Tracing Latter-day Saint Ancestors

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Tracing LDS Ancestors

This page contains resources for individuals researching ancestors who were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Key research links for finding members of the restored Church of Jesus Christ

Mormon Places: an interactive gazetteer of thousands of places of interest to the history of the Church. Mormon Migration new! Early Church Information File (ECIF) free index, More information Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel 1846-1868 free index Pioneer Ancestors Search Early Latter-day Saints a Mormon Trail Pioneer Database WorldVitalRecord LDS databases genealogy, marriages, cemeteries, military, land, and priesthood records Fold3.com Utah Territorial Case Files criminal and civil Fold3.com Mormon Battalion Pension Files affidavits, letters Mormon Battalion Association Muster rolls Ancestry.com ($) LDS databases biographies, petitions, military Tracing Scandinavian Latter-day Saints Value Pioneers crossing the plains of Nebraska, by C.C.A. Christensen. Many genealogies of members of the Church have been handed down for several generations. If you are the recipient of one of these genealogies, is it well-documented? Do your family group records show one or more sources of information for each event? Don't just settle for copying someone else's research, cite the evidence that proves it! Careful documentation reduces errors, unwanted duplication, and may help uncover an overlooked ordinance. Featured content The Perpetual Emigration Fund - 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. New articles that might be of interest in your research: Members of the United Brethren Baptized by Wilford Woodruff Finding the Source of IGI Batch Numbers LDS Family History Suite 2

Did you know?

• The Center for Family History and Genealogy at Brigham Young University has a project devoted to members of the Church who were originally from Wales: http://welshmormon.byu.edu/
• The Tracing Mormon Pioneers website has indexed several sources related to searching for your ancestors who were members of the Church. Included on the site is a tutorial that will help walk you through the steps to locating records about your pioneer families. Read the Tracing Mormon Pioneers article for more information.
  
  

Handcart Pioneers Kirtland Pioneers John E Forsgren Company (Forest Monarch) 1853 LDS Record Finder LDS Research Sources at Ancestry.com LDS Research Sources at WorldVitalRecords.com Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868 Mormon Battalion Ancestors Nauvoo Pioneers

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