Scot Facer Proctor and Maurine Jensen Proctor are the founders of the

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oriented website ''Meridian Magazine''. They have also issued a revised edition of

Lucy Mack Smith Lucy Mack Smith (July 8, 1775 – May 14, 1856) was the mother of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. She is noted for writing the memoir, '' Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, and His Progenitors for Many Ge ...

's history of

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which reintroduces material from Lucy's 1845 manuscript that was removed before Lucy's history was originally published. This version of Lucy's history is cited by such scholars such as

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and Craig J. Ostler. The Proctors' work is also among those cited in the bibliography to Scott R. Petersen's 2005 book ''Where Have All The Prophets Gone''. The Proctors have also published a new edition of the ''

Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt ''The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt'' is the 1874 posthumous autobiography of Latter Day Saint apostle Parley P. Pratt. It was compiled from Pratt's writings by Pratt's son, Parley P. Pratt Jr., with assistance from his wife and apostle J ...

''. The Proctors have compiled a book ''Light from the Dust'' which presents photos of areas they believe are similar scenes to where the events of the

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took place. For this book the Proctors did on-site studies in

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. Scholars such as Andrew H. Hedges though have quoted the Proctor's work, although Fred W. Nelson of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute felt that their work was "less reputable" in the area of Book of Mormon geography and archaeology than that of "reputable scholars" such as John Clark or John Sorenson. The Proctors wrote ''The Gathering, Mormon Pioneers on the Trail to Zion''. ''The Gathering'' was cited in the footnotes to Gregory A. Prince and

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's book ''

David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism ''David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism'' is the first book to draw upon the David O. McKay Papers at the J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, in addition to some two hundred interviews conducted by the authors, Gregory Princ ...

''. The Proctors are the parents of eleven children in their combined families from prior marriages. They reside in Alpine,Utah. The Proctors have produced a DVD entitled ''Gordon B. Hinckley - Temple Builder''. Maurine Proctor received her bachelor's degree from the

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and her master's degree from

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. She worked for the ''

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'' before she and her husband started their own magazine. She has also written a book entitled ''From Adams Rib to Women's Lib''. Scot Proctor is a professional photographer who wrote ''Witness of the Light'' which was a photographic book about Joseph Smith. The LDS Church has included his photos in their publications at times.

Works

*''Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt Revised and Enhanced Edition'' *''Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother'' *''Gathering The Mormon Pioneers on the Trail to Zion'' *''Creating a New Millennium: The Latter-day Saints in the Coming Century''. *''Light From the Dust: A Photographic Exploration into the Ancient World of The Book of Mormon'' *''Source of the Light: A Witness and Testimony of Jesus Christ, the Savior and Redeemer of All'' *''Witness of the Light: A Photographic Journey in the Footsteps of the American Prophet Joseph Smith''

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