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RESEARCH OUTLINES AND RESOURCE GUIDES

    Tracing LDS Families
         
    Early Church Information File  (Microfilm #1750655-1750729)
        
    Membership of the LDS Church, 1830-1848  (Microfiche #6031596)

    LDS records available at the Mesa Regional Family History Center:

        Books - Digital Books - Microfiche - Microfilm - M Microfilms - CDs - Reference Desk
        Reference Shelves - Maps - Desktop Programs - Copy Room Publications
        Emigration and Immigration
       

    Resources available in Family History Catalogs: 
       
        Family History Library Catalog (Salt Lake City) (FamilySearch.org)
            Church Census
            Minnie Margetts File (The Membership Card Index)
            Patriarchal Blessings  (Request a Patriarchal Blessing)
            Mormon Migration
            Annual Genealogical Report, Form E
            Early Church Information File
            Early LDS Patron Files
            Family group records collection; patrons section, 1962-1977
            Family group records collection; patrons section, 1962-1979 
 

        Mesa Regional Family History Center Catalog (tabs at top of page)
            Click on Search Books to search by author, title, subject, call number, or place.
            Click on Film/Fiche to search by keywords or film/fiche number.
          

INTERNET WEBSITES

Basic Sites

      New Family Search:  https://new.familysearch.org
      FamilySearch:  www.familysearch.org
      LDS.org:  www.lds.org > Menu > Family > Family History
      Ancestry:  www.ancestry.com $ (Free at the Family History Center)
      Google:  www.google.com  Suggestion: Type in a name, date, and place.
      World Vital Records:  www.worldvitalrecords.com $ (Free at the Family History Center)
                Includes a Latter-day Saint Collection and more.
       Cyndislist:  www.cyndislist.com/lds

Learn  Wiki:  https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page  Type LDS in the search field.

Vital Records

      Arizona Birth and Death Certificates:  http://genealogy.az.gov/
       Early Utah Death Certificates + more:  http://archives.utah.gov/research/indexes/index.html 
       Western States Marriage Index, early marriages:  http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm
       Progenealogists Sleuth:  http://www.progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthb.htm  Links to numerous online vital
                records databases (+ many more links).

LDS Church History/Mormon Pioneers

        Daughters of the Utah Pioneers:  http://www.dupinternational.org/
        Mormon Migration Index, 19th and 20th Century:  http://lib.byu.edu/mormonmigration/
        Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868:  www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch  

Additional Websites

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