The CHURCH of JESUS CHRIST of LATTER-DAY SAINTS
Key worldwide information on LDS - Mormon church history and doctrine: genealogy,
family history, temple work, family history library and family history centers network.

 
President: Thomas S. Monson
Church Conference Center: Conferences
Current Church Leaders - Jesus Christ, The Son of God
STANDARD: "to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children"
Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Text for Books 1 to 9

CURRENT INFORMATION
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What's New in Genealogy and Family History Resources?


 

GENERAL LDS CHURCH INFORMATION:

CHURCH DIRECTORIES and GUIDES:
* All About Mormons
* BYU Master's Theses on Mormonism
* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  Official LDS talks, scriptures and church doctrine.
* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  Wikipedia® references.
* DeseretBook.com - Mormon Life
* Directory of Mormon Websites
* Encyclopedia of Mormonism: Reviewed
* HBLL: Step-by-Step & Research Guides
* International Resources for Latter-day Saints
* LDSFiles.com
* LDSIndex.org
* Liberty, Doctrine, & Self-Suffiency
* Links to Mormon or LDS Sites
* Mormon Studies: A to Z List - Resources 
* Mormonhaven.com
* Mormonism: Mormon Beliefs
* Mormons on the Internet
* My LDS Links
* Portal:Latter-day Saints
* Top LDS Links & Web Sites

LDS BELIEFS & SCRIPTURES: Beliefs & Practices
* Articles of Faith
* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  Official LDS site for talks, scriptures and doctrine.
* FAIR: Guide - Links
  Foundation for apologetic information & research.
* GospeLink.com and Lessons
* Journal of Discourses
* Learn more about the Church (Mormons)
* MormonWiki
  Mormonism, the LDS church, beliefs and religion.
* Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
* Scriptures
  - Book of Abraham Project

              
  - Book of Mormon Online
    - Another Testament of Jesus Christ
    - Portal:Book of Mormon
  - Doctrine & Covenants Sites
* SHIELDS (for Latter-day Saints)
  Scholarly and historical information exchange.

LDS BLOGS - CHAT - FORUMS - MAILING LISTS:
* Blogregate at Mormon Blogs
* FamilySearch Forums - Beta
* LDS and Mormon Blogs
* LDS Genealogy Resources & Forums
* LDS Mailing Lists - LDS Mail.net
* LDS Mormon Forums
* LDSblogs.com
* LDSBlogs.org
* LDSFiles.com - Discussion Forums
* More Good Foundation Blog
* Mormon Apologetics & Discussion Board
* Nauvoo - A Gathering Place for Latter-day Saints
* Sustain'd
* Yahoo! Groups : LDS Genealogy

LDS EDUCATION: BeSmart
* BYU - Brigham Young University
  - BYU Alumni Association: Alumni
  - BYU Hawaii
  - BYU Idaho
  - BYU Jerusalem: Near Eastern Studies
  - BYU: MyBYU News
  - BYU: Digital Collections
  - BYU Salt Lake Center
  - BYU Stake & Ward Information
* Church Educational System (CES)
* CES: Continuing Education Programs
* Honor Code Office: CES Honor Code
* Institute of Religion Locator
* LDS Business College
* Mormon Translations
* National LDS Homeschool Association
  - LDS Homeschooling in California
  - School of Abraham
* Southern Virginia University

LDS LIFE: Culture
* 1 Million Mormons on Facebook
* Christianity - Latter Day Saints
* Deseret Management Corporation
  - Business Divisions
* Family Home Evening
* Famous Mormons
* FatherWork
  Stories, ideas, and activities to encourage
  generative fathering.  "The most important...
  work you and I will ever do will be within
  the walls of our own homes."

        
     President Harold B. Lee

* Films by Latter-day Saint Filmmakers
* Forever Families
^* Humanitarian Services: Latter-day Saint Charities
* Idea Door
* Latter-Day Mac & iPod Users Music/Software: Index
* LatterDaySaintBooks.Com
* LDS Clipart & Mormon Art
  - Inspire Graphics
  - LDS Art - Online Art Gallery
  - LDS Church Approved Clipart
* LDS Living
  Books, day-planners and temple gifts.
* LDS Philanthropies
* LDSProducts.com™
* Living Family & Fun Portal
  ". . . to maintain and strengthen the family
  as the fundamental unit of society."
  - The Family: A Proclamation to the World
* MSTAR Internet Services
* Mormon Life
* Mormon Literature and Database
  - Mormon-J: The LDS Journal-list
    LDS journalists and other historians resources.
* Osmond.com™
* Provident Living
  Spiritual and temporal welfare.
* Publishers of Mormon Content
  - DeseretBook.com
    Books, DVDs, music, art & more for LDS families.
* Seagull Book and Tape®
* SINGLES: TheLDSSinglesSite
  - LDS Mingle® - LDS Pals
  - LDS Singles Online® - LDSRomances.com
* Youth
  - LDS.org - Youth
  - Young LDS
  - Young Women Connection

LDS MISSIONARIES: Mission: District - Branch
* Cumorah Project
* DearElder.com
* Foreign Languages: Translations & Translators
* LDS Mission Network™
^* Liahona Missionary Depot
^* Full-Time Senior & Church-Service
  Missionary opportunities.
* MissionSite.net Missionary & General LDS Links
^* Mormon Missionary Diaries
^* MTC: Missionary Training Center

LDS MUSIC: Latter-day Saints Hymns
* Amazon.com: Mormon: Music
* Jackman Music for Latter-day Saints
* KZION - LDS Internet Radio
  - LDS Radio Online
* LDS Church Music
* LDSMusicOnline.com
* LDS Music World
* Mormon Tabernacle Choir
* Musicians & Artists

LDS ORGANIZATION: Priesthood (LDS Church)
* Curriculum: LDS programs
  - Aaronic Priesthood
  - LDSScouting.org
    - Merit Badges
    - Boy Scout Genealogy Merit Badge
    - Genealogy Merit Badge - Google™ Video
    - Scouting Guidebooks
    - World Organization of Scouting
  - Home and Family
  - Melchizedek Priesthood & Relief Society
  - Optional Courses
  - Primary
  - Sunday School
  - Teaching & Leadership
  - Young Women
* Distribution Services
  Find LDS products, obtain information
  about them and order items online.
* LDSTeach.com
  Home and Visiting Teachers.
* Patriarch: The Stake Patriarch
  Patriarchs benefit the posterity of the saints.
  - LDS Books: Understanding Patriarchal Blessings
  - Patriarchal Blessing Request Form
* Primary Helps and Ideas
  Great ideas for children, teachers and leaders.
* Record-Keeping & Auditing Training
  - Clerks, Leaders, & Members: Working Together
* Relief Society: Introduction and Relief Society Art
  "Charity Never Faileth"
* Stake: Ward [LDS.org - Annual History]
  - LDS Maps - Search: US Stake & Ward Web Sites
    Meetinghouses and local worship services.

LDS REGIONAL INFORMATION:
* Chinese LDS Resources
* European Mormon Studies Association
  - Western Europe - British Isles: Genealogy & FH
    - BBC - Religion & Ethics - Mormonism
    - British Mormon Historical Society
    - LDS Country Website of the British Isles
* LDS Canada
* LDS Church In Latin America: Bibliography
* Pacific Internet Resources
  - Polynesian Cultural Center
    - Polynesian Culture, Facts, Information, & Photos
* United States of America: Search USA Genealogy
  - California State Information
  - Utah: Utah.pdf - Resources [Utah]
    - International Society DUP
    - Sons of Utah Pioneers
    - Universities: Education
  - Utah - FamilySearch Wiki
    (Category:Utah - FamilySearch Wiki)
* Worldwide LDS Country Sites
  - Area (LDS Church) and District (LDS Church)

LDS FAMILY HISTORY & GENEALOGY RESEARCH:

CHURCH HISTORY RESOURCES: Church Archives
* BYU Studies: History of the Church
  LDS books and research.
  - BYU Historic Journals Collection
* Church & Pioneer History of the LDS Church
* Church History Library Use Guide (Family History)
* Church History Maps
* Historic Nauvoo
* History of the Church
  Complete work in HTML.
* Joseph Smith, Jr.: The Parallel Joseph
  First Prophet, Seer, Revelator, Translator
  and President of The Church of Jesus Christ
  of Latter-day Saints.
  - Annotated History of the Church
    Referring to modern research into the events
    narrated by Joseph Smith, Jr. and his clerks.
  - Joseph Smith Jr. & Emma Hale Smith H. S.
  - Joseph Smith Sr. & Lucy Mack Smith Foundation
  - Journals & Diaries: The Joseph Smith Papers
    Biographies and autobiographies: some
    early mormons and others who knew
    Joseph Smith, Jr. and/or his contemporaries.
  - Photograph: Joseph Smith, Jr.
* LDS Church Chronology: Source Information
* LDS History & Doctrine
* List of Latter Day Saint Periodicals: LDS Movement
* Miscellaneous Books
* Mormon History Association and Links
* Mormon Pioneers: Mormon Migration
  - Tracing Mormon Pioneers and Related Links
    For those that belonged to The Church of
    Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the
    Mormon migration period of 1846- 1868 and later.
* Mormons & Their Neighbors
  Persons living between 1820 and 1981 in
  northern Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona,
  southern California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho,
  Wyoming, and southwestern Canada.
* Mormons Research | Find Mormons Articles
* Museum of Church History & Art
* New York P.L. Mormon History Research Guide
* Places To Visit
  - Far West Cultural Center
  - Heritage Gateways: Mormon Trail Wagon Train
  - Hill Cumorah
* Photographs of Church History Sites
* Research Guidance: Early Church Information File
* Studies in Mormon History

FAMILY GENEALOGY & HISTORY: FH Blog
Scholarly world wide resource links.
* BYU - BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY SITES:
  - BYU Broadcasting: Family History
  - Center for Family History & Genealogy
    - CFHG: Guides & Tutorials
  - Continuing Education
    - Conferences & Workshops
    - Finding Your Ancestors
    - Independent Study - Free Online Courses
    - Providing Temple Ordinances
  - Department of History
  - FamilySearch Labs: Blog
  - Libraries & Museums
    - David O. McKay (BYU Idaho): Special Collections
    - Harold B. Lee: Databases A-Z
      - Digital Collections: Family History Archive
      - Family History/Genealogy Guide: Index
      - Genealogical Microforms
    - Howard W. Hunter Law Library
    - Joseph F. Smith (BYU Hawaii)
  - Religion 261 - Online Lessons
  - School of Family Life
* Crash Course in Family History: Book Contents (pdf)
  Step-by-step illustrated guidebook
  to genealogy and family history.
* Databases of the Dead
* DearMYRTLE: Blog and Read: Genealogy Lessons
* Easy Family History
  - Best of Internet - Blog - Help - LDS Center
    Learning Center - Store - Teaching Aids
* Find Your Family Tree.com (CD)
* Genealogy Lessons: Beyond the Veil
  Using LDS family history resources.
* Genealogy Links
* Genealogy Mormons at Genealogy Guide
* Genealogy Resources
* Online Catalog - Family History
  LDS online distribution services.
* Personal Ancestral File: PAF Tutorial
  Personal Ancestral File Forum and
  Personal Ancestral File User Groups,
  such as the Utah Valley - UT and the
  Silicon Valley - CA groups, provide
  resources, assist in managing free PAF
  software downloads for records and
  exchange of research information.
* Tracing LDS Ancestors - FamilySearch Wiki
  - Category:Tracing LDS Ancestors
  - Tracing LDS Families.pdf
* Why Family History?

FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY - SLC UTAH:
Family History Library, in SLC, UTAH,
is the world's largest genealogy library,
with the adjacent FamilySearch™ Center.
* CDROMs at the SLC Library
  Create CD-ROMs containing digital
  images of microfilm and microfiche.
* Cyndi's List - LDS & Family History Centers
* Family History Library Favorites: Internet Bookmarks
  - International: World Resources
    - British
    - Canada & US: US States
    - South America
  - News & Events
  - Search Engines
* GSU Worldwide Activities
* Mormon Genealogy
* Preparing to Visit the SLC FH Library
* SLC FH Library Floor Plans
* SLC FH Library Catalog
* SLC FH Library FamilySearch™
* SLC FH Library History
* SLC FH Library Record Collections

REPRESENTATIVE FH CENTERS:
Category:Family History Centers - FamilySearch Wiki
FH Centers from FamilySearch™
* About Family History Centers
* Belgium LDS FH Centers [Belgium Europe]
* Brigham Young University [UT US]: Family History
  BYU center for family history and genealogy.
  - BYU - Idaho FHC [ID - US]: Special Collections
* Camden County FHC [NJ US]
* Dartmouth FHC [NS Canada]
* Haftford Stake FHC [CT US]
* Howell FHC [MI US]
* Las Vegas Regional FHC [NV US]
* Lethbridge FHC [AB Canada]
* Logan Regional FHC [UT US]
* London FH Centre [England UK]
* Los Angeles FHC [CA US]
* Mesa Regional FHC [AZ US]
* New York City FHC [NY US]
* Oakland Regional FHC [CA US]
* Ogden Regional FHC [UT US]
* Orange Regional FHC [CA US]
* Orem Utah Sunset Heights FHC [UT US]
* Pocatello Regional FHC [ID US]
* Riverton FamilySearch Library [UT US]
* Sacramento FHC [CA US]
* San Diego FH Centers [CA US]
* St. George Regional FHC [UT US]
* Utah County FH Centers [UT US]
  - Utah South Area - Provo FHC [UT US]
* Vernal FHC [UT US]
* Victoria FH Centre [BC Canada]

SYSTEM FHC & FHL RESOURCES:
* 25 FHC Research Tips
* Administering Family History
  Priesthood and auxiliaries
* Ancestry.com
  Fee and selected free based online resources.
  - Latter-day Saint Records
* Family History Consultants: Helps and Links
* Family History Library System
* Family History Resources
* Family Record Extraction Program
* FamilySearch: FamilySearch Forums - Beta - News
  - Discover Your Ancestors and FamilySearchWiki
* FHC Computer Specialists : fhctech
* FHCNET Mailing List
  For directors and others closely associated
  with operations of LDS family history centers.
* FHCWiki
* LDS Church Internet Learning System
* LDS FHC - Connecticut Records - US
* LDS FHC - Irish: County Monaghan
* LDS FHC - Scottish Genealogy
* LDS FHL - Jewish Records
* LDS Microfilms
  - Using LDS Microfilms - FIBIwiki
    India genealogy example: Church Records.
* LDSTech: LDSTech Wiki
  How technology is being used by the LDS church.
* Microform
  Microfilm (reels) and microfiche (flat sheets).
* Ten Frequently Asked Questions

TEMPLES and PRIESTHOOD ORDINANCE WORK
* How Do I Begin . . .
  - International Genealogical Index
    - IGI Batch Numbers
    - IGI - International Genealogical Index
    - Using the Batch Numbers
  - New FamilySearch
    - AncestorsWaiting
    - NFS Temple Process
  - Submitting Names to the Temple
  - Temple & Family History Work
* List of Temples - Wikipedia®
  - Current Temples - Schedules
  - HOUSE of The LORD
  - Individual Temple Pages
  - LDS Church Temples.com
  - Temple Preparation FAQ
    - Dressed in White
  - Visit Temple Square

WORLDWIDE INFORMATION and HISTORY:
* Ancient & Modern Genealogies
  - Sub Books:  The Stick of: Judah (Nathan) and Levi
* Bible Artifacts
  - Ark of the Covenant (Images)
* Early Tabernacle in the Wilderness
* Ensign and New Era: Family History & Genealogy
* First Temples Sites
  - Holy Temple
  - King Solomon's Temple
* Temple Information
* Temple (Latter Day Saints)