Family history students at Brigham Young University's Center for Family History and Genealogy are working in conjunction with Church Historic Sites to identify the residents of Nauvoo, Illinois, from 1839 to 1846. Wherever possible, each resident will be documented from birth to death in the records of the time. This data is available to all who are interested in the history of the community, as well as descendants seeking information about their families.

Researching English ancestors? Dr. David H. Pratt, Emeritus Professor of History at Brigham Young University and Accredited Genealogist Emeritus, has prepared this up-to-date tutorial outlining some efficient ways to trace English persons in the past. This web site will also assist professional scholars doing biography, demography, prosopography, the study of a place or the family as an institution as well as the genealogy.

The Immigrant Ancestors Project uses emigration registers to locate information about the birthplaces of immigrants in their native countries, which is not found in the port registers and naturalization documents in the destination countries. Volunteers working with scholars and researchers at Brigham Young University are creating a database of millions of immigrants based on these emigration registers.

This website offers guidance in the deciphering of manuscripts and other old documents that were printed in old typefaces or written in old handwriting styles. Languages covered here include English, German, Dutch, Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. The content of this website may be useful for genealogical, historical, and literary research.