This collection includes 24 different microfilms and may be ordered from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City to use in a local Family History Center (FHC).
Contained on each microfilm is an alphabetical card index listing full-time missionaries set apart up to 1971. The card index also serves as an index to the missionary registers available in the Historical Department – Archive Search Room.
Each card shows the name, birth date and place, parents’ names, home ward and stake, dates set apart, name of the person who set the missionary apart, the actual mission, a reference to missionary records and sometimes the date released.
The FHL Film numbers begin with 1913079 and continue through 1913102.
These microfilms can be accessed through the Family History Library Catalog on t
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he internet site at www.FamilySearch.org.Our family used these indices to verify and/or correct information about ancestors who have served missions. For instance, Nils JOHNSON (my husband's great-grandfather) served as a missionary in the Scandinavian Mission from 1882-1884 but we didn't know that he had also served two other missions in Utah and California.
After finding Nils JOHNSON in the Missionary Record Index, we used other databases to locate him returning home from his mission in 1884. The Mormon Immigration Index documents Nils JOHNSON sailing home from Scandinavia with many other missionaries on the ship "Arizona". The ship made a stop in the port of Liverpool, England before continuing on to New York City.
In the future, we plan to search the historical records of the Scandinavian Mission to locate further information about Nils JOHNSON's missionary experiences.
By researching our missionary ancestors we are not only learning about their lives but able to acknowledge their sacrifice and dedication to the gospel.
