Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Journal History (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) This source is a day-by-day scrapbook of events in Church history, kept by the Church History Library.

Online Copy
The online version of the Journal and the index is available on the Church's history website. The index is available at the Journal's index image viewer. As of April 2014, images of the the Journal from 1830 up through 1923 are online. Later dates are only available on microfilm.

Microfilm Copy
The microfilm copy covers from 1830 to 1973. It includes the largest collection of pioneer company rosters 1847 to 1868, priesthood ordinations, missionary labors, records of new missions and stakes, conference reports, and obituaries taken from newspaper clippings, extracts from journals, letters, histories, biographies, and manuscript material. The microfilms do not circulate to Family History Centers, but are available at the Family History Library, at the Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library, and at the Marriott Library (Univ. of Utah).


 * There is an alphabetical card index which shows the date and page number for names, places, events and subjects. Digital images of this card index are available online:
 * Journal History Index Aalborg to Hermiston
 * Journal History Index Herald to Rhinoceros
 * Journal History Index Rhodes to Uintah Basin Indian
 * Journal History Index Uinta Basin Industrial to Zylts
 * There is also a non-circulating microfilm edition of the card index called the  .