Early [LDS] Church Information File

Hello everyone!

Last night at DearMYRTLE's Salt Lake Study Group, Nadine told us that the reference desk folks at the Family History Library, in Salt Lake City, Utah, are unfamiliar with this collection. Today I was at the Library on other business, and happened to visit with Arlene Eakle, Ph. D. who also remembers this collection that was once housed in a bank of wooden card catalog drawers. The index cards were created for each ancestor, and as items were catalogued, an entry on the card was usually typed (sometimes written by hand) to reference the ancestor’s mention in another work. So Ol’ Myrt here went a looking, and found the entry in the Family History Library Catalog as follows:

The Early Church Information File “is an alphabetical index of individuals. It occupies 75 rolls of microfilm (FHL films [beginning with] 1,750,655­729) and contains about 1,500,000 entries from over 1,000 sources about Latter-day Saints and their neighbors. The index is international in scope and should be among the first sources checked when searching for Latter-day Saint ancestors or persons living in areas heavily populated by Latter-day Saints. It mainly covers sources from 1830 to the mid-1900s.” See also: Early church information file : Resource guide. Expect to find information from such sources as:

· Latter-day Saint membership records
· Ward histories
· Family histories
· Local histories
· Journals
· Collective biographies
· Priesthood records
· Missionary records
· Periodicals
· Cemetery records
· Immigration records
· Marriage records of Utah and some of Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Illinois, and California

The FHL Microfilm numbers are as follows. Be sure to use a high-magnification film reader, as these are tiny 16mm films.

Aabbost, Ellen - Allen, Joseph W. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750655 ]
Allen, Josephine - Anderson, Maud L. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750656 ]
Anderson, Maud S.- Avery, Jennie R. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750657 ]
Avery, Jerusha B. - Barnes, Joseph R. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750658 ]
1 Barnes, Joseph Ralph - Beecher, Almira L. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750659 ]
Beecher, Amy M. - Bingham, Blanche R. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750660 ]
Bingham, Bonnie L. - Bongberg, Jane P. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750661 ]
Bongers, Hannah - Bridge, Amanda R. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750662 ]
Bridge, Ann - Brownson, Seymour - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750663 ]
Brox (unnamed infant) - Busby, Thomas - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750664 ]
Busby, Violet - Carlson, Axel Robert - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750665 ]
Carlson, Asenith - Chatterson, Alice M.P. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750666 ]
Chatterson, Cecle - Clark, John H. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750667 ]
Clark, John H. - Comish, Joseph Nephi - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750668 ]
Comish, Lee S. - Crabtree, Marlow L. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750669 ]
Crabtree, Marlow L. - Cutler, James E. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750670 ]
Cutler, James L. - Dawson, Ruth - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750671 ]
Dawson, Ruth - Dotson, Daisey W. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750672 ]
Dotson, Daisey W. H. - Eatough, Lizzie - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750673 ]
Eatough, Lucy W. - Erickson, Brita L. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750674 ]
Erickson, Carl W. - Fenwick, Gertrude A. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750675 ]
Fenwick, James - Fowler, Annie - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750676 ]
Fowler, Annie - Gardner, McKay - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750677 ]
Gardner, Madalene D. - Glover, Chester L. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750678 ]
Glover, Clara - Greenwood, Earl S. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750679 ]
Greenwood, Earl S. - Hall, Asel A. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750680 ]
Hall, Ashel R. - Hansen, Vera P. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750681 ]
Hansen, Vera P. - Haswell, Helen M. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750682 ]
Hatch, Sister - Henshaw, Mary - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750683 ]
Henshaw, Mary - Hodgin, Alice - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750684 ]
Hodkin, Caroline W. - Howard, William W. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750685 ]
Howard, W.W. (elder) - Hutchinson, Olive - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750686 ]
Hutchinson, Opal - Jefferson, Dorothy - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750687 ]
Jefferson, Edna S. - Johnson, Azer - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750688 ]
Johnson, B. - Jones, Lillian K.D. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750689 ]
Jones, Lillian P. - Kendrick, Edward G. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750690 ]
Kendrick (Hendrick), Edward P. - Knowles, Clara T. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750691 ]
Knowles, Clara T.P. - Larson, Carrie - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750692 ]
Larson, Carrie E. - Lewis, Evelyn H. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750693 ]
Lewis, Evelyn - Lowdon, Lillian A. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750694 ]
Lowe, Baby - McDonal, William - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750695 ]
McDonald - Madsen, Neil M. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750696 ]
Madsen, Neil S. - Matkins, Thos. Lester - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750697 ]
Matkovich, Stane Z. - Millard, Hannah C. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750698 ]
Millard, Hannah - Morgan, John - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750699 ]
Morgan, John - Murzbach, Herman C. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750700 ]
Musch, Paul - Nickerson, Sarah Shines - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750701 ]
Nickerson, Susan S.M. - Olivato, Maria B. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750702 ]
Olive, Chester O. - Paks, H. Clark - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750703 ]
Pain - Pearson, Lars - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750704 ]
Pearon, Lars - Peterson, Melva S. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750705 ]
Peterson, Melvin B. - Poscoe, Mary E.F. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750706 ]
Posey - Radmall, William Henry - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750707 ]
Radmell, Joseph A. - Rice, Rachel S.B. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750708 ]
Rice, Rebecca - Robins, Joseph - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750709 ]
Robins, Joseph - Ruby, John - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750710 ]
Ruby, Lasie M.B. - Schuchart, Eva L.C. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750711 ]
Schuck, Henry - Sherwood, Daniel - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750712 ]
Sherwood, Daniel H. - Sloan, William K. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750713 ]
Sloan, William K. - Smith, Mary Edith - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750714 ]
Smith, Mary E. - Sorentzen, Beatrice W. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750715 ]
Soret, Hedwig S. - Steele, Dorothy Muir - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750716 ]
Steele, Dorothy M. - Stope, Fannie S. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750717 ]
Stopford, Harriet A. - Talley, Lillian - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750718 ]
Talley, Marey - Thomas, David - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750719 ]
Thomas, Davis - Tillett, John H. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750720 ]
Tillett, Lavania - Twitchell, Amy J.P. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750721 ]
Twitchell, Anciel - Walwluogel, Esther K. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750722 ]
Walema, Edger - Watkins, Elvin - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750723 ]
Watkins, Elza T. - Westesson, Petra Cary - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750724 ]
Westafall, Annie O. - Wilcox, Catherine - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750725 ]
Wilcox, Catherine Webb - Wills, Janet P. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750726 ]
Wills, John - Woodbury, Thomas H. - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750727 ]
Woodbury, Thomas H. - Young, Brigham - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750728 ]
Young, Brigham - Zysling, Kornelisk - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1750729 ]

Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
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