I want to share with you the results of a suggestion I made to FamilySearch. I asked them why they have not put the Mormon Immigration Index and the Overland Trail Index on FamilySearch. I think it is a great idea, especially since the Overland Trail has been removed from LDS.org. I got sever emails telling me where to find the information, some more helpful than others. I have put the best information here so you can have it. Don’t buy the CD. I think we have an extra if you really want it, but it is on the server and you can access it at the FHC under CD Databases > Resource File > Mormon Immigration Index. It is a list of Mormons who came with a Mormon group across the ocean to join the saints.
From: FamilySearch [mailto:noreply.familysearch@getsatisfaction.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:31 AM
To: FamilySearch
Subject: New reply: "Add Pioneer databases to FamilySearch"
DaybyDay replied to Add Pioneer databases to FamilySearch, an idea about FamilySearch.
Hello Alice,
Thank you for your suggestion and we hope the content you are recommending will be online soon. We are sending your recommendation to the appropriate department for consideration.
In the meantime you will find great information in FamilySearch's wiki. Click on the Learn tab in FamilySearch.org. Enter search term "LDS Emigration and Immigration."
We have researched further and found a little more information about locating early Pioneer records and being able to read them and seek more information from them.
Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923 is found on FamilySearch.org under Historical Record Collections.
The Mormon Immigration Index is available on CD through store.lds.org or from the distribution center.
It is a very long address but it allows you to purchase the CD
http://store.lds.org/webapp.wcs/stores/servlet/Products3_10705_10551_21013_-1_196272
The CD, Mormon Immigration Index is not online yet. However much
of the material it contains can be accessed at
http://www.lib.byu.edu/mormonmigration/
The Mormon Overland Travel, 1847-1868, is the most complete listing of individuals and companies in which Mormon pioneer emigrants traveled west to Utah from 1847 through 1868. It is an incomplete listing, as rosters have not been found for all companies. It also identifies sources to learn more about the experiences of each company.
http://lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch/1,15773,3966-1,00.html
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