Latter-day Saint Newspapers
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Newspapers publish notices of marriage, divorce, death, funerals, obituaries, and wartime casualty lists. Notices include names of the persons involved, the date of the event, and may contain maiden names, names of parents, and other relatives.
Newspapers also publish articles of local interest including religious and social events in the community with the names of those involved. Some newspapers serve several communities and devote columns to the everyday happenings in the area. Newspapers also include legal notices, estate sales, and advertising for local businesses. Latter- day Saints may be mentioned in newspapers of the areas where they settled. In addition, they may also be mentioned in one of the newspapers published by the Church.
The FamilySearch Library does not usually collect newspapers. However, the University of Utah and Brigham Young University and most college libraries have good newspaper collections. For a list of 13 newspapers published by the Church see:
"Church Newspapers." Deseret News 1989–1990 Church Almanac. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News, 1988. (FS Library book 289.305 D457). See page 191. Lists title, years published, first editor, and place of publication.
Deseret News
In 1850 the Church established the Deseret News. This newspaper includes many articles of genealogical interest including immigrants, obituaries, and wedding announcements.
Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah). Weekly. 1850–1898. Salt Lake City, Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957. (FS Library films 026586–614).
Deseret News; Semi-Weekly (Salt Lake City, Utah). 1866–1905. Salt Lake City, Utah: Office of the Church Historian, 1960–1961. (FS Library films 241150–81).
Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah), 1867–1961. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1955–1961. (On 437 FS Library films beginning with film 26899). Copies of the Church News are included.
Many of the old Deseret News and Deseret Evening News and other Utah newspapers are available online.
Indexes to the Deseret News
Jenson, Andrew. Index to the Deseret News Weekly 1850–1900. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957. (FS Library film 026586). Index to the weekly, semi-weekly, and evening news through 1901 (despite date in the title). This indexes several immigrant rosters not available elsewhere. Obituary references are found under "deaths" in this index.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Historical Department. Index to Journal History. See History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for more information.
For a bibliography of indexes to the Deseret News see:
Bashore, Melvin Lee. Survey of Indexes to the Deseret News. Salt Lake City: Indexing Services, Latter-day Saint Church Historical Dept., 1987. This source is available in the Historical Department—Church Library. It explains how to use seven indexes at the Historical Department and Brigham Young University.
Deseret News Death Notice Indexes at USGenweb Utah State Page
Deseret News Weekly Death and Marriage Notices 1852-1888
Latter-day Saint Newspapers
Abstracts of Death Notices unique to the Deseret News Semi-Weekly of Salt Lake City, Utah 1865-1900 http://sites.rootsweb.com/~utsaltla/archive/obit_DeseretNewsSW.html
Church News
Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah). Church News: News of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 48 Volumes. Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah 1931–1967. (FS Library book Q 979.225/S1 B3dc). The Church News for 1937–1961 is also available on microfilm with the Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah), 1867–1961 cited previously. This newspaper contains historical articles and biographical sketches of some Church leaders and pioneers. Indexed in:
Index to the Church News, a Section of the Deseret News. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1955–1965. (FS Library book Q 979.225/S1 B3dc index).
Bashore, Melvin Lee. Index to the Church News [1931–1960]. Salt Lake City, Utah: Indexing Services, Latter-day Saint Church Historical Dept., [1987?] This is on 6 microfiche and in a computer database.
For other indexes to the Church News from 1961 see the Index to Periodicals of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints described in Latter-day Saint Periodicals.
Early Latter-day Saint Newspapers
The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine ran a series of articles from 1936 to 1940 containing transcriptions of early newspapers published by and about members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The transcriptions contain records of deaths and marriages. Image numbers, below, refer to PDF files available on FamilySearch.org and were current as of July 2015. Each PDF file contains all four issues of the UG&H Magazine for the given volume and year.
- Utah genealogical and historical magazine - v. 27 (1936). Death and marriage records covering 1759-1836.
- Utah genealogical and historical magazine - v. 28 (1937). Transcriptions from the Times and Seasons, The [Nauvoo] Wasp, and the Nauvoo Neighbor. The Wasp was a weekly newspaper published in Nauvoo, Illinois, William Smith, editor, from 16 April 1842 to 3 May 1843 when it was superseded by the Nauvoo Neighbor.
- Utah genealogical and historical magazine - v. 29 (1938). Transcriptions from the Nauvoo Neighbor. and The Frontier Guardian. The Frontier Guardian was a semi-monthly four-page newspaper published at Kanesville (now Council Bluffs), Iowa, by Elder Orson Hyde. The first number was issued 7 February 1849.
- Utah genealogical and historical magazine - v. 30 (1939). Transcribed from The Frontier Guardian.
- Utah genealogical and historical magazine - v. 31 (1940). Transcriptions from The Frontier Guardian.
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