Hi I was looking at the hand cart roster that i had found my family in. I found it in two places and they all agree but my family history sheet says there was another child and i couldnt figure out why he was left off the list, till i read this post. he was 19 at the time his parents and his siblings came to Utah. If he did come earlier or later how do i find out when he came. If i hadnt seen this post i always would have wondered why he wasnt on the list. But this is a possibllity now that i can look at. They were in the third company with Capt. Edward Bunker. Names and dates are the same but just one child missing. But he did come to Utah cause he was married and died in Utah. His name is Henry Davis Rees His fathers name was Thomas John Rees and his mothers name was Margaret Davies and he has 10 other siblings according to my family sheet He was the oldest of the 11. He was born May 24, 1818 in Merthyr-Tydfil Wales and he was married in Spanish Fork Utah to Margaret John on March 29, 1859 and died in Wales ,Sanpete Utah. If any one can help me it would be appreciated. Jackie Carter Tazzy@enol.com 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. 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!