In 1862, at the age of 17, Paul Poulsen joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints and emigrated with his mother from Denmark to join the Saints in Utah. When Paul returned to Denmark in 1877 to serve a mission, he began keeping a journal. The journal has been passed down to Paul's great great great granddaughter. This pioneer journal has been made available online for all to enjoy.

The journal's pages have been digitally photographed and can be viewed or saved as images (150 KB each - A high-speed connection recommended). Paul Poulsen's writings have been transcribed into a digital format with an attempt to preserve layout, spelling, punctuation and line breaks. The text can be read page by page from this site or can be downloaded as a single PDF file. (340 KB)