At 04:44 PM 6/16/98 -0400, Durfee_Lynda@tmac.com wrote: >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. Imagine my disappointment when viewing the microfilm of the rosters for the ship Brooklyn that my Emma Bravandt was supposed to be on and the page where she was supposed to have signed was BLACK! Ahhhh! I called up my cousin who lives in Salt Lake and she was able to view a good film and copied both the page my Emma was on and the front page of the Captain's log with his signature and the date, time and exact place that the Brooklyn docked in New York. What a wonderful way to see her handwriting and know that she really was just a single young woman who came all by herself from Denmark to join the church. She survived the hardships of the Willie Handcart Company, thankfully, or I wouldn't quite be 'me' today ;) Terri