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Church History Biographical Database

The Church History Biographical Database contains information about the lives of over 100,000 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as they worked to build Christ's kingdom on the earth. Included in the database are records of pioneer immigrants to Utah, early missionaries, and Mormon Battalion participants. The Database also provides thousands of source documents to aid your research.

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Articles

By Franco Arellano
July 2024

Celebrating Women in the Church History Biographical Database

The Church History Biographical Database contains information about many early Latter-day Saint women. Read inspiring stories of several of these amazing women below.

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Franco Arellano
July 2024

Church History Biographical Database Frequently Asked Questions

The Church History Department answers the most frequently asked questions about the Biographical Database. Learn what it is, how to use it, and more below.

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Mormon Battalion
November 2020

Top Five Reference Questions about the Mormon Battalion

Learn about the Mormon Battalion, its influence on the history of the United States, and some events it participated in that you may not have heard about before.

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Missionary

Grateful for a Missionary Heritage

Modern prophets and apostles share inspiring stories about their ancestors' missionary service.  

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Missionary

Accepting the Call

When the Saints settled throughout the Intermountain West, the assigning of mission calls switched from a call from the pulpit or a personal conversation to correspondence by mail.

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Using data from your FamilySearch tree, we can now show your direct ancestors in the search results. To turn this feature on, you will be redirected to FamilySearch where you will need to log in. Once logged in, you will be returned to the Church History Biographical Database.

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