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Goal 5: Learn about Utah emigration and immigration.
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ALearn about Utah emigration and immigration.
Class Outlines: Basic
Summary
- Learn about the history of, and locations for, Utah immigration.
- Find migration and travel routes for Utah ancestors.
- Learn about Utah emigration and immigration in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Utah Emigration and Immigration - Learn about Utah migration routes in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Utah Migration - Find Utah naturalization and citizenship record resources on the Utah Division of Archives and Records Services site.
- Explore additional links for Utah immigration records on the
LDSGenealogy site. - Explore naturalization resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for emigrarion and immigration records. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Oscar Brigham Young traveled to Utah as a child. Use the "FS: Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database 1847-1868" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- When was Oscar Brigham Young born?
- When did he come to Utah?
- Who were his parents?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Oscar Brigham" as the first name and "Young" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the icon for Oscar Brigham Young.
- Read the information in the center column.
- For the parents' names, click Similar Records for Vitals Utah Deaths and Burials 1888-1946.
- Oscar was born on 10 Feb 1846.
- He came to Utah on 24 Sep 1848.
- His parents were Brigham Young and Harriet E Cook. (Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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