how to use the new familysearch to learn about your ancestors
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How to use the new FamilySearch to learn about your ancestors
What do you know? Saints arrived in
Utah in 1847 The Martin Handcart
company was in 1856
The Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel site on LDS.org covers 1847–1868.
Saints expanded beyond Utah.
What does this suggest? Look for people who
were alive between 1847 and 1868.
Find individuals who died in Utah, or another western state, but were born somewhere else.
If married, they may have had children along the way.
What do you know? Born in England in 1820 Died in Utah in 1896
What does this suggest? He may have been an
convert in England and crossed by ship before crossing the plains.
He qualifies by dates and locations to be a pioneer.
What do you know? Born in Ohio in 1811 Died in Nevada in 1866
What does this suggest? He may have lived in
Nauvoo and crossed the plains
He qualifies by dates and locations to be a pioneer.
What do you know? Born in Virginia in
1813 Died in Virginia in
1869
What does this suggest? He does not qualify by
dates and locations to be a pioneer.
What do you know? Born in Georgia in
1817 Died in Utah in 1894
What does this suggest? He qualifies by dates
and locations to be a pioneer.
What do you know? Born in Georgia in
1820 Died in Mississippi
1883
What does this suggest? She does not qualify
by dates and locations to be a pioneer.
What do you know? Born in Vermont in
1822 Died in Utah 1907
What does this suggest? She qualifies by dates
and locations to be a pioneer.
Did they cross the plains by wagon or handcart or on foot?
What you know
Check the Family Group Record for dates and places for the person’s children
What do you know? 1st child Born in Nauvoo
1842 2nd & 3rd children born
in Missouri
What does this suggest? They may Qualify as
pioneers Parents may qualify as
pioneers
What do you know? The rest of the
children born in Utah
What does this suggest? They may Qualify as
pioneers Parents may qualify
as pioneers
Missionary work started very early in the church
Early Baptisms with later endowments of adults
Early Baptisms with later endowments of adults
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