{"id":12723,"date":"2016-03-11T11:04:42","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T16:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=12723"},"modified":"2022-12-16T13:05:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T18:05:34","slug":"new-early-mormon-missionaries-database-check-it-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/new-early-mormon-missionaries-database-check-it-out.html","title":{"rendered":"New \u2018Early Mormon Missionaries\u2019 Database: Check It Out!"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I see a new genealogy database, I usually check to see if the content might apply to my family.<\/p>\n

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Source: Early Mormon Missionaries database<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One database announced at\u00a0#\u200eRootsTech<\/a>\u00a0in Salt Lake City last month was a new online resource that documents Mormon missionaries who served between 1830 and 1930, titled: \u201cEarly Mormon Missionaries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well \u2013 I didn\u2019t know anyone in my family that served \u2013 so I didn\u2019t think this database would apply to my family. I first searched for anyone named \u201cKemp\u201d \u2013 there were over 30 entries \u2013 but none of them were a match for members of my family tree.<\/p>\n

I searched for a few more surnames and decided there were probably no matches for members of my family. I gave the database one last search \u2013 this time by location. I did a search for \u201cStamford, Connecticut\u201d \u2013 the town where I grew up \u2013 just to see what I\u2019d find.<\/p>\n

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Source: Early Mormon Missionaries database<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Boy, was I surprised. There was my cousin, James Alonzo Jerman (1812-1847), who was born in Stamford. What do you know \u2013 he must have converted to the Mormon faith \u2013 and it says he served a mission in Nova Scotia. His father was a minister in Stamford.<\/p>\n

Notice that you can click on the link to \u201cView This Person on FamilySearch\u201d and see him in his family tree. Very handy.<\/p>\n

Small world.<\/p>\n

Check out the Early Mormon Missionaries database \u2013 you might find a long-lost cousin like I did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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