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Evaluate Your Information

Evaluate Your Information. Decide what information you want to learn. Background Information Sources You may need geographical and historical information i.e. Church boundaries (branch, ward, stake, or mission)

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Evaluate Your Information

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  1. Evaluate Your Information Decide what information you want to learn

  2. Background Information Sources You may need geographical and historical information i.e. Church boundaries (branch, ward, stake, or mission) Previous Research Sources Ancestral File, Pedigree Resource File, Family histories, Original Documents Membership records, Priesthood record, Temple records Select A Record To Search

  3. Look for Indexes Search each record throughly Realize information on microfilm may not be stored logically Suggestions For Searching the Records

  4. Who provided the information? Did the informant witness the event? Was the information recorded near the time of the event or later? Is the information logical and consistent with other sources about the family? Does the new information verify the information found in other sources? Does the information suggest other places, events, time periods or records to search? Evaluate the information you find

  5. Endowments Sealings Ordinance Index LDS Church History Ward, Branch stake, and mission histories Biographical collections and individual biographies Periodicals Family Histories Records In The Family History Library Catalog • Baptisms • Marriage records • Biographies • Migration records • Blessings • Missionary records • Church census's • Patriarchal blessings • Confirmation records • Priesthood records

  6. Records available from 1830 to present Since 1877 the Church has prepared printed books FHL has membership records through 1948 Historical Department has records through mid-1970s CHURCH RECORDS

  7. Journal (1830 – 1870) Long Book (1877- 1900) Three-part Record (1900-1920) Box Type (1920-1941) Card Memberships (1941 – present) Membership Records

  8. Membership Record

  9. Deceased Members File (1941 – present) Annual Reports E or Form 42FP (1907 – 1984) Membership Card Index Missionary Records (1830 – 1979) Patriarchal Blessing Index (1833 – 1963) Available here in our center Membership Records

  10. Church Census

  11. Utah Research Outline Early Church Information File Worldwide LDS Ship Register (1840-1913) Mormons on the High Seas: Ocean Voyage Narratives to America (1840-1890) Mormon Pioneer Companies Crossing the Plains (1847-1868) Church Almanac Emigration And Immigration

  12. Andrew Jenson's (FHLC# 6053258) Encyclopedic History of the Church Jill Anderson Ward LDS Place Names Gazetteer Gazetteers

  13. Early Church Information File FHLC# 637,304 Family Search Ancestral File Ordinance Index Genealogy

  14. Archive Section (1942-1969) Has five million family group records submitted for proxy work. Use the Temple Records Index Bureau as an index. Patron Section Three million records submitted from 1924 – 1979 for filing only. Family Group Records Collection

  15. LDS periodicals with genealogical information are indexed in the Early Church Information File. They are also found by title in the FHLC. Evening and Morning Star (1832 – 1833, MO)(1833 – 1834, OH) Messenger an Advocate (1834 – 1837, OH) Times and Seasons (1839 – 1846, IL) Millennial Star (1840 – 1970, England) Periodicals

  16. Early priesthood quorums often kept records of their members. Records may be more complete than ward or branch membership records. May contain birth date's, parent's names, ordinances performed. Priesthood Records

  17. Ancestral File Ordinance Index Original temple records Temple Ready Temple Records Index Bureau (TIB) Temple Records

  18. Alphabetical index of individuals Containing 1,500,000 entries on 75 rolls of film (1,750,655 – 729) Includes over 1,000 sources about LDS Saints and their neighbors Covers sources from 1830 – mid 1900's. Sources include: Early Church Information File

  19. Mormons and Their Neighbors Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830 – 1848 Mormon Manuscripts to 1846 Nauvoo Temple Endowments Register Early Church Information File Indexes

  20. Simplify your genealogical research by quickly identifying useful sources. Identify possible family connections. Find birth, marriage, and death information. Find the names of an ancestor's relatives. Locate individuals in a specific geographical area. Obtain useful biographical information. How can the Early Church Information File help you?

  21. Every name mentioned in all Later-day Saint sources that have been indexed. All sources about Latter-day Saints Every membership records All Latter-day Saint sources that are available in the Family History Library Information on living people Every large LDS index. The file does not include information from: The file Does Not Include

  22. The names are listed alphabetically by surname Select The Microfilm You Need

  23. If a card does not have call numbers but included the phrase “Bapt. Nauvoo” or Nauvoo Bapt.” it refers to the records of baptisms for the dead. These records are on the following Films: Nauvoo Baptisms Book A 183,376 Nauvoo Baptisms Book B-C 183,378 Nauvoo Baptisms Book D 183,379 Nauvoo Baptisms

  24. U.S. LDS Ward Records

  25. Volume I: (979.2258 A3j v1) Gazetteers and maps. International genealogical index (IGI) supplements. Temple records index bureau (TIB). Family group records and pedigree charts. Temple recorders records Volume II: (979.2258 A3j v2) Reference books. Indexes. Biographical records. Vital records. LDS Church records of membership. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers

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