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[[Image:Wilford Woodruff portrait.jpg|thumb|left]]A biography is a history of a person’s life. In a biography you may find the individual’s birth, marriage, and death information, and the names of his parents, children, or other family members. Biographies often include photographs, family traditions, stories, clues about an ancestor’s place of origin, places where he has lived, church positions held, professional accomplishments, military service, and activities within the community. The information must be used carefully, however, because there may be inaccuracies. | [[Image:Wilford Woodruff portrait.jpg|thumb|left|Wilford Woodruff portrait.jpg]]A biography is a history of a person’s life. In a biography you may find the individual’s birth, marriage, and death information, and the names of his parents, children, or other family members. Biographies often include photographs, family traditions, stories, clues about an ancestor’s place of origin, places where he has lived, church positions held, professional accomplishments, military service, and activities within the community. The information must be used carefully, however, because there may be inaccuracies. | ||
For additional biographical sources that mention Latter-day Saints see [[Utah Biography|Utah Biography]]. | For additional biographical sources that mention Latter-day Saints see [[Utah Biography|Utah Biography]]. | ||
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Important indexes of Latter-day Saint biographies are: | Important indexes of Latter-day Saint biographies are: | ||
*{{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 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 (LDS) 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: | *{{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 (LDS) 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: | ||