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<ul><li><a href="http://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/">Mormon Migration</a> <b>new!</b>

</li><li><span class="fck_mw_template">{{RecordSearch|2078505|Early Church Information File (ECIF)|access=browse}}</span> free index.  

</li><li><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch/1,15773,3966-1,00.html">Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel 1846-1868</a> free index  

</li><li><a href="http://www.earlylds.com/">Early Latter-day Saints </a>a Mormon Trail Pioneer Database  

</li><li><a href="http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/contentlisting.aspx?cat=lds">WorldVitalRecord LDS databases</a> genealogy, marriages, cemeteries, military, land, and priesthood records  

</li><li><a href="http://www.footnote.com/documents/27343636/utah-territorial-case-files/?xid=47">Fold3.com Utah Territorial&#160;Case Files</a>&#160;criminal and civil  

</li><li><a href="http://www.footnote.com/documents/18708629/mormon_battalion_pension_files/">Fold3.com Mormon Battalion Pension Files</a>&#160;affidavits, letters  

</li><li><a href="http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/cardcatalog.aspx#ccat=hc%3D25%26dbSort%3D1%26title%3DLDS%26keyword%3D%26">Ancestry.com ($) LDS databases</a>&#160;biographies, petitions, military

<h3> <b>Value</b> </h3>

<p>If your LDS ancestors have been researched before, are they <a href="Document AS YOU GO!">well-documented</a>? Do your <a href="Family group record: roadmap for researchers">family group records</a> show one or more <a href="Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)">sources of&#160;information for each event</a>? Don't just settle for copying someone else's research, <a href="Genealogical Proof Standard">cite the evidence that proves it</a>! Careful documentation reduces errors, unwanted duplication, and may help uncover an overlooked ordinance.  

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<p>The <a href="Perpetual Emigration Fund">Perpetual Emigration Fund</a> - With the creation of the new Perpetual Education Fund, some members have expressed interest in finding out about their ancestor's participation in the historical Perpetual Emigration Fund. This article will help you discover if your ancestors were assisted by the fund during their immigration to Utah.  

</p><p>New articles that might be of interest in your LDS research:  

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</li><li><a href="Finding the Source of IGI Batch Numbers">Finding the Source of IGI Batch Numbers</a>

</li><li><a href="LDS Family History Suite 2">LDS Family History Suite 2</a>

<h3> <b>Did you know?</b> </h3>

<ul><li>The <a href="http://familyhistory.byu.edu/">Center for Family History and Genealogy</a> at Brigham Young University has a project devoted to members of the Church who were originally from Wales. The <a href="http://welshmormonhistory.org/">Welsh Mormon History</a> website "seeks to preserve and share information about the early converts to Mormonism in Wales. Its main focus is on those individuals who were involved in the Mormon movement in 19th-century Wales."  

</li><li>The <a href="http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/pioneer.htm">Tracing Mormon Pioneers</a> website has indexed several sources related to searching for your LDS ancestors. Included on the site is a tutorial that will help walk you through the steps to locating records about your pioneer families. Read the <a href="Tracing Mormon Pioneers">Tracing Mormon Pioneers</a> article for more information.

<h3> Links  </h3>

<p>Some useful websites to get started in searching for information about your LDS ancestors include:  

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