My gg-grandfather's journal was donated to the archives (don't know who donated it) and I was able to hold it in my hands and feel the buck skin cover. It was wonderful. It didn't do me a bit of good to read it due to the fact that it is written n the secretive DESERET ALPHABET. He is a bit of a mystery, anyway, so no one is surprised. I had to prove descendancy before they would let me see it, which was fine with me. Guess what, I happen to live in SLC. I will be more than happy to take some time and do some lookups or go to the archives for anybody. It may take me a week or two to get it all together, you know how it goes...the son's baseball games, part-time job, house, the other two kids, etc... so just let me know. I plan to go and request a few patriarchal blessings myself. I've really learned a lot from you wonderful friends! Holly Carmichael May ---------- > From: Durfee_Lynda@tmac.com > To: HANDCART-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re:[HANDCART-L] Re: HANDCART-D Digest V98 #104 > Date: Friday, June 12, 1998 6:44 AM > > The Church Archives are in the Church Office Building off Temple Square. It is > behind the Joseph Smith Building (old Hotel Utah). I THINK the hours are 8:30 - > 4:30 M-F. I know for sure they close at 4:30, and pretty sure they open at > 8:30. Definitely NOT open evenings and weekends. The church history library is > on the first floor right as you enter from the plaza. The archives are on the > second floor. I'll summarize some of the resources I've used at the archives > below, but my experience consists of a few days worth, scattered over three > visits on trips to Utah. > > The archives does have a computerized catalog, available ONLY at the archives. > HOWEVER, this does not include every item. You can search by subject, author, > surname, etc., but you don't always find something you know to be there. Most > of the computerized catalog is on microfilm. > > There is a separate index on microfiche for ward and branch records. You look > up the name of the ward/branch, then get a number which refers to a series. Then > you need to ask what records are available for that ward/branch (relief society, > priesthood quorums, etc.). > > There also is a missionary index to find information on the dates and place of > service of missionaries, going way back. This is on both film and fiche. > > When you go to the archives, you need to have a clear idea of what you are > looking for. You definitely need to know to ask the right question. The staff > are very helpful, but if your don't find something, you should ask if there are > records not in the catalog in your area of search. You might call first to ask > about records and sources. Well worth the cost of a long-distance phone call. > > Good luck. > > ____________________Reply Separator____________________ > Subject: [HANDCART-L] Re: HANDCART-D Digest V98 #104 > Author: Cballd@aol.com > Date: 6/11/98 7:49 PM > > Could someone please tell me about the church archives. A lot of my Great > grandfather's papers were donated there years ago. Would I be able to access > these? Where are the archives? What hours? What's available? etc. etc. I hope > to get down there again this summer. I spent a full hour at the FHL last month > while my daughter-in-law walked around temple square, then we got back in the > car and continued toward home (Seattle.) > Thanks for your help, > Cindy Alldredge > > Received: from valhalla.tmac.com (192.206.250.2) by ccmail.tmac.com with SMTP > (IMA Internet Exchange 2.12 Enterprise) id 000099BF; Thu, 11 Jun 98 19:52:36 > -0400 > Received: from fp-1.rootsweb.com (fp-1.rootsweb.com [207.113.233.233]) by > valhalla.tmac.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id TAA21707 for > <Durfee_Lynda@tmac.com>; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 19:59:37 -0400 > Received: (from slist@localhost) > by fp-1.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA17578; > Thu, 11 Jun 1998 16:55:41 -0700 (PDT) > Resent-Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 16:55:41 -0700 (PDT) > From: Cballd@aol.com > Message-ID: <84b46864.35806d0c@aol.com> > Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 19:49:31 EDT > Old-To: HANDCART-L@rootsweb.com > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 for Windows 95 sub 52 > Subject: [HANDCART-L] Re: HANDCART-D Digest V98 #104 > Resent-Message-ID: <"1DeECD.A.CJE.n5Gg1"@fp-1.rootsweb.com> > To: HANDCART-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-From: HANDCART-L@rootsweb.com > X-Mailing-List: <HANDCART-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/741 > X-Loop: HANDCART-L@rootsweb.com > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: HANDCART-L-request@rootsweb.com >