Hey all,
This is just a small post to let you know about some of the great stuff that is going on in the digitizing of Church History. The Church History Library is in the process of digitizing hundreds of thousands of records (In May Richard Turley, assistant Church Historian, said there would be 500,000 documents and 50,000 pictures available on the internet by the end of this year). Here are just a few links to some of these cool things:
General Conference Reports: The Church is scanning and making available full color and keyword searchable scans of all of the old Conference reports.
Joseph Smith's Papers: As part of the Joseph Smith Papers Project, the Church is scanning and transcribing every document that we have from the Prophet Joseph Smith. These are also searchable for people and places. If you had ancestors who knew the Prophet Joseph Smith, try looking for them here. As more documents become ready, more people and places will be added, making this a very good place to do some family history.
Brigham Young's Letterbooks: Ok, so this might be more exciting to me than anybody else, but Brigham wrote thousands of letters during his lifetime and many of them are available right here. While this takes a little more navigating by using the indexes to each letterbook, this can also be a goldmine of family history for anyone who is interested.
This is just the beginning. My friends at the Church History Library assure me that there is a lot more to come. Thanks for putting up with my excitement.
Brett
That's really neat! I'll need your help as I begin my quest to do family history! I don't know how to research very well... Your ability to find useful and relevant information in a library amazes me! Thanks for sharing!
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