A photo of Mormonism founder Joseph Smith Jr. was found after around 180 years and recently confirmed by one of his family descendants, but the church itself is less sure.

The committee is working to reunite the entire Joseph Smith Jr. line in a giant family reunion later this year ? the 200th year since the prophet?s birth.

A one-of-a-kind family Bible is going on sale in Salt Lake City at an asking price of $1.5 million. That's because its original owner was evidently Joseph Smith Jr., the founder of The Church of ...

It eventually made its way to the family of the RLDS prophet Fred M. Smith (1874–1946), Joseph Jr.’s grandson and Larsen’s grandfather. Mackay and Romig also investigated links to the likely ...

The committee is working to reunite the entire Joseph Smith Jr. line in a giant family reunion next year ? the 200th year since the prophet?s birth. Though Darcy said both she and Mike feel inept ...

A granite obelisk rises 38.5 feet above the dark green woods of Sharon, a small town on the White River in Vermont. Each foot represents a year in the life of Joseph Smith Jr., the progenitor ...

A family heirloom at least 170 years old could contain the very first image of Joseph Smith, Jr. , founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Mormon prophet Joseph Smith Jr.,was definitely descended from Niall of the Nine Hostages, ... "We know exactly what the Joseph Smith and Smith family Y chromosome STR profile looks like," Perego said.

Dec. 23, 1805: Joseph Smith Jr., founder of the main branch of the Mormon church, is born near Sharon, Vt., the fifth of 11 children. When he was still a boy, Smith's family moved to the Palmyra ...