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''[[LDS History|LDS History]] | ''[[LDS History|LDS History]] > LDS Emigration and Immigration'' | ||
In the early years of the 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. | In the early years of the 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. | ||
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The following important source is not limited to Scandinavians: | The following important source is not limited to Scandinavians: | ||
Jenson, Andrew. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=302564&disp=History+of+the+Scandinavian+Mission%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''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. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=302564&disp=History+of+the+Scandinavian+Mission%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''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''' = | ||
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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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Black, Susan Easton. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=24305&disp=Inscriptions+found+on+tombstones+and+mon%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Inscriptions Found on Tombstones and Monuments in Early Latter-day Saints Burial Grounds: Nauvoo, Illinois (Joseph Smith Homestead, and Pioneer Saints Cemetery on Parley Street), Mt. Pisgah, Iowa, West Bank of the Niobrara River, Nebraska, Winter Quarters, Nebraska]. N.p.,'' [198-?] (Family History Library book 973 V3es; fiche 6019028). Entries may include name, birth date, birthplace, death date, headstone markings, location of the grave, nickname, age, or source. This is included in the LDS Family History Suite 2. | Black, Susan Easton. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=24305&disp=Inscriptions+found+on+tombstones+and+mon%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Inscriptions Found on Tombstones and Monuments in Early Latter-day Saints Burial Grounds: Nauvoo, Illinois (Joseph Smith Homestead, and Pioneer Saints Cemetery on Parley Street), Mt. Pisgah, Iowa, West Bank of the Niobrara River, Nebraska, Winter Quarters, Nebraska]. N.p.,'' [198-?] (Family History Library book 973 V3es; fiche 6019028). Entries may include name, birth date, birthplace, death date, headstone markings, location of the grave, nickname, age, or source. This is included in the LDS Family History Suite 2. | ||
[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=112834&disp=Record+of+early+members+of+the+Church+wh%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''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. | [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=112834&disp=Record+of+early+members+of+the+Church+wh%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''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. | ||
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