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*''Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1830–1848'' <ref>Black, Susan Ward Easton. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=576375&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Membership+of+The+Church+of+Jesus+Christ%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 ''Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1830–1848'']. 50 Volumes [Provo, Utah]: Brigham Young University, Religious Studies Center, 1984–1988. (FHL book 289.3 Ea85m; fiche 6031596). </ref>This was compiled from more than 200 sources. It may list a person’s name, gender, birth date and place, parents, marriage date and place, spouse, children, death date and place, temple ordinances, comments, and sources for each piece of information. Verify information before trusting it. See the ''Membership of the Church 1830–1848'' Resource Guide (39432) for more information. This source is indexed in the ''Early Church Information File'', in ''LDS Family History Suite 2'', and on the Internet in [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=usa_il_nauvoo_early_lds_members WorldVitalRecords.com].  

*''Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints'' <ref>Black, Susan Easton. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=534926&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Early+members+of+the+Reorganized+Church+%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 ''Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints'']. 6 Volumes. [Provo, Utah]: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1993. (FHL book 973 K2bs). </ref>This lists thousands of members of the Reorganization born before 1849. It shows birth, marriage, and death information, relatives, and sometimes a biographical sketch as well as sources for each piece of information. It is included in the ''LDS Family History Suite 2'', and on the Internet in [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=usa_il_nauvoo_reorg_members WorldVitalRecords.com].

*''Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude'' <ref>International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=829588&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Pioneer+women+of+faith+and+fortitude%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 ''Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude'']. Four volumes. Salt Lake City, Utah: ISDUP, 1998. (FHL book 979 D36p.) </ref>Usually lists birth, marriage, and death dates and places, parents, Salt Lake arrival date and company, spouse and his death date, children and their birth dates, and a half-page biography, including a photo. Alphabetical by married name (usually of the last husband).  

*''Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and Their Mothers'' <ref>Jakeman, James T. Album "[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=161058&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Album+%22Daughters+of+the+Utah+pioneers+%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 ''Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and Their Mothers'']." Salt Lake City, Utah: Western Album, 192-?] (FHL book 979.2 D2j; film 1421989 item 2). </ref>[Indexed in the ''Early Church Information File''.] This excellent volume includes the pictures and biographies many early Latter-day Saint women who came to Utah. Also in ''LDS Family History Suite 2''.  

*Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia <ref>Jenson, Andrew. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=16525&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Latter%2Dday+Saint+biographical+encyclop%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia]. Four Volumes. 1901–1936''. Reprint, Salt Lake City, Utah: Western Epics, 1971. (FHL book 920.0792 J453L; films 410869–72; fiche 6053252. 1971 ed.). </ref>These volumes contain biographies of many early or prominent Church members up to 1936. These are indexed in the ''Early Church Information File'' and included in the ''LDS Family History Suite 2'', and on the Internet at [http://www.lib.byu.edu/dlib/misc/ BYU Harold B. Lee Library Miscellaneous Books].  

*''Library of Congress Collection of Mormon Diaries'' <ref>[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=13783&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Library+of+Congress+collection+of+Mormon%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 ''Library of Congress Collection of Mormon Diaries'']. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1950. (FHL films 485332–44). </ref>The names of the diarists and the people they mention in their diaries are partially indexed in the ''Early Church Information File''. Using the ECIF index saves the inconvenience of using the following index:  

*''Name Index to the Library of Congress Collection of Mormon Diaries' <ref>[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=188467&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Name+index+to+the+Library+of+Congress+co%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 ''Name Index to the Library of Congress Collection of Mormon Diaries'']. Western Text Society Series, Volume 1, number 2. Logan, Utah: Utah State Univ. Press, 1971. (FHL book 289.3016 M552n; film 1059488 item 3; fiche 6051303 [set of 5]). </ref>''

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F181278 ''Utah pioneer biographies''] is a compilation of biographies &amp; autobiographies used by a Historical Record survey deposited with the Genealogical Society in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 44 volume set is indexed in the Early Church Information card file. These are the surnames found in the various volumes: Vol 1 Anderson, Burkett, Clark, Denhalter, Duke, Foote, Hill, Howe, Lawson, Leigh, Nielsen, Nielsen, park, Riding, Sanders, Sorensen, Walters, Waters, Wilkins, Williams, Wright, Berry<br>Vol 2 Ogden Stake lineages of NE, Horne, Hinman, Ollorton, Wiley, Sparks, Young, Cresswell, Stokes, Rowley, Bell, Cooke &amp; Joy, Pool, Matheson, Mathias, Jarvis, Myreel, Hobson, Ivie, Bigelow, Smith<br> w/in Ogden NE: letter from Gen RS, Mayflower, Heywood-Alden, Bidwell, Twitchell-Moore, Bronson-Ferrin, Stone-Pease, Farr, Freeman, Winslow, Tuttle-Morrison-Putnam, Hoyt-Judkins, Judkins-Cowles, Cowles, Rawson-Jackson-Barrow-Holden, Chase-Shaw, Chase, Abbott-Maddock, Child-Shaw-Morris, Child, Belnap, Tracy<br>Vol 3 Abbot, Adams, Aldham, Aldous, Aldrich, Allen, Allred, Andersen, Anderson, Andrews, Andrus, Arthur, Averett, Aveson<br>Vol 4 Badger, Baker, Ballard, BAnford, Bankhead, Barnhurst, Barnson, Barrows, Barton, Baxter, Bay, Beacham, Bean, Beatty, Beauregard, Beecher, Belnap<br>Vol 5 Bennee, Bennett, Benson, Bertelson, Billington, Bingham, Bird, Bishop, Byerregaard, Black, Bladen, Blair, Blake, Blanchard, Bleak, Bolitho, Bonza, Boothe, Boren, Boyer<br>Vol 6 Bradbury, Brady, brailey, Bramhall, brenton, brewer, Briggs, Brindley, bringhurst, Bronson, broom, Brough, Brown, Browning, Bryant, Bryce, Bryner, Budge, Bullock, Bunker, Burdick, Burgess, Burt, Burton, Bush, Bybee<br>Vol 7 Campbell, Canafield, Cannon, Cargill, Carr, Carter, Casper, Chambers, Chase, Chatterly, Christensen, Christofferson, Clark, Clarke, Cliff, Connor, Cooley, Cooper, Cope, Corbin, Corless, Cowan, Cownover, Cox, Cram, Cragun, Crapo, Croft, Crook, Crosby, Cusick<br>Vol 8 Dalpaiz, Dalton, Daniels, Davis, Day, Daybell, Dean, Dern, De Smet, Dickinson, Diehl, Dolbell, Douglas, Downard, Doxey, Draper, Driver, Duke, Dyring<br>Vol 9 Earl, East, Eccles, Edwards, Egbert, Ellet, Ellis, Ellsworth, Emmett, Emmons, Ensign, Esplin, Evans, Everett, Excell, Exford<br>Vol 10 Farnsworth, Far, Farrell, Farrer, Felshaw, Felt, Fish, Fisk, Flinders, Folsom, Ford, Forsgern, Forsythe, Fowler, Franke, Frary, Frazer, Freckleton, Freeman, Frei, Fremont, Frodsham, Fullmer, Funk<br>Vol 11 Gardner, Garner, Garr, Gay, Geertsen, George, Gibson, Gifford, Giles, Gleave, Gledhill, Gordon, Goulter, Grace, Grames, Grant, Green, Greenhalph, Greenwell, Griffin, Grimm, Grix, Groneman, Gubler, Gunn<br>Vol 12 Hadfield, Hadley, Hafen, Haight, Hall, Hamblin, Hamel, Hamson, Hancock, Handcock, Hanks, Hansen, Hanson, Harvey, haslam, hatch, Heaton, Hellewell, Henderson, Henrie, Henry, Hepworth, Hestmark, Heywood<br>Vol 13 Hicks, Higbee, Higgins, Hinton, Hoffman, Holbrook, Holt, Hoover, Hornibrook, Horsepool, Houston, Hovey, Howes, HOxer, Hoyt, Hudman, Hull, Hullinger, Humphries, Hunt, Hunting, Huntington, Huntsmen<br>Vol 14 Ingles, Ipson, Irvine, Irwin, Iverson<br>Vol 15 Jackson, James, Jameson, Jardine, Jarvis, Jenkins, Jennings, Jensen, Jepson<br>Vol 16 Johansen, John, Johnson, Johnston, Jolley, Jones, Jorgensen, Jost, Judd<br>Vol 17 Kanosh, Kearl, Keart, Keate, Kelley, Kelly, Kennedy, Keyes, Kiefer, Kimball, King, Kingsford, Kirk, Kjar, Knight<br>Vol 18 Lake, Lamb, Lamborn, Lance, Langston, Larsen, Larson, Later, Leany, Leatham, Leavitt, Lee, Le Fevre, Leishman, Lewis, Liljenquist, Lillywhite, Limonre, Linford, Lister, Liston, Little, Lloyd, Lofthouse, Loveridge, Lowder, Luke, Lundberg, Lutz<br>Vol 19 McAllister, Macbeth, McBride, McCombs, Mcdonald, Mackelprang, McElprang, McFarlane, MacFarlane, McGaw, McIntire, McIntosh, McIntyre, McMillen, McMullin, McMurrin, Madsen, Malan, Manfull, Mangum, Markham, Marks, Marshall, Mathias, Mathews, Maughan, Maxwell, Mazel, Meissner, Mellor, Merrill, Messa<br>Vol 20 Middleton, Miles, Milligan, Mills, Mitton, Moffat, Montgomery, Moore, Morley, Morrill, Morrison, Mortensen, Moulding, Mowrey, Moyes, Mumford, Munk, Munns, Munsee, Murdock, Murphy, Myers, Myton<br>Vol 21 Naegle, Nebeker, Neilson, Nelson, Newton, Nichols, Niederer, Nielson, Nielson, Nielson, Norton<br>Vol 22 O’Connell, Oldham, Oliver, Olsen, Olson, Ormond, Osborne, Ott, Otteson<br>Vol 23 Pace, Packard, Packer, Palmer, Pardoe, Park, parker, Paul, Peacock, peart, Peay, Pehrson, Peirce, Pendleton, Perkins, Perry, Peterson, Pett, Petty, Phillips, Pidcock, Pierce, Pike, Pitt, Pope, Porter, Poulter, Pratt, Prewer, Price, Pugh, Puzey<br>Vol 24 Quale, Quilter, Ramey, Reber, Redden, Reese, Rice, Rich, Richards, Richens, Riddle, Riding, Robb, Roberts, Robinson, Rodgers, Rodgerson, Rowan, Rozsa, Rudge, Russel<br>Vol 25 Sanford, Sargent, Schmutz, Schreiner, Scovil, Seegmiller, Seeley, Shafer, Shakespear, Shaw, Sherman, Shipp, Shumway, Shupe, shurtliff, Silvey, Singleton, Skanchy, Slack<br>Vol 26 Smith: Bateman, Baugh, Rasmussen, Bingham, Mathews, Robinson, Bybee, Jennett, Batty; Smoot<br>Vol 27 Snow, Sorensen, South, Spalding, Spencer, Spendlove, Spillsbury, Sprague, Staheli, Staiples, Stapley, Starmont, Steed, Stevens, Stewart, Stolworthy, Stone, Stout, Stratford, Stratton, Streeter, Stucki, Surrage, Sutherland<br>Vol 28 Tanner, Taylor: Sharp, Weaver, Colvin; Tebbs, Teeples, Tegan, Theobald, Thomas, Thompson, Thursby, Todd, Toombs, Tracy, trout, Tucker, Tuckfield, Turner, Twelves, Twitchell<br>Vol 29 Unander, Veater, Viroqua, Vogel, Walker: Staheli, Reynolds; Wallace, Walton, Warberton, Warden, Warner, Warnick, Watson, Watts, Weaver, Weber, Welch, Wells, West, Western, Weston, Wheeler, White<br>Vol 30 Widtsoe, Wilbur, Wilcox, Williams, Wilson, Winn, Wintch, Wood, Woodard, Woodbury, Woodward, Woolf, Woolley, Woolsey, Workman, Worthen, Wright, Wyatt, Young, Beauregard, Young<br>Vol 31 Abbott, Barney, Bell, Beyer, Bingham, Campbell, Cox, Cruse, Daley, Eldridge, Fair, Fleming, Fletcher, Gardner, Giaugue, Giesey, Godfrey, Grover, Harrison, Henderson, Higbee, Hills, Horne, Howe, Humphris, Johanson, Langston, Lee, Lisonbee, McKechine, McMurrin, Marcusen, Mellor, Nielson, Petersen, Pulsipher, Reynolds, Rice, Rogers, Smith, Staheli, Stout, Taylor<br>Vol 32 Adams, Enderson, Ballantyne, Berrett, Coffin, Ferry, Gibson, Heiner, Hill, Holmes, Humphris, Hunter, Johnson, Jones, Larson, Neilsen, Rawson, Rich, Thomas<br>Vol 33 Allen, Anderson, Carver, Ferry, Gerber, Hardy, Howe, Isaacson, Lay, Lewis, McDonald, Maybin, Moore, Nicholson, Richards, Roper, Russell, Stagg, Tanner, Walker, Woodward<br>Vol 34 Eldredge, Gardner, Garff, Halverson, McCrary, Heward, Hunt, Jones, Leavitt, McDonald, Perkins, Peterson, Romney, Rondo, Shaw, Speirs, Sylvester, Thurber, Wilcox<br>vol 35 Allre, Brewster, Christiansen, Colton, Davis, Durrant, Eldredge, Fisher, Gtes, Heath, Hendricks, Koerner, Larkin, Mack, Nish, Packer, Rice, Schoenfeld, Smith, Stone, Wheatley<br>Vol 36 Butenoshoen, Carlston, Edgeheill, Fuller, Heath, Jewel, Judd, Knight, Leavitt, Longmore, Pederson, Rich, Rowley, Sanderson, Schweizer, Taggart, Udall<br>Vol 37 Adams, Beckstead, Bills, Camp, [Abraham] Chadwick, Chrstiansen, Crrom, Crosier, Cole, Dockstader, Curfee, Durfee, French, Garner, Hayden, Lovell, Smith, Stain, Taggart, Turner, Wherry, Williams<br>Vol 38 979.2 D3uAakeson, Cox, Driscoll, Gardner, Harley, Hunt, Jensen, Price<br>Vol 39 Clark, Gibson, Gradin, Keeler, may, Montgomery, Remund, Stark, Tatum, Woods<br>Vol 40 Bullock, Curtis, Davies, Francis, Huffaker, Manning, Hansen, Hielsen, Patton, Perry, Skolfield, Thayne, Thomas, Wigle<br>Vol 41 Huffaker, Shelfer, Naegle, The Last Outlaw, Anderson, Hansen, Ewer, Palmer, Allred<br>Vol 42 Ashdown, Beslin, Fauntleroy, Leithead, Mace, Mathie, Meacham, Ratlitt, Reid, Smith<br>Vol 43 Aldous, Arrington, Cummings, Doston, Farnsworth, Gates, Godfre, Kunkel, McBride, Snell, Welling, Wilcox, Wilson<br>Vol 44 Cloward, Duffin, Durfee, Groom, Henricksen, Howe, Jacobs, Mellor, Morley, Poulter, Rigby, Scott, Tanner, Thornton, Tullis<br>