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The women who entered plural marriage generally did so out of a firm belief in the Restored Gospel and the prophetic ministry of the Prophe...

Here is Sidney Tanner writing to his brother-in-law, Apostle Amasa Lyman, as Sidney evacuated both their families from San Bernardino u...

Based on information in the Early Mormon Missionaries database, I have updated the list of Southern States Mission Presidents . Since...

The entry for John Morgan in the Early Mormon Missionaries database is deceptively simple since it does not capture any details of his...

The new Early Mormon Missionaries database includes a short entry about Philip Pugsley's mission to the Sandwich Islands, now Hawa...

Here is an excerpt from the Early Mormon Missionaries entry for William Lester Glade: Early Mormon Missionaries William Lester Gla...

Archibald Newell Hill was an early Scottish convert from Canada. I have not told his life story yet because it is complicated and at least...

The Mormon pioneer migration was an immense undertaking, requiring careful oversight by the leaders of the Church. John D. Lee filed th...

As the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began evacuating Nauvoo for points west, Elias Smith recorded a roll of t...

From Hosea Stout's diary: Sunday 14th Apl 1850. Went to meeting in the fore-noon. Heber [C. Kimball], Geo A. [Smith] & B. Y. [Br...