Between 1840 and 1890, nearly 90,000 Latter-day Saints immigrated to America. The stories of these seagoing Saints are often overshadowed by tales of their arduous trek across the plains. Fred E. Woods, BYU professor of Church history and doctrine, is determined to keep these stories of the Saints' ocean voyages alive. For nearly three decades, Woods and a team of colleagues, students and missionaries have collected sources and documented the experiences of convert immigrants to America in an interactive database, "Saints by Sea." The Saints by Sea website contains information about all known Latter-day Saint immigrant voyages, including names of passengers and first-hand accounts. Through a collaboration with FamilySearch and the BYU Library, visitors are guided to the ship on which their ancestors traveled to the United States, accompanied by first-hand accounts that vividly detail the voyage. Learn more: