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.