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LDS History
bigpigeon.us webpage Pott. Co. >  LDS History > LDS Links, updated by RAC 17 Apr 2021.

This webpage contains print and web resources specific to exploring two topics: LDS presence in the Big Pigeon area of Iowa and the story of Kirsten Pedersen's extended family. 
Go to my Resources Overview webarea for additional resources that I use in my research.


​==> Part 1 - External Links to Mormon Historical Databases.

Stake, Ward and Branch and Other Organizational Information:
  • ​Early Branches of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1830-1850 by Lyman D. Platt - http://mormonhistoricsites.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/NJ3_Platt.pdf
  • Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by Susan Easton Black, 1993, 6 volumes - https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/534926?availability=Family%20History%20Library

European Mission:
  • Emigration from the LDS Scandinavian Mission 1854-1868 index - https://user.xmission.com/~nelsonb/scan_roster.htm​​
  • Scandinavian Mission - https://history.lds.org/missionary/mission/scandinavian?lang=eng
  • Early Mormon Missionaries 1830-1930 database - https://history.lds.org/missionary/?lang=eng
  • Legacy of Sacrifice: Missionaries to Scandinavia, 1872–94, Susan Easton Black, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Ruth Ellen Maness (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2007) - https://rsc.byu.edu/available-bookstores/legacy-sacrifice-missionaries-scandinavia-1872–94 ​

Atlantic Crossing - Databases and Lists:
  • Mormon Migration (Atlantic crossing) database - https://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu
  • Mormon Emigrant Companies list - https://user.xmission.com/~nelsonb/ship_list.htm
  • Scandinavian Mormon Emigrant Companies list - https://user.xmission.com/~nelsonb/scand_ships.htm

Atlantic Crossings - Selected Companies:
  • 1852, Italy, Liverpool to New Oreans - https://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/mii/voyage/185?europe=on&query=italy&dateFrom=&sweden=on&voyage=on&scandinavia=on&mii=on&netherlands=on&dateTo=
  • ​1852-53, John E. Forsgren Company, Liverpool to New Orleans - https://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/mii/voyage/141?europe=on&query=forsgren&dateFrom=&sweden=on&account=on&scandinavia=on&passenger=on&mii=on&netherlands=on&dateTo=&voyage=on
  • 1855, Peter O. Hansen Company, James Nesmith, Liverpool to New Orleans - https://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/mii/voyage/186?europe=on&query=james+nesmith&dateFrom=&sweden=on&account=on&scandinavia=on&passenger=on&mii=on&netherlands=on&dateTo=&voyage=on
  • 1855, Richard Ballentyne Company, Charles Buck, Liverpool to New Orleans - https://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/mii/voyage/78?europe=on&query=charles+buck&dateFrom=&sweden=on&account=on&scandinavia=on&passenger=on&mii=on&netherlands=on&dateTo=&voyage=on
  • 1855-56, Knud Peterson Company, John J. Boyd, Liverpool to New York - https://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/mii/voyage/197?europe=on&query=boyd&dateFrom=1855&sweden=on&voyage=on&scandinavia=on&mii=on&netherlands=on&dateTo=1856
  • 1856, James G. Willie Company, Thornton, Liverpool to New York - https://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/mii/voyage/343?query=Thornton&dateTo=1857&voyage=on&netherlands=on&passenger=on&scandinavia=on&sweden=on&mii=on&europe=on&account=on&dateFrom=1855
  • 1861, Jabez Woodard Company, Monarch of the Sea, Liverpool to New York - https://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/mii/voyage/248?europe=on&query=monarch+of+the+sea&dateFrom=&sweden=on&voyage=on&scandinavia=on&mii=on&netherlands=on&dateTo=
  • 1862, Christian A. Madsen Company, Franklin, Hamburg to New York - https://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/mii/voyage/144?europe=on&query=franklin&dateFrom=&sweden=on&account=on&scandinavia=on&passenger=on&mii=on&netherlands=on&dateTo=&voyage=on

Overland Travel - Databases and Lists:
  • Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel database - https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel

Overland Travel - Selected Companies:
  • 1852, Eli B. Kelsey Co., Kanesville to Salt Lake City (first 28 Scandinavian Mormon immigrants) - https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/companies/176/eli-b-kelsey-company
  • 1853 Miller/Cooley Company, Six Mile Grove, NE to Salt Lake - https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/companies/205/daniel-a-miller-john-w-cooley-company
  • 1853, John E. Forsgren Company, Keokuk to Salt Lake (first Scandinavian company) - https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/companies/119/john-e-forsgren-company
  • 1855, Richard Ballentyne Company, Mormon Grove to Salt Lake - https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/companies/59/richard-ballantyne-company
  • 1856, Canute Peterson Company, Florence to Salt Lake - https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/companies/234/canute-peterson-company
  • 1856, Willie Handcart Company, Iowa City to Salt Lake -
  • https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/companies/319/james-g-willie-company 
  • 1862, Ansil P. Harmon Company, Florence to Salt Lake - https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/companies/141/ansil-p-harmon-company-1862​

==> Part 2 - External Links to Selected Mormon Historical Resources.

More Links - Atlantic Crossing:
  • Autobiography of Peter Gottfredson (John J. Boyd passenger in 1855-56) - https://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/mii/account/713?europe=on&query=boyd&dateFrom=1855&sweden=on&voyage=on&scandinavia=on&mii=on&netherlands=on&dateTo=1856

More Links - Overland Travel:
  • Western Migration Timeline - https://history.lds.org/timeline/historic-sites/wyoming/us-migration-mormon-emigration-and-the-handcart-experiment?lang=eng
  • Eastern Ends of the Mormon Trail by Stanley B. Kimball, The Ensign, Jan 1980 - https://www.lds.org/ensign/1980/01/eastern-ends-of-the-trail-west?lang=eng
  • The 1853 Mormon Migration Through Keokuk by Fred E. Woods and Douglas Atterberg, The Annals of Iowa, Vol. 61 Nbr. 1, Winter 2002, pp. 1-23 - https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=10535&context=annals-of-iowa
  • Iowa City Bound: Mormon Migration by Sail and Rail, 1856-1857 by Fred E. Woods, The Annals of Iowa, Vol. 65, Nbr. 2, Spring 2006, pp. 162-189 - https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1047&context=annals-of-iowa
  • Mormon handcart pioneers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_handcart_pioneers​​
  • "Down and Back": Wagon Trains by William G. Hartley, The Ensign, Sep 1985 - https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1047&context=annals-of-iowa

Links to General Mormon History:
  • History of the Latter Day Saint movement - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement
  • The Contributor: Representing the Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations of the Latter-day Saints, Vol. 13, pp. 415-416: (story of first 28 Scandinavian immigrants) - https://books.google.com/books?id=r9YRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA416&lpg=PA416&dq=%22kelsey+company+1852&source=bl&ots=Oj1hIlSTvR&sig=pywDIikSdv-feFYB4o_YpNXuesA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwigtbDM__vYAhVRVWMKHQ1QDUEQ6AEIPzAF#v=onepage&q=%22kelsey%20company%201852&f=false

Links to Midwestern Mormon History:
  • 1838 Missouri Mormon War - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1838_Mormon_War
  • 1838 Missouri Hahn's Mill Massacre - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haun%27s_Mill_massacre
  • Mormon settlements near the Missouri River 1846-1853 - https://winterquarters.byu.edu/Settlements
  • The Closedown of LDS Iowa Settlements in 1852 that Completed the Nauvoo Exodus and Jampacked the Mormon Trail by William G. Hartley, BYU Studies Quarterly, 52, issue 3, 10-1-2013, article 5 (p.5 includes map Settlements around Kanesville, Iowa in 1852 by Brandon S. Plewe) -https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4463&context=byusq
  • Mormons and Early Iowa History (1838-1858): Eight Distinct Connections by William G. Hartley, The Annals of Iowa, 59, Summer 2000, pp. 217-260 - http://files.lib.byu.edu/mormonmigration/articles/MormonsAndEarlyIowaHistory1838To1858.pdf
  • Mormon Influence on Scandinavian Settlement in Nebraska by Edith Matteson and Jean Matteson, Originally published in On Distant Shores: Proceedings of the Marcus Lee Hansen Immigration Conference; Aalborg, Denmark June 29 - July 1, 1992 -  https://user.xmission.com/~nelsonb/nebraska.htm

Links to Pioneer Utah Mormon History:
  • 1857-58 Utah Mormon War - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War
  • Utah Mormon War - U.S. Government versus Mormon Settlers - http://www.historynet.com/utah-war-us-government-versus-mormon-settlers.htm
  • 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_Massacre
  • Winkler, A. (1987). The Circleville Massacre: A brutal incident in Utah’s Black Hawk War. Utah Historical Quarterly, 55(1), 4-21. - https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=2868&context=facpub​​

Links to personal journals, diaries, histories, blogs, and biographies (see also the A House Divided webpage):
  • Cooley, John William (Cooley's Mill on Big Pigeon Creek) - http://gordon.buttars.me/familyhistory/Cooley,%20John%20William/John%20William%20Cooley.pdf​​

==> Part 3 - Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints (RLDS, now Community of Christ).
  • links to searchable volumes of Saints' Herald - http://www.latterdaytruth.org/periodicals.html​

==> Part 4 - Restoration Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (devolved from RLDS in 1980s):
From The Story of the Church by Inez Smith Davis:
  • Scandinavia  (first RLDS mission) - http://www.centerplace.org/history/misc/soc/soc62.htm​
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