Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
The collection consists of an index and images to the biographical sketches from Frank Esshom's Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneer Books, 1913).

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The following information may be found in these records: • 2

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The following articles will help you research your family in the state of Utah.
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Other FamilySearch Collections
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.

FamilySearch Catalog

 * Pioneers and prominent men of Utah index
 * Utah pioneer biographies, 44 volumes. (1935-1964)

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Frank Esshom, Pioneers and prominent men of Utah : comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies. Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah Pioneers Book, 1913
 * Andrew Jenson. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 volumes. Salt Lake City, Utah : Andrew Jenson History, 1901-
 * Genealogical surveys of LDS members : autobiographies and ancestors. 34 volumes. Salt Lake City, Utah : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1924-1929

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