The state of Utah has a state holiday this week, July 24th, Pioneer Day.
It's to commemorate the day the Latter Day Saint pioneers arrived to the Salt
Lake Valley. The first pioneers arrived July 24th 1847. I have many
LDS pioneers and I love to hear of their faith, courage, and devotion to the Lord.
In honor of those pioneers, this post is to help us find our pioneer puzzle
pieces.
This website is a database of the “Mormon” pioneers who travelled across the
plains to Utah.
http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/
Simply put in your ancestor name and search to see if and when they came
across. Once you locate your ancestor in the database, you will learn the
company and captain that your ancestor travelled with. You can learn more about
your ancestor’s journey by reading about the captain or any journals from
others that travelled in that company. If you have a link that says “Trail Excerpt”
in blue letters, click on the link and it will take you to where others have
written about your ancestor in their journals.
This website is a database of the “Mormon” pioneers who travelled overseas
first and then had to make the additional journey over the plains. If you have
ancestors from overseas, then chances are you will find them in both of these
databases.
http://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/find
This last website is one of my favorite Utah resources.
http://digitalnewspapers.org/
The University of Utah has collected early state newspapers and has
digitized them and made them available online for free! So you may be able to
find an obituary of your ancestor. Or in the Deseret News you may find your
ancestors arrival. You may find a marriage or birth announcement. Don’t give up
after one search. Try many different ways of searching.
Have fun searching and honoring your LDS pioneers. I hope you find some
stories and learn from your ancestors faith and sacrifice.
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