Annotated Record of Baptisms for the Dead, 1840 - 1845. Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois (seven volume set)

Provo, UT: The Center for Family History and Geneaology, Brigham Young University, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Seven volume set. 391pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Dark blue cloth with gilt stamping on front board and backstrip. Near fine. Vital statistics now identify most proxies and the relationship between proxies and the deceased, a relationship that cannot be found anywhere else. There are over 15,000 entries for baptisms for the dead that have been identified, most of which are not included in the International Genealogical Index.