Since more people are joining the list every day, I thought I'd post a message on the "Utah Immigration Card Index, 1847-1868," also known as "Crossing the Plains Index, 1847-1868." This is an index of families and individuals who crossed the plains to Utah in the years indicated. Except for the handcart companies, these names are NOT on the "LDS EMIGRANT ROSTER & VOYAGE HISTORY 1840-1869" CD-ROM. They can be ordered for viewing at local Family History Centers. Many of the large FHCs have them as part of their permanent collection, along with the "Crossing the Ocean Index" and LDS Ship Registers. FHCs next to temples are the ones most likely to have these films on hand. Otherwise, there is a $3.50 postage/handling view to order each film for viewing at your local FHC. The index is "incomplete" because there aren't complete rosters for all wagon/handcart companies. Considering that about 48,000 men, women and children emigrated to Utah 1847-1868, I'd say the index was pretty darn good. If your ancestor had immigrated to California or Oregon, you'd have much less of a chance of finding such information. One of our list members indicated an aunt was a church history missionary in SLC working on pioneer emigration lists, so the work goes on. P.S. If you found your ancestor on a ship register, you might find the ancestor didn't go to Utah right away, but stayed in the Northeast or St. Louis, Missouri for a year or two to earn enough money to continue west. Often, different members of a family went west at different times. A son or daughter in his/her late teens or early 20s might be sent ahead, with the parents following the next year. I found several cases of this practice among the 9th Handcart company families. So don't be put off if you find several cards for a family with different years of emigration. The citation from the Family History Library Catalog is below: FORMAT: 3 microfilm reels NOTES: Microfilm of original card index at the Church Historian's Office. CONTENTS: Alphabetical index of names of many LDS immigrants to Utah. Contains ages of immigrants, name of pioneer company, dae of arrival in Salt Lake City, sometimes name of ship on which the immigrant crossd the ocean, date of departure from a foreign port; and sources of information. Indexed by head of the family. Index incomplete. A--Ek 0298440 El-Mo 0298441 MU-Z 0298442 Happy hunting!