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*{{FHL|480808|title-id|disp=Early Church Information File}} <ref>''Early Church Information File'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991. (Family History Library films 1750655–729). </ref>Over 1 million cards index the names of Latter-day Saints and their neighbors in more than 1,200 sources. It covers from 1830 to about 1914. These sources include membership records, ward histories, family histories, local histories, journals, collective biographies, priesthood records, missionary records, periodicals, cemetery records, immigration records, and civil marriage records from selected counties in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada and California. This card index available [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2078505 online] and on microfilm gives a person’s name, the date of the event, and a reference to the source. The original source often provides additional biographical information. For further instructions see: | *{{FHL|480808|title-id|disp=Early Church Information File}} <ref>''Early Church Information File'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991. (Family History Library films 1750655–729). </ref>Over 1 million cards index the names of Latter-day Saints and their neighbors in more than 1,200 sources. It covers from 1830 to about 1914. These sources include membership records, ward histories, family histories, local histories, journals, collective biographies, priesthood records, missionary records, periodicals, cemetery records, immigration records, and civil marriage records from selected counties in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada and California. This card index available [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2078505 online] and on microfilm gives a person’s name, the date of the event, and a reference to the source. The original source often provides additional biographical information. For further instructions see: | ||
*{{FHL|691157|title-id|disp=Early Church Information File Resource Guide}} <ref>'' Early Church Information File Resource Guide'' (34544). Salt Lake City, Utah: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1993. (Family History Library book 929.1 F21rg LDS; fiche 6105233).</ref> | *{{FHL|691157|title-id|disp=Early Church Information File Resource Guide}} <ref>'' Early Church Information File Resource Guide'' (34544). Salt Lake City, Utah: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1993. (Family History Library book 929.1 F21rg LDS; fiche 6105233).</ref> | ||
*{{FHL|837165|title-id|disp=LDS Family History Suite}} <ref>''LDS Family History Suite 2''. Provo, Utah: Infobases, 1999. (Family History Library compact disc no. 205 pt. 1.)</ref>Select one of the two following databases you would like to search for Latter-day Saint | *{{FHL|837165|title-id|disp=LDS Family History Suite}} <ref>''LDS Family History Suite 2''. Provo, Utah: Infobases, 1999. (Family History Library compact disc no. 205 pt. 1.)</ref>Select one of the two following databases you would like to search for Latter-day Saint families. Each database is word searchable. When you find a name, you see the actual entry in the context of the book. The two databases are: | ||
*The ''Pioneer Heritage Library'' includes over 10,000 photographs. It also has many biographical sketches, stories, diaries and autobiographies, histories, early | *The ''Pioneer Heritage Library'' includes over 10,000 photographs. It also has many biographical sketches, stories, diaries and autobiographies, histories, early Latter-day Saint newspapers and periodicals, doctrinal works, emigration sources, and the ''Utah Historical Quarterly''. It includes major sources such as Wiggins’ ''Mormons and Their Neighbors'', Black’s ''Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1830–1848'', and Bitton’s ''Guide Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies''. It also includes sources like the published series of pioneer histories by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Jenson’s ''Encyclopedic History of the Church'', and Joseph Smith’s ''History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints''. Some of the sources in this library are not available elsewhere. | ||
*[http://mormonhistory.byu.edu/ The Studies in Mormon History Database] includes citations to articles, books, theses, and Ph.D. dissertations dealing with the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, written from the time of its inception in 1830 to the present. It is intended to be comprehensive and provides citations to over 2,000 LDS biographies and 800 published LDS diaries. The diary entries have abstracts describing dates of coverage and a summary of the contents. There are some links to full-text items.<br> | *[http://mormonhistory.byu.edu/ The Studies in Mormon History Database] includes citations to articles, books, theses, and Ph.D. dissertations dealing with the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, written from the time of its inception in 1830 to the present. It is intended to be comprehensive and provides citations to over 2,000 LDS biographies and 800 published LDS diaries. The diary entries have abstracts describing dates of coverage and a summary of the contents. There are some links to full-text items.<br> | ||