Shirley, Sorru but I am a terrible speller. The church(?) you are refering too in Kirtland is probably the Kirtland temple, originally constructed by the Mormons, but no longer owned by them ( maybe partially own by them and the Reorganized LDS church, I'm not sure) but no longer used as a temple by the Mormon Church. As for the other question; the Mormons who came West in 1847 were members of the original church who recognized Brigham Young as the next president of the church following the death of Joseph Smith. There were other members who felt that the next president should be the son of Joseph Smith and they are called the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They are headquartered in Independence Missouri. Lisa Ecker sy mistake even for some of us who live in Ohio. One might be > interested in touring their church (is it called a church?) in this town. > It was quite fascinating. However, I became quite confused about the > differences between those who worshipped at Kirtland and those who have > split off from the original religion. Apparently, there are still two > factions. Can anyone explain -- has something to do with Kansas City, Mo. > and a splinter group. Shirley > > At 12:19 PM 01/13/2000 -0500, you wrote: > >Name of the city in Ohio is KIRTLAND, not Kirkland. > > > >Charles Ecker wrote: > > > >> Shirley, > >> > >> I should have opened up all my email last week but now that I have I see > that you had > >> a lot more questions. I agree that these people could have joined the > church in > >> Kirkland , Ohio. When you mentioned a place called Council Point I too > wondered if > >> that wasn't Council Bluffs. When you said that your ancestor was killed > there that > >> aroused my curiosity. There were many who died there during that hard > winter of > >> 1846-47. There is a place across the Missouri River in Nebraska called > Winters > >> Quarters then but now known as Florence. Some 400 persons are buried > there in a > >> common grave and I believe there is a record of all who are buried > there. I have > >> visited it a couple of times as I have some ancestors also buried near > there in > >> unmarked graves. It is too bad that you couldn't go to this cemetery on > your last > >> trip. The LDS church has a visitors center there and I'm sure they could > have been of > >> help to you. It would be interesting to see why your ancestor is listed > as killed. > >> Since it sounds like you had at least one ancestor come West to Utah > with the Mormon > >> pioneers you shouln't have much trouble researching out this line as > there are > >> probably many other descendents who have done this.Have you tried the > LDS site at > >> familysearch.org? Ancestry.com also have a great deal of information on > LDS lines and > >> you could give me your names to type in if you wish. I am a subscriber. > Please let me > >> know what I can do to help. Perhaps if you go on usgenweb for Florence > Nebraska or > >> Council Bluffs, Iowa they might have a listing of those buried at > Council Bluffs > >> (Iowa) or Florence Nebraska in the Pioneer Cemetary. If not, I could > probably find > >> that information for you. > >> > >> Good luck and keep in touch, > >> > >> Lisa Ecker > >> Morgan Utah > >> theeckers@earthlink.net > >> > >> Allan Plucinik wrote: > >> > >> > Shirley, > >> > Yes it is very possible he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of > Latter-Day Saints > >> > in 1832 since it was officially organized April 6, 1830. > >> > > >> > Allan Plucinik > >> > Colorado Springs, CO > >> > > >> > Shirley Farone wrote: > >> > > >> > Lisa, he also mentioned that in 1832 he joined the Church of Jesus of > the > >> > Latter Day Saints. I'm not up on the dates, so do you think this is > possible? > >> > > >> > ============================== > >> > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > >> > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > >> > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >> > >> ============================== > >> Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > >> http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > >> Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > > > > > >============================== > >The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > >12.8 million individuals and counting. > >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/