Tracing Latter-day Saint Ancestors

Key LDS Ancestor Research Links
 * [http://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/ Mormon Migratio new!
 * free index.
 * Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel 1846-1868 free index
 * [https://familysearch.org/pioneers#/ Pioneer Ancestors Searc
 * [http://www.earlylds.com/ Early Latter-day Saintsa Mormon Trail Pioneer Database
 * [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/contentlisting.aspx?cat=lds WorldVitalRecord LDS database genealogy, marriages, cemeteries, military, land, and priesthood records
 * [http://www.footnote.com/documents/27343636/utah-territorial-case-files/?xid=47 Fold3.com Utah Territorial Case File criminal and civil
 * [http://www.footnote.com/documents/18708629/mormon_battalion_pension_files/ Fold3.com Mormon Battalion Pension File affidavits, letters
 * [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/cardcatalog.aspx#ccat=hc%3D25%26dbSort%3D1%26title%3DLDS%26keyword%3D%26 Ancestry.com ($) LDS database biographies, petitions, military

Value
If your LDS ancestors have been researched before, are they well-documented? Do your [[Family group record: roadmap for researchers|family group record] show one or more [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|sources of information for each even]? Don't just settle for copying someone else's research, [[Genealogical Proof Standard|cite the evidence that proves i]! Careful documentation reduces errors, unwanted duplication, and may help uncover an overlooked ordinance.

Featured content
The Perpetual Emigration Fund - With the creation of the new Perpetual Education Fund, some members have expressed interest in finding out about their ancestor's participation in the historical Perpetual Emigration Fund. This article will help you discover if your ancestors were assisted by the fund during their immigration to Utah.

New articles that might be of interest in your LDS research:


 * Members of the United Brethren Baptized by Wilford Woodruff
 * [[Finding the Source of IGI Batch Numbers|Finding the Source of IGI Batch Number]
 * LDS Family History Suite 2

Did you know?

 * The [http://familyhistory.byu.edu/ Center for Family History and Genealog at Brigham Young University has a project devoted to members of the Church who were originally from Wales. [http://welshmormon.byu.edu/ http://welshmormon.byu.edu/seeks to preserve and share information about the early converts to Mormonism in Wales. Its main focus is on those individuals who were involved in the Mormon movement in 19th-century Wales."
 * The Tracing Mormon Pioneer website has indexed several sources related to searching for your LDS ancestors. Included on the site is a tutorial that will help walk you through the steps to locating records about your pioneer families. Read the [[Tracing Mormon Pioneers|Tracing Mormon Pioneer article for more information.

Links
Some useful websites to get started in searching for information about your LDS ancestors include:

Things you can do
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