Tracing Latter-day Saint Ancestors

This page contains resources for individuals researching ancestors who were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Key Latter-day Saint Research Links
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 * Mormon Places: an interactive gazetteer of thousands of places of interest to the history of the Church
 * Mormon Migration: a database documenting those Church members who crossed oceans to gather in Utah
 * an alphabetical index to early Latter-day Saints, for more information visit the wiki page on the index
 * Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel 1846-1868: a database of Church members who crossed the plains along the Mormon Trail
 * Pioneer Ancestors Search
 * Early Latter-day Saints: a database of pioneers of the Mormon Trail
 * WorldVitalRecord LDS databases genealogy, marriages, cemeteries, military, land, and priesthood records
 * Fold3.com Utah Territorial Case Files criminal and civil
 * Fold3.com Mormon Battalion Pension Files affidavits, letters
 * Mormon Battalion Association Muster rolls
 * Ancestry.com ($) LDS databases biographies, petitions, military
 * Tracing Scandinavian Latter-day Saints
 * Tracing Scandinavian Latter-day Saints

Value
Many genealogies of members of the Church have been handed down for several generations. If you are the recipient of one of these genealogies, is it well-documented? Do your family group records show one or more sources of information for each event? Don't just settle for copying someone else's research, cite the evidence that proves it! Careful documentation reduces errors, unwanted duplication, and may help uncover an overlooked ordinance.

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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.

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Did you know?

 * The Center for Family History and Genealogy at Brigham Young University has a project devoted to members of the Church who were originally from Wales: http://welshmormon.byu.edu/
 * The Tracing Mormon Pioneers website has indexed several sources related to searching for your ancestors who were members of the Church. 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 article for more information.