LESSON V. How to Secure Genealogical Material. 1. Membership in the Genealogical Society of Utah. 2. THE UTAH GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 3. Corresponding with relatives, through the agents of the Genealogical Society of Utah, at home and in Europe. American and European societies and agents. 4. 5. Parish clerks; church wardens; county clerks; war records. 6. Deeds; wills; magazines; genealogical department in papers. 7. Cost of genealogical assistance. 8. The world spares neither time nor money, why should we? Going Abroad. 1. Foolishness of going abroad when untaught in this art. agents. 3. Following clues; value of tradition; danger. Practical Exercise. Six generations prepared in pedigree form, with numbers, relationships, approximated dates, heir, source of information and address of student in proper order. If desired, this exercise may be given in note-book form first, and afterwards in pedigree form. At Work in a Library. 1. 2. LESSON VI. Indexes; surname; books; gazeteer. Standard English books. a. Burke's peerage; commoners; landed gentry. 3. American standard books. a. Savage's Biographical Dictionary. b. Magazines; town and county histories. c. Vital statistics; American Genealogist, etc. Practical Exercise. Review. BOOK REVIE.W Branchiana, being a partial account of the Branch family of Virginia; by James Branch Cabell; 177 pages; printed by Whitlet & Shepperson, Richmond, Va. According to the author's foreward, which, by the way, contains some interesting paragraphs, "Branchiana" endeavors "to make clear the direct ancestry of Thomas Branch of Petersburg and Richmond Va.-born 23rd Dec. 1802, died 15th Nov. 1888 -and of his two wives" A good deal of interesting history is intermingled with the genealogical data which adds materially to the readableness of the volume. Biographical Genealogies of the Virginia-Kentucky Floyd Families, with notes of some collateral branches, by N.J.Floyd; 113 pages. Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore. In his introductory chapter on the History, Biography, and tradition of the family, the author brings in some interesting matter pretty well establishing the fact that the first Floyds come from Wales to Jamestown, Va. something over a dozen years after its settlement. Their names are given as Nathaniel and Walter. The family connects with a number of notable characters in American history. Genealogy of the Lake Family of Great Egg Harbor, in old Gloucester County in New Jersey. Compiled by Arthur Adams and Sarah A. Risley; 26 pages. For sale by Miss Sarah A. Risley, 232 South Main St., Pleasantville, N. J., $1.25. This little book which the author hopes is but the forerunner of a more complete record of the family, is well arranged and neatly printed. The McCauslands of Donaghanie, and allied families; by Miss Merze Marion, Shenandoah, Iowa. "The name McCausland or MacAuslane, as it was called in an early day, is not unknown in ancient Scotch and Irish history," says the author who then proceeds to show it by devoting a number of chapters to the task. The later chapters give the genealogy of the family extending from Ireland to this country. Molyneux Families, being a genealogical and biographical history of the Molyneux Families. By Nellie Zada Rice Molyneux, Syracuse, N. Y. C. W. Bardeen, publisher, 1904. This history of the Molyneux family extends back into much interesting story and tradition, touching as it does many historic characters, both in Europe and in the early days of the New World. The author has gathered much important and interesting data in her book. There is an index and an extended list. of authorities quoted. Descendants of Thomas Beach, of Milford, Conn. This book contains fifty pages devoted exclusively to genealogical information. On page one this notice is printed: "This list is incomplete, but has been compiled from private sources. and privately printed in the hope that those to whom it is sent will make additions and corrections from private records. The compiler would be glad to receive all such corrections and additions, which can be sent to Miss Mary E. Beach, Goshen, Conn., (winter address, 615 George St., New Haven, Conn.,) or to Miss Helen Beach, care Brown, Shepley & Co., 123 Pall Mall, London, England. THE UTAH GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. JULY, 1913. THE SPIRIT OF ELIJAH. "Words spoken by an angel, to Joseph Smith, while in his father's house, in Manchester, Ontario County, New York, on the evening of the 21st of September, 1823: "Behold, I will reveal unto you the Priesthood, by the hand of Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord; and he shall plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers, and the hearts of the children shall turn to their fathers; if it were not so, the whole earth would be utterly wasted at its coming." (Doc. and Cov. Sec. 2.) This prediction was fulfilled in the Kirtland Temple, April 3, 1836. In Section 110 of the Doctrine and Covenants there is an account of Elijah's coming and committing the "keys of this dispensation" into the hands of Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, the first elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From that day to the present, this Spirit of Elijah has been operating among the children of men, to a marked degree, being made. manifest not only among the members of the Church in their temple building and their work for the dead, but also among the civilized world in general in their genealogical activities. Elder B. H. Roberts, in the Introduction to the History of the Church, presents this theme in the following concise manner: * "The work accomplished by Elijah in giving to the Prophet Joseph Smith the particular dispensation of the Priesthood which should plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers-lest the whole earth should be utterly wasted at His coming-(Mal. 4:5, 6) is attended by evidences of great virtue. and power * * * The work done by Elijah was to open the door of salvation for the dead. From that event came the knowledge of the principles by which the saving power of the Gospel may be applied to men who have died without receiving its benefits in this life. From of old men had read the scriptures that Messiah would bring out the prisoners from the prison, and |