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Tracing LDS Families
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Basic Search Strategies
Records Selection Table
Archives And Libraries
Biography
Census
Church History
Church Records
Colonization
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Genealogy
Historical Geography
History
Membership Records
Military Records
Missionaries
Newspapers
Obituaries
Patriarchal Blessings
Periodicals
Priesthood Records
Temple Records
     Access To Temple Records
     General Indexes To Proxy Temple Records
     Proxy Temple Records
     Living Temple Records
     Submitting Names For Temple Work
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions

FOR FURTHER READING


You can find more information about members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in:

Barton, Noel R. “Latter-day Saint Sources for Tracing Early British Mormons.” In World Conference on Records: Preserving Our Heritage, vol. 6 of British Family and Local History, Part II, series 424. [Salt Lake City]: Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1980. (FHL book 929.1 W893 1980 vol. 6 pt. 1; fiche 6085745; computer number 104785.) This includes branch and conference membership records, minutes of councils and conferences, the Millennial Star, financial records, Church and US passenger lists and registers, patriarchal blessings, correspondence, British Mission manuscript history, the Journal History, and more.

Clement, Russell T. Mormons in the Pacific: A Bibliography. Laie, Hawaii: Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1981. (FHL book 289.39016 C591m; computer number 81016.) This is a bibliography about the Church and its members in Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanisia. In includes holdings at Brigham Young University-Hawaii campus, the Brigham Young University-Utah campus, and the Historical Department. Asian cultures were not included. The references include personal diaries, journals, mission histories, books, periodicals, and periodical articles.

Jaussi, Laureen R. Genealogy Fundamentals. Provo, Utah: Jaussi Publications, 1994. (FHL book 929.1 J327g; computer number 732927.) This is a basic family history research handbook. Several chapters deal with history and use of ordinance records and indexes, the Family History Library Catalog, Ancestral File, and Family Group Records Collection.

Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507; computer number 135805.) These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership records and the temple films.

Utah Research Outline (31081). 3rd ed. Salt Lake City: Family History Library, 2000. (1st ed. on FHL book 929.1 F21ro US-STATES no.45; fiche 6105284; computer number 719415.) Describes major sources of information about families from Utah. Outlines for the states of Illinois, Idaho, Arizona, Nevada, and Wyoming may also list many sources with information about Latter-day Saints.

Young, Stephen Charles. “Alternate Genealogical and Historical Sources for Early LDS Families from Ontario.” Genealogical Journal 18, no. 1 (1990): 5–16. (FHL book 973 D25gj vol.18; computer number 261185.) This is a combination history, bibliography, and list of early Church members in Ontario.


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COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS


The Family History Library welcomes additions and corrections that will improve future editions of this outline. Please send your suggestions to:

Publications Coordination
Family History Library
35 N. West Temple Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84150-3400
USA
Fax: 801-240-2597
Internet e-mail: fhL@Ldschurch.org
We appreciate the archivists, librarians, and others who have reviewed this outline and shared helpful information.

Paper publication: Third edition January 2000. English approval: 01/00.

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