Links to Pioneer Records on the Internet
The purpose of the above web site is to provide tips for those tracing their Mormon Pioneer ancestry from Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, and South Africa to Salt Lake City, Utah. It has been over 150 years since the arrival of the first pioneer company to Salt Lake City in 1847 and many have not traced their pioneer heritage. This site is most useful to those who have had members of their family tree that belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the Mormon migration period of 1847-1868.This site will show you step-by-step on how to find those pioneer ancestors you have been wondering about.
When you get to the above site, click on "Quick Menu" at the bottom,
and a good place to start is the link: Pioneers Links at the bottom...or
click here on:
Pioneer
Links
Other links to Mormon Pioneer Web sites
The Mormon Trail (a different site)
Biographies on Mormon Pioneers
Western States Historical Marriage Index
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel
or even better yet!......
use your Google.com search engine at : google.com/
and type in the name you are looking for. For example, if you are looking
for information on Elizabeth Jackson,
who was part of the Mormon Handcart Complany, you would type into the search
engine:
"elizabeth jackson" +handcart
and hit the search button.......a whallah!
Prepared by Barbara Lewis: lewisroots@comcast.net 9-11-2012
contains records from the following:
Church Membership Records
International Genealogical Index ...IGI
Ancestral File
Pedigree Resource File
Temple Ordinance Records
Extracted or Indexed Records
Records from the medieval unit
Information contributed by Familsearch users
TO FIND YOUR ANCESTORS...go FIRST to
and check back OFTEN