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By learning about an ancestor’s immigration to Zion, you may find records that provide clues to births, marriages, and deaths that occurred along the way. You may also find names of children and other relatives in these records. You may also find clues that will help you identify the family’s place of origin. | By learning about an ancestor’s immigration to Zion, you may find records that provide clues to births, marriages, and deaths that occurred along the way. You may also find names of children and other relatives in these records. You may also find clues that will help you identify the family’s place of origin. | ||
=== '''Crossing the Ocean''' | ==='''Crossing the Ocean'''=== | ||
==== | ====Saints by Sea (website)==== | ||
[ | [https://saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu/ Saints by Sea], a website hosted by the Harold B. Lee Library of BYU, is perhaps the most comprehensive sourse for finding information about Latter-day Saint 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 bibliography. Many of the sources cited below are contained on this website.<br> | ||
==== Microfilm search strategy | ====Microfilm search strategy==== | ||
If your ancestor traveled across the ocean to the United States with a Church company, follow these steps to locate microfilmed materials: | If your ancestor traveled across the ocean to the United States with a Church company, follow these steps to locate microfilmed materials: | ||
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2. Find the voyage in the {{FHL|474641|title-id|disp=Worldwide LDS Ship Register}}, which is described later in this section, and record the following information: | 2. Find the voyage in the {{FHL|474641|title-id|disp=Worldwide LDS Ship Register}}, which is described later in this section, and record the following information: | ||
*Name of Ship | *Name of Ship | ||
*Date of departure and the microfilm number of the Church emigration register. | *Date of departure and the microfilm number of the Church emigration register. | ||
*Date of arrival and the microfilm number of the United States passenger list. | *Date of arrival and the microfilm number of the United States passenger list. | ||
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If your ancestor did not emigrate to the United States with a Church company, check the following Wiki articles for records and strategies: | If your ancestor did not emigrate to the United States with a Church company, check the following Wiki articles for records and strategies: | ||
*Find the article on "Emigration and Immigration" for the nation from which he or she came and search for "LDS." | *Find the article on "Emigration and Immigration" for the nation from which he or she came and search for "LDS." | ||
*[[United States Emigration and Immigration]]. | *[[United States Emigration and Immigration]]. | ||
*[[Tracing Immigrant Origins]]. | *[[Tracing Immigrant Origins]]. | ||
==== Indexes to Passenger Lists | ====Indexes to Passenger Lists==== | ||
To find the voyage of Church members who emigrated to the United States, try the following sources: | To find the voyage of Church members who emigrated to the United States, try the following sources: | ||
*{{FHL|786419|title-id|disp=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. This indexes passengers on many Church sponsored ships arriving in the United States from 1840 to 1849. | *{{FHL|786419|title-id|disp=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. This indexes passengers on many Church sponsored ships arriving in the United States from 1840 to 1849. | ||
*Davis, Grant {{FHL|665620|title-id|disp=LDS Emigrant Roster and Voyage History, Crossing the Ocean, 1840–1869}}. Salt Lake City, Utah: Your Ship, 1997. (FHL compact disc no. 60). It focuses mostly on the Saints who crossed the ocean between 1849 and 1869. This indexes Church emigration register (passenger lists), books about Church member emigrants, Perpetual Emigration Fund lists, handcart pioneers, and Sons of Utah Pioneer records. The index is not complete. This disc also includes Conway B. Sonne’s book {{{FHL|510638|title-id|disp=Ships, Saints, and Mariners}} with pictures and descriptions of many ships chartered by the Church. This is included in ''LDS Family History Suite 2''. | *Davis, Grant {{FHL|665620|title-id|disp=LDS Emigrant Roster and Voyage History, Crossing the Ocean, 1840–1869}}. Salt Lake City, Utah: Your Ship, 1997. (FHL compact disc no. 60). It focuses mostly on the Saints who crossed the ocean between 1849 and 1869. This indexes Church emigration register (passenger lists), books about Church member emigrants, Perpetual Emigration Fund lists, handcart pioneers, and Sons of Utah Pioneer records. The index is not complete. This disc also includes Conway B. Sonne’s book {{{FHL|510638|title-id|disp=Ships, Saints, and Mariners}} with pictures and descriptions of many ships chartered by the Church. This is included in ''LDS Family History Suite 2''. | ||
*{{FHL|331055|title-id|disp=European Emigration Card Index, 1849–1925}}}. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951. (Family History Library films 298431–39). This index is also known as the Crossing the Ocean Index. It is an alphabetical card index to the Saints who crossed the ocean on their way to Zion. This index is incomplete because it focuses only on ships chartered by Church agents. The cards are filed by the head of the family or the leader of each group. The name of the ship and the date of departure from Liverpool is included. | *{{FHL|331055|title-id|disp=European Emigration Card Index, 1849–1925}}}. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951. (Family History Library films 298431–39). This index is also known as the Crossing the Ocean Index. It is an alphabetical card index to the Saints who crossed the ocean on their way to Zion. This index is incomplete because it focuses only on ships chartered by Church agents. The cards are filed by the head of the family or the leader of each group. The name of the ship and the date of departure from Liverpool is included. | ||
*[[Early Church Information File (ECIF)|''Early Church Information File'']]. This index is cited fully in [[Latter-day Saint Biographies]]. It indexes Church emigration registers that were not included in the ''European Emigration Card Index'' cited previously. | *[[Early Church Information File (ECIF)|''Early Church Information File'']]. This index is cited fully in [[Latter-day Saint Biographies]]. It indexes Church emigration registers that were not included in the ''European Emigration Card Index'' cited previously. | ||
*Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Dept. Reference Unit. {{FHL|518588|title-id|disp=Scandinavian LDS Mission Index}}. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1992. (Family History Library fiche 6060482 [set of 344]). This indexes. | *Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Dept. Reference Unit. {{FHL|518588|title-id|disp=Scandinavian LDS Mission Index}}. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1992. (Family History Library fiche 6060482 [set of 344]). This indexes. | ||
*Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Scandinavian Mission. {{FHL|614426|title-id|disp=Emigration Records, Scandinavian Mission (Denmark, Norway, Sweden) 1852–1920}}. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951–1953. (Family History Library films 025696–97). It may list in a year-by-year arrangement each emigrant’s name, age, residence, and occupation. | *Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Scandinavian Mission. {{FHL|614426|title-id|disp=Emigration Records, Scandinavian Mission (Denmark, Norway, Sweden) 1852–1920}}. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951–1953. (Family History Library films 025696–97). It may list in a year-by-year arrangement each emigrant’s name, age, residence, and occupation. | ||
*{{FHL|522341|title-id|disp=Passenter-liste for Undvandrerskinbene fra Kobenhaven til Hull, 1872–1894 [Passenger Lists of Emigrants from Copenhagen to Hull, 1872–1894}}. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1948. (Family History Library film 040994). Text in Danish. This record was created by the Copenhagen police of Latter-day Saint emigrants. It may show name, age, occupation, residence, and marital status. | *{{FHL|522341|title-id|disp=Passenter-liste for Undvandrerskinbene fra Kobenhaven til Hull, 1872–1894 [Passenger Lists of Emigrants from Copenhagen to Hull, 1872–1894}}. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1948. (Family History Library film 040994). Text in Danish. This record was created by the Copenhagen police of Latter-day Saint emigrants. It may show name, age, occupation, residence, and marital status. | ||
==== '''Worldwide LDS Ship Register (1840–1913)''' ==== | ===='''Worldwide LDS Ship Register (1840–1913)'''==== | ||
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To find microfilm numbers of passenger lists of emigrating Saints, search the following source: | To find microfilm numbers of passenger lists of emigrating Saints, search the following source: | ||
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MORMONS— EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION | MORMONS— EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION | ||
==== '''Written Accounts of Voyages''' ==== | ===='''Written Accounts of Voyages'''==== | ||
To find written accounts of voyages, check the following sources: | To find written accounts of voyages, check the following sources: | ||
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Jenson, Andrew. {{FHL|628379|title-id|disp=History of the Scandinavian Mission}}}. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Press, 1927. (Family History Library book 948 K2j; film 896938 item 2; fiche 6030136). This history gives accounts of voyages and the adventures while crossing the ocean. It includes detailed descriptions of many Church-chartered ships embarking from England between 1852 to 1890. Check the index to see if your ancestor’s ship is listed. The accounts include the Saints’ journeys across the plains to Utah. | Jenson, Andrew. {{FHL|628379|title-id|disp=History of the Scandinavian Mission}}}. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Press, 1927. (Family History Library book 948 K2j; film 896938 item 2; fiche 6030136). This history gives accounts of voyages and the adventures while crossing the ocean. It includes detailed descriptions of many Church-chartered ships embarking from England between 1852 to 1890. Check the index to see if your ancestor’s ship is listed. The accounts include the Saints’ journeys across the plains to Utah. | ||
=== '''Crossing the Plains''' | ==='''Crossing the Plains'''=== | ||
[[Image:Sites Along the Mormon Trail.png|border|right|800px|Sites Along the Mormon Trail.png]] | [[Image:Sites Along the Mormon Trail.png|border|right|800px|Sites Along the Mormon Trail.png]] | ||
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. See also [[Mormon Trail]] and [[Handcart Pioneers]]. For more information about other migration movements see [[Latter-day Saint Colonization]] and [[History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. | 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. See also [[Mormon Trail]] and [[Handcart Pioneers]]. For more information about other migration movements see [[Latter-day Saint Colonization]] and [[History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. | ||
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The following indexes list members who crossed the plains before the transcontinental railroad was completed: | The following indexes list members who crossed the plains before the transcontinental railroad was completed: | ||
==== Indexes to Pioneer Companies (1847–1869) | ====Indexes to Pioneer Companies (1847–1869)==== | ||
The [http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch/1,15773,3966-1,00.html Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868] is the Internet version of Melvin L. Bashore's ''Crossing the Plains Index Database''. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Historical Dept., 1998-. The Historical Department—Church Library is adding information from many recently discovered rosters and other sources to this database. Each entry gives the pioneer’s name, age, sex, and the year he or she came and the name of the pioneer company. It sometimes includes birth, death, or other identifying information. This is an attempt to correct and expand previous indexes. This database has the following searches: | The [http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch/1,15773,3966-1,00.html Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868] is the Internet version of Melvin L. Bashore's ''Crossing the Plains Index Database''. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Historical Dept., 1998-. The Historical Department—Church Library is adding information from many recently discovered rosters and other sources to this database. Each entry gives the pioneer’s name, age, sex, and the year he or she came and the name of the pioneer company. It sometimes includes birth, death, or other identifying information. This is an attempt to correct and expand previous indexes. This database has the following searches: | ||
*''Surname''. This search provides all entries for one surname, by exact spelling. | *''Surname''. This search provides all entries for one surname, by exact spelling. | ||
*''Company''. This search gives an alphabetical list of all the members of a pioneer company. | *''Company''. This search gives an alphabetical list of all the members of a pioneer company. | ||
*''Alphabetical Search''. This search may show individuals with an alternate spelling. | *''Alphabetical Search''. This search may show individuals with an alternate spelling. | ||
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'''Can’t find a name in the index?''' | '''Can’t find a name in the index?''' | ||
If you cannot find your ancestor in one of the indexes mentioned in this article, you could try to determine the year or company in: | If you cannot find your ancestor in one of the indexes mentioned in this article, you could try to determine the year or company in: | ||
*'''''Biographies''''' of each family member and others who may have been traveling with them. | *'''''Biographies''''' of each family member and others who may have been traveling with them. | ||
*'''''Obituaries''''' of each family member and others who may have been traveling with them. | *'''''Obituaries''''' of each family member and others who may have been traveling with them. | ||
*'''''Tax records.''''' If you know where the family settled, study the tax lists and find the first year your ancestor appears. This helps identify about when he or she arrived in Utah. See [[Utah Taxation]]. <br> | *'''''Tax records.''''' If you know where the family settled, study the tax lists and find the first year your ancestor appears. This helps identify about when he or she arrived in Utah. See [[Utah Taxation]]. <br> | ||
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Jenson, Andrew. {{FHL|260979|title-id|disp=Index to the Deseret News Weekly 1850–1900}}. This indexes several immigrant rosters not available elsewhere. The full citation is in [[Latter-day Saint Newspapers]]. <!--{12036979403280} --><!--{12036979403281} --><!--{12036979403282} --><!--{12036979403283} --><!--{12036979403284} --><!--{12036979403285} --><!--{12036979403286} --><!--{12036979403287} --><!--{12036979403288} --><!--{12036979403289} --><!--{120369794032810} --><!--{120369794032811} --><!--{120369794032812} --><!--{120369794032813} --><!--{120369794032814} --><!--{120369794032815} --><!--{120369794032816} --> | Jenson, Andrew. {{FHL|260979|title-id|disp=Index to the Deseret News Weekly 1850–1900}}. This indexes several immigrant rosters not available elsewhere. The full citation is in [[Latter-day Saint Newspapers]]. <!--{12036979403280} --><!--{12036979403281} --><!--{12036979403282} --><!--{12036979403283} --><!--{12036979403284} --><!--{12036979403285} --><!--{12036979403286} --><!--{12036979403287} --><!--{12036979403288} --><!--{12036979403289} --><!--{120369794032810} --><!--{120369794032811} --><!--{120369794032812} --><!--{120369794032813} --><!--{120369794032814} --><!--{120369794032815} --><!--{120369794032816} --> | ||
==== '''Rosters''' | ===='''Rosters''' ==== | ||
A roster is a list of people who were in the same pioneer company as they crossed the plains. | A roster is a list of people who were in the same pioneer company as they crossed the plains. | ||
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Carter, Kate B. {{FHL|187480|title-id|disp=Heart Throbs of the West}}. Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1939–1951. (Family History Library book 979.2 H2cah). | Carter, Kate B. {{FHL|187480|title-id|disp=Heart Throbs of the West}}. Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1939–1951. (Family History Library book 979.2 H2cah). | ||
*"They came in 47" v. 8: 401–48 | *"They came in 47" v. 8: 401–48 | ||
*"They came in 48" v. 9: 453–524 | *"They came in 48" v. 9: 453–524 | ||
*"They came in 49" v. 10: 429–72 | *"They came in 49" v. 10: 429–72 | ||
*"They came in 50" v. 11: 377–454 | *"They came in 50" v. 11: 377–454 | ||
*"They came in 51" v. 12: 405–62 | *"They came in 51" v. 12: 405–62 | ||
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Historical Department. ''Church Emigration'', 1831–1881. [Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Historical Dept., 199-?] This is available in the [http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/archives/0,15481,3940-1-2058,00.html Historical Department—Archive Search Room]. The information was taken from the {{FHL|73388|title-id|disp=Millennial Star}}and the {{FHL|52638|title-id|disp=Journal History}}. <!--{12036924737810} --><!--{12036924737811} --><!--{12036924737812} --> | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Historical Department. ''Church Emigration'', 1831–1881. [Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Historical Dept., 199-?] This is available in the [http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/archives/0,15481,3940-1-2058,00.html Historical Department—Archive Search Room]. The information was taken from the {{FHL|73388|title-id|disp=Millennial Star}}and the {{FHL|52638|title-id|disp=Journal History}}. <!--{12036924737810} --><!--{12036924737811} --><!--{12036924737812} --> | ||
==== '''Written Accounts of the Journey''' | ===='''Written Accounts of the Journey''' ==== | ||
To find written accounts of the journey across the plains see: | To find written accounts of the journey across the plains see: | ||
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Also check [[Latter-day Saint Biographies]] and [[Latter-day Saint Compiled Genealogies]] for more sources that may have accounts of the journey. <!--{12036939371560} --><!--{12036939371561} --> | Also check [[Latter-day Saint Biographies]] and [[Latter-day Saint Compiled Genealogies]] for more sources that may have accounts of the journey. <!--{12036939371560} --><!--{12036939371561} --> | ||
==== '''The Pioneer Trail''' | ===='''The Pioneer Trail'''==== | ||
{{Wikipedia|Mormon Trail}}The following books and Internet sites also good places to find trail maps, histories, and other information:<br><br> | {{Wikipedia|Mormon Trail}}The following books and Internet sites also good places to find trail maps, histories, and other information:<br><br> | ||
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"[http://www.octa-trails.org/ Oregon - California Trails Association]." In Calcite Rocky Mountain College [Internet site]. Independence, Missouri: OCTA, 28 June 1999 [cited 21 February 2008]. Available at http://www.octa-trails.org/. Includes Mormon Trail maps, photos, site descriptions, and diary quotations. For an index of overland trail documents try <u>http://</u>[http://www.paper-trail.org/search.asp <u>www.paper-trail.org/search.asp</u>].<br><!--{12082106933120} --><!--{12082106933121} --><!--{12082106933122} --><!--{12082106933123} --><!--{12082106933124} --> | "[http://www.octa-trails.org/ Oregon - California Trails Association]." In Calcite Rocky Mountain College [Internet site]. Independence, Missouri: OCTA, 28 June 1999 [cited 21 February 2008]. Available at http://www.octa-trails.org/. Includes Mormon Trail maps, photos, site descriptions, and diary quotations. For an index of overland trail documents try <u>http://</u>[http://www.paper-trail.org/search.asp <u>www.paper-trail.org/search.asp</u>].<br><!--{12082106933120} --><!--{12082106933121} --><!--{12082106933122} --><!--{12082106933123} --><!--{12082106933124} --> | ||
==== '''Deaths Along the Trail''' | ===='''Deaths Along the Trail'''==== | ||
A complete list of all Saints who died crossing the plains does not exist as explained in: | A complete list of all Saints who died crossing the plains does not exist as explained in: | ||
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{{FHL|112834|title-id|disp=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. (Family History Library 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. | {{FHL|112834|title-id|disp=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. (Family History Library 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. | ||
== Related FamilySearch Blog Articles == | ==Related FamilySearch Blog Articles== | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/pioneers/ Pioneer History and Discovering Your Pioneer Heritage] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/pioneers/ Pioneer History and Discovering Your Pioneer Heritage] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/westward-expansion-pioneers/ The Westward Expansion and American Pioneers—How It Affects Your Family History] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/westward-expansion-pioneers/ The Westward Expansion and American Pioneers—How It Affects Your Family History] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/oregon-trail-game/ Three Things The Oregon Trail Game Didn’t Teach You about the Pioneers] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/oregon-trail-game/ Three Things The Oregon Trail Game Didn’t Teach You about the Pioneers] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/pioneers-life/ Who Were the Pioneers?] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/pioneers-life/ Who Were the Pioneers?] | ||
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