Mormon Migration Database - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection consists of an index of pioneer immigrants with image links to journals, autobiographies, letters, and other narratives for the years 1840 to 1932. The immigrants were from the British Isles, Scandinavian, Swedish, and Netherlands Missions. Images of the materials are found on the Mormon Migration website from Brigham Young University.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:


 * Name
 * Names of others traveling with the immigrant
 * Gender
 * Married or single
 * Whether member, child, or Priesthood office held


 * Birth date and place
 * Baptism date
 * Residence or current address
 * Remarks

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of your ancestor
 * The approximate date of birth
 * The names of family members and their relationships

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?
When you have located your ancestor’s migration record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. Save a copy of the image or transcribe the information. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details. Add this new information to your records of each family. You should also look for leads to other records about your ancestors.

I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

 * Use the names of the parents' father and mother to find additional generations of the family
 * Use the birth date to search for a civil birth record
 * If your ancestor had a common name, be sure to look at all the entries for a name before you decide which is correct
 * You may need to compare the information of more than one family or person to determine if any of the individuals in this collection are part of your family
 * Additional searches of the records may be necessary to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives
 * This or additional information may also be available in the "Trees" section of FamilySearch

I Can't Find Who I'm Looking for, What Now?

 * Look for variant spellings of the surnames
 * Search the indexes and records of nearby counties
 * Try alternative search methods such as only filling in the surname search box (or the given name search box) on the landing page leaving the other box empty and then click on search. This should return a list of everyone with that particular name. You could then browse the list for individuals that may be your ancestor

Record Finder
Consult the Utah Record Finder to search other records.
 * Tracing Latter-day Saint Ancestors
 * Tracing Mormon Pioneers

Family History Library Holdings

 * Conway B. Sonne. Saints on the seas : a maritime history of Mormon migration, 1830-1890.Salt Lake City, Utah : University of Utah Press, 1983, c1983. FHL 289.309 So59s
 * Conway B. Sonne ; foreword by Leonard J. Arrington. Ships, saints and mariners : a maritime encyclopedia of Mormon migration, 1830-1890. Salt Lake City, Utah : University of Utah Press, c1987. FHL 973 W2ss
 * European emigration card index, 1849-1925 (Crossing the Ocean Index, 1849-1925)

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Scandinavia, Mission Emigration Records, 1852-1920
 * Utah, Mormon Pioneer Overland Trail Database, 1847-1868.
 * The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company Financial Accounts (Worldwide), 1849-1886
 * California, Pioneer Migration Index, Compiled 1906-1935

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Margery Taylor. Worldwide LDS ship register. Salt Lake City, Utah : Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Dept., c1991
 * Mormon Pioneers (Pioneers Charted Ships)

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.

Migração Mórmon, Banco de Dados (Registros Históricos do FamilySearch)