LDS GENEALOGY BOOKS ONLINE: PART 2

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ABSTRACT:  In Part 1 of this series we discussed where to find genealogy books online and their formats, usually in pdf (Portable Document Format).  This class continues with additional titles that have lots of LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) members information in them.  Everything we discuss is available for free and is completely searchable and all are either downloadable or usable for screenshots. The notes and related articles, all with active internet links, are on my website  http://uvtagg.org/classes/dons/dons-classes.html .

    WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION TO CLASS

  1. Instructor is Donald R. Snow ( snowd@math.byu.edu ) of Provo and St. George, Utah.
  2. These notes, with active internet links and other related articles, are posted on Don's website  http://uvtagg.org/classes/dons/dons-classes.html .
  3. Tips:  (1)  Easy to put an icon on your desktop for the URL for these notes, or any website, by dragging the icon from in front of the address in your browser onto your desktop.  (2)  To open a link from here in another tab, so you keep your place in these notes, hold down the Control key while clicking the link.
  4. This class continues the discussion of free books online containing LDS genealogy.

    5. GENEALOGY BOOKS ONLINE

  5. There are many websites with genealogy books, some of which we discussed in Part 1 of this series and gave their URL's -- FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Google Books, and HathiTrust
  6. In Part 1 we also discussed that the format of these is usually pdf and searchable; if not searchable after downloading, they need to be OCR'd (Optical Character Recognized) to make them searchable.

    7. GENEALOGICAL SURVEYS OF LDS MEMBERS 1924-1929

  7. 34 volumes of 4-page forms hand-written by Church members about themselves and their ancestors; the Church program was from about 1924 to 1929
  8. FamilySearch Catalog -- https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/55034?availability=Family%20History%20Library
  9. Bottom of Catalog entry shows the alphabetical content of each volume 
  10. Each volume starts with a several-page typed index of persons submitting the forms and Vol 01 starts with all of these typed indexes for all volumes; the hand-writing is not searchable, but the typed indexes are    
  11. Can download entire volumes or do screenshots of any parts you want    

    12. SUSAN EASTON-BLACK(-DURRANT) COMPILATIONS

  12. Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1830-1848
    1. 50 volumes of LDS members
    2. Includes information much beyond 1848  
    3. FamilySearch Catalog -- https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/334417?availability=Family%20History%20Library
    4. Scroll to bottom to see contents of volumes 
    5. Volumes are every-word searchable  
    6. Can download, print, or do screenshots of pages you want 
    7. Not error-free, but may give you information and where to look for more 
  13. Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/534926?availability=Family%20History%20Library -- 6 volumes - scroll to bottom to see contents of each volume; searchable and downloadable  
  14. Annotated Record of Baptisms for the Dead 1840-1845 Nauvoo, Illinois -- https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1052072?availability=Family%20History%20Library -- 7 volumes with names, dates, who for, proxies, witnesses, etc. 

    15. CONCLUSIONS

  15. For LDS members in the early 1900s, you might find good information in the Genealogical Surveys of LDS Members.
  16. These sources are not well-known, but worth checking.  
  17. Additional books with LDS genealogy are discussed in other classes.
    18. Return to the  Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group Home Page  or  Don's Class Listings Page .