difference between revisions

In the early years of the LDS Church, all faithful members were encouraged to gather to Zion. The records showing these early Saints’ faith and endurance are of great interest to their descendants.  

[http://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/ Mormon Migration], a website hosted by the Harold B. Lee Library of BYU, is perhaps the most comprehensive sourse for finding information about Mormon companies and individuals crossing the ocean. It provides a place for historical and genealogical research into the world-wide migration records and history about the 19th and 20th century movement of thousands of immigrants from many nations who are part of the membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It brings together passenger lists, journals and other historical sources relating to the journey, as well as an extensive bibliograhy. Many of the sources cited below are contained on this website.<br>  

{{FHL|258445|title-id|disp=Utah Immigration Card Index, 1847–1868}}. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1963. (Family History Library films 298440–42). This card file is also known as the Crossing the Plains Index. It is not complete, but indexes pioneers who crossed the plains before 10 May 1869 in LDS Church sponsored immigrant companies. The cards are listed alphabetically by the head of the family or group. They usually contain the names of other family members or traveling companions. Each card gives the name of the company, date of arrival in Salt Lake City, or the date the company roster appears in the {{FHL|52638|title-id|disp=Journal History}} (see [[LDS History]]).