Original Nauvoo Temple Endowment Records
A man named Florillo Baldwin Morris K2J9-6VB is well documented in the FamilySearch Tree, with 9 sources. He was born 14 February 1829.
Search Records pulls up another source for Florillo B. Morris. He is mentioned on the Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register on image 366 (of 437), page 2 of Appendix B. These are names of people who are mentioned as having received Initiatory ordinances but with no record of endowments. The birth date is given as 14 February 1809. Because the name is unusual and the dates are very similar, it seems possible that this record refers to the same person, with the birthdate read incorrectly from the original records when the index was compiled in 1974. This could be resolved by viewing the original records.
I was in Salt Lake City a few days ago and a sister at the desk in the southeast corner of the second floor of the FamilySearch Library showed me images of these original records on the FamilySearch website. I have returned home to Indiana and can't find these images. Are they visible only in the FamilySearch Library or in FamilySearch Centers? If I can see them from home, could someone please give me the URL? The URL would also help if I go to my local FamilySearch Center and try to pull up the images.
Thank you very much for any help you can provide!
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@DittmerPhilH I think all that is available online is the book with typewritten transcription: https://libcat.familysearch.org/Union/Search?view=list&lookfor=Nauvoo+Temple+endowment+register+&searchIndex=Keyword&searchSource=local
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@DittmerPhilH
I used Full-Text Search and found some typed index cards for Florillo. Are these perhaps what you saw?
DGS 7100463, Images 2822-2823
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What I saw looked like images of the original records written by hand by clerks in Nauvoo at the time the ordinances were performed (2 Feb 1846 in the case of Florillo B. Morris). I'm pretty sure I didn't dream it. But I can't find the document.
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@DittmerPhilH
You may want to consider a Research Consultation with the library. While supplying copies of records is not within their purview, they should be able to confirm if there are other records that we can't access from home.
https://go.oncehub.com/ResearchStrategySession0
