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Tracing LDS Families Research Outline |
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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
CHURCH HISTORY For information about the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints see the following sections of this outline:134899
“Colonization” describes the history of Church settlements and colonies.
“Emigration and Immigration” briefly explains the history and describes the records of Saints who emigrated from Britain, Europe, and Scandinavia, and the journey of the pioneers to Utah.
“Historical Geography” includes reference sources that describe the history of wards, branches, stakes, missions, and their boundaries. Boundary information can help you find ward, branch, and mission records.
“History” discusses key events that affected the lives of Church members and their record keeping. It also lists selected general Church histories, and explains how to find histories of some individual branches, wards, stakes, and missions.
The following sections of this outline describe records created primarily by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
“Census” gives information about censuses taken by the Church to locate and count Church members.
“Emigration and Immigration” describes the records of Saints who emigranted from Britain, Europe, and Scandinavia, and the journey of the pioneers to Utah.
“Membership Records” explains how to find the local branch, ward, stake, or mission documents that show the births, blessings of children, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, move-ins and move-outs, and deaths of Latter-day Saints.
“Missionaries” gives information about indexes and records of members who served full-time missions for the Church.
“Patriarchal Blessings” discusses how to find copies of blessings given by Church patriarchs, and explains their genealogical value.
“Priesthood Records” explains what quorum records are, how to find them, and how to trace priesthood lineages.
“Temple Records” describes how to locate official documents created by temple recorders showing living and proxy priesthood ordinations, endowments, sealings to parents, and sealings to spouse.
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