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1840 British Converts
Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Gloucestershire, England
Wilford Woodruff included a 24-page booklet he titled "Wilford Woodruff’s Baptismal Record" at the front of his journal detailing his mission to England in 1840. In the booklet he recorded the names of those who were baptized and confirmed members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Tri-County area of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Gloucestershire, between March 6 and June 22, 1840, as well as the names of those who officiated in these ordinances.
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