Founders' Family Archives
Dorothy Smith & Ellsworth Clark | June Bushman & Hyrum Smith | Lorezno T. Shepherd Family | Ezra T. Clark Family | Jesse N. Smith FamilyWelcome to our Family Archives
As Kindex founders, our first priority was to rescue our own family records. To this end, we’ve gathered all our ancestral archives into one place to make it easy for our families to discover, transcribe, and search our family records. We are happy to share them with you and hope you will catch the spirit of our incredible ancestors who laid the groundwork for us. To access the archives, contact us for a guest login. This login will provide access to all family archives under a single login.
-Cathy Gilmore & Kimball Clark
Dorothy Smith and Ellsworth Clark Archive

Info
- URL: https://smith-clark.kindex.org
- Archive Owner: Cathy Gilmore
- Total Records: 1573
- Indexed: 27%
- Accessibility: Public
- Source: Records gathered, scanned, and added collaboratively by descendants of Dorothy Smith and Ellsworth Clark.
Scope and Content
Contains letters, photos, documents, diaries, personal writings, verse, and art created by Dorothy Smith and Ellsworth Clark between 1916 and 2008. Also includes additional photos and documents created by associated family and friends related to Dorothy and Ellsworth, including letters, documents and photos dating from the late 19th-century.
Salt Lake City, Utah; Lethbridge, Alberta; Snowflake Arizona; Southern/Eastern Idaho (Paris, Georgetown, Montpelier, Victor, St. Anthony, Parker)
Notable records
- Diaries and letters containing LDS Church History in Lethbridge, Alberta from 1915-1930
- Close associations with LDS artist Torleif Knaphus and Mormon leaders including Hugh B. Brown
- Caretaking of the Cumorah Farm in Palmyra from 1934 to 1939 and early records of Cumorah Pageant
- Religious and social history in Salt Lake City from 1929 to 1940
- Book of Remembrance containing LDS religious history between 1920 and 1940
- Letters from Emma Larsen Smith, 5th wife of Jesse N. Smith
Ezra T. Clark Archive

Info
- URL: https://ezratclark.kindex.org/
- Archive Owner: David S. Clark
- Total Records: 638
- Indexed: 12%
- Accessibility: Private
- Source: Records compiled by descendants of Ezra T. Clark and the Ezra T. Clark family organization.
Scope and Content
Archive contains photos, letters, and other family records belonging to Ezra T. Clark, his wives Mary Stevenson, Susan Leggett, and Nancy A. Porter. Archive also contains some records related to Timothy Baldwin Clark.
Utah; Southern States, Drytown, California
Notable records
- Collected missionary letters from Charles Rich Clark during his LDS Southern States Mission in 1890s
- Charles Rich Clark Journals
- Collected Ezra T. Clark letters belonging to Ruth Bentley. Letters span 1870s to 1890s.
- Ella Shepherd Clark Book of Remembrance
- Heber D. Clark Postcard collection
Lorenzo T. Shepherd Archive

Info
- URL: https://shepherd.kindex.org
- Archive Owner: Cathy Gilmore
- Total Records: 244
- Indexed: 0%
- Accessibility: Private
- Source: Church History Library Catalog
Scope and Content
Lorenzo T. Shepherd Mission Journal
Salt Lake City, England Wales
Notable records
- Lorenzo T. Shepherd Mission Journal
- FamilySearch family records from William Shepherd and Mary Ann Tracey
Hyrum and June A. Bushman Smith Archive

Info
- URL: https://hyrumsmith.kindex.org
- Archive Owner: David S. Clark
- Total Records: 323
- Indexed: 3%
- Accessibility: Public
- Source: Records compiled by descendants of Hyrum and June Bushman Smith. Hyrum Smith diaries contributed by David S. Clark.
Scope and Content
Collected photos, letters, documents, and other family records of the Hyrum and June Bushman Smith and their descendants.
Lethbridge, Alberta; Salt Lake City, Provo, Bountiful, Utah; Palmyra, New York; Snowflake, Arizona
Notable records
- Hyrum Smith Collected Diaries, 1918-1960
- June B. Smith Harker Book of Remembrance
Jesse N. Smith Family Archive

Info
- URL: https://jns.kindex.org/
- Archive Owner: Cathy Gilmore
- Total Records: pending
- Indexed: 0%
- Accessibility: Public
- Source: Records compiled by descendants of Jesse N. Smith and wives Emma Seraphine West, Margaret Fletcher West, Janet Mauretta Johnson, Augusta M. Outzen.
Scope and Content
Collected photos, letters, documents, diaries, family newsletters, and other family records of the Jesse N. Smith and their descendants. Scope of archive includes records belonging to or authored by Jesse N. Smith and wives Emma Seraphine West, Margaret Fletcher West, Janet Mauretta Johnson, Augusta M. Outzen, and their children.
Nauvoo, Illinois; Salt Lake City, Utah; Lethbridge, Bountiful, Utah; Snowflake, Arizona
Notable records
- 1880s Jesse N. Smith Ledger
- Kinsman Newsletters