In a message dated 3/9/2004 8:00:54 PM Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Message Board Post: Not really sure on the true why. But I heard it was for their belief in the morman faith.I also read somewhere that the brothers were free masons before they were mormans.And that Joseph held high preist ranking. Orilyn If you go back to ROOTSWEB and the Mailing lists and search the archives you'll find A LOT of conversations regarding the SMITH's. [email protected] Orilyn, I haven't seen all of your posts...What exactly are you trying to figure out about Joseph Smith? I have Joseph's Journal and a few others books with info. I found this list of books on the internet http://www.lds-mormon.com/joseph_smith.shtml Joseph Smith by, C. Clark Julius, MPS The Philalethes-August 1987 http://www.lds-mormon.com/jsmith.shtml Mrs Walker [email protected]