Beginning with its first publication in 1950, the Belnap Family Organization has produced a substantial amount of material honoring and recording the history and genealogy of Gilbert Belnap and his wives, Adaline Knight and Henrietta McBride. Much of this information is now available here in digitized format. Click on the links below to access or learn more about these landmark Belnap Family Organization publications and related materials:
- Belnap Family Crier
- Belnap, W. Dean. Heritage With Honor: Genealogy and History of the Ancestry and Descendants of Gilbert Belnap (1821 – 1899) (1974)
- Centennial History in Honor of Utah Pioneer Gilbert Belnap, 1850-1950 (including 1952 and 1956 Supplements)
- Belnap Family Guide to Weber County, Utah, 2022 (superseding A Belnap Family Guide to Weber County, Utah, 1992)
- John McBride Belnap Memorial Service and Pioneer Memorial Dedication Program, April 1997
- Belnap Family Organization Calendars
- Belnap Family Organization “Genealogy Packet”
- Belknap / Belnap Coat of Arms
- Belnap Family Organization Introduction Flyer, prepared for Latter-day Saint Ancestral Families Association (LDSAFA)
Other Family History Publications
In addition to “official” Belnap Family Organization materials noted above, other notable family history publications have been produced regarding various branches of the Belnap family. Click here to access these other family history publication.
Other Publications by Gilbert Belnap’s Descendants (not Belnap family history-related)
Many other works have been written by descendants of Gilbert Belnap on various subjects. Click here to learn more about some of these other publications by family members.
Belknap Publications
In addition to family history publications by the Belnap Family Organization or descendants of Gilbert Belnap, many other works have been written by other Belknap/Belnap relatives on various subjects. Click here to learn more about some of these other publications.
Publications About the Belnap Family Organization
Doctoral dissertation by Michael K. Peterson, “Created in the image of: Mormonism and the rhetorical production of identity in privately-published family histories,” University of New Hampshire, Durham, Spring 2012: Dissertation is a self-described “qualitative study” of seven privately published family histories written by descendants of Latter-day Saint polygamists, including Gilbert Belnap. Sources examined include Heritage With Honor and belnapfamily.org. The dissertation is a highly personalized, almost catharsis-esque critique (the author admits that he is “both drawn to and repulsed by privately-published [sic] family histories”) that contains numerous and easily identified factual errors, at least with respect to the Belnap family. For those interested, click here for a surprisingly disjointed and yet at times mildly amusing dissertation read.
Last update: 28 Jan 2025