Our Purpose
The history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—casually dubbed Mormonism—is a modern epic. As a website, we desire to share that story with the world by sharing engaging, factual, and succinct accounts of the faith, dedication, and sacrifice of church members. We seek to be an honest resource where one can find biographies of past presidents and other influential members of the Church, personal accounts of church members, sourced articles regarding historical events, and online books on church history.
In addition to providing educational content, this website seeks to provide knowledge that may be used to satisfy one’s own curiosity, clear up confusion regarding certain historically-rooted subjects within the Church, strengthen personal testimonies, and promote open conversation between members and non-members alike. We invite you to not only read the information provided about the history of the Church, but to ponder upon the things which you learn.
Sincere questions and comments are always encouraged, as is guest content.
The Personal Account of Ephraim K. Hanks
Ephraim K. Hanks is the subject of a 2013 feature film released at the end of May. He was among the first to arrive to give aid to starving, snow-bound survivors of the Martin and Willey handcart companies, Mormon pioneers making their way to Salt Lake City. These...
Jesse Nathaniel Smith, Cousin to Joseph Smith, Relates His Parents’ Conversions
I am induced to commence my autobiography, that facts and incidents which I deem interesting and important may be placed within the reach of my children. Although my father [Silas Smith] had received the testimony of his brother Joseph [Smith, Senior] concerning the...
Mary A Savage’s Personal Account of Her Parents’ Conversion to Mormonism
I, Mary Abagail White Savage, am the daughter of John Griggs White and Lucy Bailey who were born in Connecticut. I was born in the State of New York, town of Parishville, Lawrence Co., March 30th, 1832. When I was about 12 years old my father moved to Ohio and settled...
Lucy Hannah White Flake’s Reflections of the Mormon Pioneer Migration to Utah
Both of my parents, Samuel Dennis and Mary Burton White, were born in “York State” as New York was then called, and had moved, with their parents to Illinois, where in Knox County on the 23rd of August 1842, I was born, the eldest of their children. When I was two...
The Office of Church Patriarch in the LDS Church
The word “patriarch” is more commonly used in religious references. In Judaism, for example, “patriarch” may be used to refer to one of the three forefathers of Israel - Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The word may also be used in reference to the twelve sons of Jacob, or...
People Collect Historic Mormon Currency
Mormons—or members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes inadvertently called the Mormon Church—believe in preserving the history of the Church as well as the history of the members. The Church’s history includes endeavors in private currency...
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