About Us
 Our Vision:The Historical Pioneer Research Group, Inc. strives to serve descendants of pioneers first, and also wishes to document and establish the history of the Church along the Mormon Trail through the states of Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming and into Utah including camp sites, settlements and burial places along its path. Journals, letters, diaries, land records, pioneer newspapers, and early building patterns are cross checked with land and property record offices. These being double checked with ground penetrating radar searches. All findings are made available to the public here in the Early Latter-day Saints database. Many of the resources are held at the Nauvoo Land and Record Office, at Parley and Partridge Streets, Nauvoo Illinois and The Pioneer Research Library at the Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters, 3215 State Street, Omaha Nebraska. The newly published "Crossroads to the West" and "Mormon Pioneer Cemeteries" join with "Mormon Places" to share people, places and events of the history of the early members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Officers and Members of the HPRG Board Officers CEO Elder Carl Scott Elder and Sister Carol Scott are members of the Omaha, Nebraska Stake they presentably serve as service missionaries in the Omaha, Nebraska Stake. President Gail G. Holmes Gail G. Holmes a member of the Omaha, Nebraska stake serves as stake patriarch. President Holmes has served over 35 years as the Church historian for the Winter Quarters area. Secretary Treasurer Maury Schooff President Maury Schooff. Presently is serving with Sister Joan Schooff as president and matron of the Winter Quarters Temple. Members of the Board Dr. Shauna Anderson-Young lives in Provo, UT. Professor Anderson Young is a assistant Dean Life Sciences Student Services at BYU, Provo. She is a project director for the Winter Quarters Project see http://winterquarters.byu.edu. Jeanne Gubler lives in Provo, UT. Sister Gubler is the Administrative Assistant-Manager, Life Sciences Student Services at BYU, Provo. Jeanne assists with the Winter Quarters Project focusing mainly on website development. William G. Hartley lives in Sandy, UT. Professor in the Department of History at BYU. Brother Hartley is an American historian and author. He has written many books primarily on family history research, histories of specific families and 19th-century Latter-day Saint history. Elder Larry Nicholl serves as the Director of Nauvoo Land and Records Office. Elder Nicholl is the senior administrator to the Early Latter-day Saint database. Dr. Brandon Plewe of Provo, UT. Brother Plewe is a professor in the Department of Geography at BYU. He is responsible for the interactive map on this site. His research has helped to identify where specific early Mormon settlements were located. Bob and Martha Sharp live in the Council Bluffs, Iowa area. Brother and Sister Sharp share a passion to identify the burial places of those Latter-day Saints who died as they journeyed west. They have been instrumental in helping many descendants of pioneers visit their family sacred burial grounds. Donald Snow is a retired professor of Mathematics, BYU. He currently serves as teh 1st VP of the Utah Valley PAF Users Group. Brother Snow was an original founder of the Nauvoo Land and Records Database. Lew Weigand is a member of the Community of Christ Church whose members share in the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Lew has a deep love and interest in the history of early members of the Church in this area. He has been helpful in obtaining records that were held by the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Advisory Board President Dave Edwards, Council Bluffs, Iowa Stake Dick Kruse, owner of the site of Summer Quarters
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