Other Websites

The websites listed below are useful for family history research, particularly for the relatives of Christian Busath and Agnes Cheever.  If you know of other helpful sites that should be included in this list, please send a message to info@busath.org.

CHURCH HISTORY RESEARCH

Church History Library

https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/landing/church-history-library?lang=eng

The Church History Library contains a wealth of information pertaining to our relatives who were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including diaries, letters, photographs, and Church records.

NEWSPAPER RESEARCH

Newspapers are a great source for learning about our relatives.  Newspapers across the United States may be searched on several sites, including:

BYU Library

https://lib.byu.edu/collections/the-deseret-news

Utah Digital Newspapers

https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu

Genealogy Bank (subscription)

https://www.genealogybank.com

Newspapers.com (subscription)

https://www.newspapers.com

NORWEGIAN RESEARCH

NorgesKart

https://www.norgeskart.no

The NorgesKart website provides a digital map of Norway in the early 1950’s, which is useful to locate family farms and other sites of interest in Norway.

Norway Heritage

https://www.norwayheritage.com

The Norway Heritage site provides information about emigrants from Norway going to Canada and America. The site provides information about the travel route that Christian used to come to America. It includes the location of the Allan Line Steamship Company ticket office in Trondheim, Norway. It also includes the departure dates and arrival dates of the ships on which Christian Busath traveled. And it has a picture of the steamship Peruvian that took Christian Busath from England to Quebec.

UTAH RESEARCH

UtahRails.Net

https://utahrails.net/mainmenu.htm

The Utah Rails website documents the history of railroads in Utah. Among other things, it provides information about the Utah Central Rail Road 1869-1881, where Christian worked after he came to Utah in 1870; the American Fork Railroad 1872-1878, which operated in 1874 when Christian met Agnes; and the D&RGW Provo Canyon Branch, the first rail of which was laid in 1897, twenty-three years after Christian and Agnes married.