I recently completed a three part series looking at what the historical sources tell us about how the Book of Mormon was translated. Knowing that the historical consensus is that the Book of Mormon was translated with the seer stone, looking at the primary sources for that claim was a shocking experience. In contrast, all of the early, primary accounts from eyewitnesses plainly say that the Nephite Interpreters (what most members today call the Urim and Thummim) were solely used to translate the Book of Mormon.
Along the way, we also discovered the origin of the Interpreters, the presence of ancient Sumerian within the Book of Mormon, the meaning of the word Gazelem, and the evidence for whether or not Joseph ever put anything, seer stone or Interpreters, inside a hat to translate. There is some fascinating stuff that we uncovered here!
Here are the articles in order of publication. They can be read either sequentially or individually as you choose. Here is what the history says and knowing it, you will be well armed to counter false narratives coming from within or without the church.