DUP Histories and Photos Collection

"Brothers and Sisters, do not be weary in well doing.  If you feel your contribution is small or insignificant, remember that the worth of souls is precious in the sight of God.  Our opportunity is to prepare the way, and accomplish the ordinance work, after faithful research, that these souls may prepare for the glory which is their divine opportunity."  Thomas S. Monson

Hi everyone!

Welcome to the second installment of the Family History Moment!  Spend just a moment and check out this tip to help with your family history.

Ever wanted to have more than just names and dates in your family history files?  Here's a fast and easy way to collect personal histories on your pioneer ancestors.  Most of you will find you have many ancestors with histories in the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers' (DUP) collection. 


Who should you look for?  Their website defines those they have histories on as an "ancestor who came to the geographic area covered by the State of Deseret/Utah Territory; died crossing the plains; or was born in the Utah Territory/State of Deseret before May 10, 1869".  Check on your fan chart (see last week's tip!) for those who:

1.  were born in Utah before May 1869,
2.  those who died in Utah as early as 1847 and as late as the 1940's or 1950's (they could have come as children)
3.  others who may not have died in Utah, but died during the period mentioned above who may have come as pioneers, and then left the state before they died

Take those names and search the history index at the DUP to see if they have a history for you!! 

Here's the link to the index for Individual histories:

http://www.dupinternational.org/pioneer_index.php

They also have a collection of pictures of these pioneers.  The index for the pictures is:

http://www.dupinternational.org/photoIndex.php


Plug in those names to see what they have!  If you find a history or photo that you would like to see, you can go to the DUP office (and museum) downtown.  A volunteer will help you find what you are looking for.  You can pay to photocopy the histories, or get a disc with the picture.  Here is their website for location and hours:

http://www.dupinternational.org/

Next week's topic:  Cemetery photo project!

Happy history hunting and have a great week!!