Founders' Family Archives

Dorothy Smith & Ellsworth Clark | June Bushman & Hyrum Smith | Lorezno T. Shepherd Family | Ezra T. Clark Family | Jesse N. Smith Family

Welcome 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

  • URLhttps://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.

Locations

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

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.

Locations

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

Scope and Content

Lorenzo T. Shepherd Mission Journal

Locations

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

  • URLhttps://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.

Locations

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

  • URLhttps://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.

Locations

Nauvoo, Illinois; Salt Lake City, Utah; Lethbridge, Bountiful, Utah; Snowflake, Arizona

Notable records

  • 1880s Jesse N. Smith Ledger
  • Kinsman Newsletters
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