Family History Library

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Contact Information
E-mail:https://www.familysearch.org/

Address:


 * 35 North West Temple Street
 * Salt Lake City, Utah 84150-3400

Telephone: 801-240-2584 or 866-406-1830

Hours and holidays: click hereor call phone number above.

Parking and Transportation:


 * For a Family History Library area pay-parking lots map click here.
 * For TRAX (light rail) and bus public transportation information click here.

Library Background
• Founded in 1894 to gather genealogical records and assist members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with their family history and genealogical research • Largest library of its kind in the world • Open to the general public at no charge • Visited by an estimated 1,900 or more individual patrons and groups each day.

Online Resources
• FamilySearch is the online web site which hosts: • The Ancestral File. • The International Genealogical Index. • The Pedigree Resource File database. • US Social Security Death Index • Vital Records Index  • 1880 United States Census • 1881 British Isles Census• 1881 Canadian Census

• The Family History Library Catalog online describes the library's holdings.

Collection Description
• The collection includes over 2.4 million rolls of microfilmed genealogical records; 727,000 microfiche; 356,000 books, serials, and other formats; 4,500 periodicals; 3,725 electronic databases. • The Ancestral File database contains more than 36 million names that are linked into families. • The International Genealogical Index database contains approximately 600 million names of deceased individuals. An addendum to the International Genealogical Index contains an additional 125 million names. These names have been patron submitted or extracted from thousands of original birth, christening and marriage records. • The Pedigree Resource File database contains over 100 million names that are linked into families. • Records available are from the United States, Canada, the British Isles, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. • Thousands of records are added to the collection each month. • A majority of the records contain information about persons who lived before 1930. • Approximately 200 cameras are currently microfilming records in over 45 countries. Records have been filmed in over 110 countries, territories, and possessions.

Donations
Gifts of family histories, organized collections, and other records that contain genealogical information are welcome. For example, you can write a history of your family and donate a copy to the Family History Library. When you donate an item, you can indicate that you would like the item microfilmed, as well. Guidelines and instructions on how to donate are on our Web site.

Patron Resources
• 475 patron computers • 408 microfilm readers • 36 microfiche readers • 27 digital microfilm and microfiche copiers • 4 book scanners • 14 book copiers • Seating capacity for 375 at tables • Orientation and research classes

Check out the new books that have been added to the collection! Please note that some browsers have problems with PDF files and to open these you may need to 'Right Click' and open in a new window.
US/Canada Collections (current)


 * Oct. 1, 2011

British Collections (current)


 * Sep. 1, 2011

International Collections (current)


 * Sep. 1, 2011

Family History Collections (current)


 * Sep. 1, 2011

Staff/Reference Collections (current)


 * Sep 1, 2011

Personnel
• Currently 60 full-time and part-time professional staff • Approximately 600 trained volunteers


 * • British Research Consultants Directory
 * • International Research Consultants Directory
 * • United States and Canada Research Consultants Directory

Guides

 * Johni Cerny, and Wendy L. Elliott, The Library: a Guide to the LDS Family History Library (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 1988) [].
 * J. Carlyle Parker, Going to Salt Lake City to Do Family History Research, 3rd ed. (Turlock, Calif.: Marietta Pub., 1996) [].

Visiting the Family History Library
FHL visitors describe their experiences:


 * Video Tour: Family History Library -- recorded by Geni.com staff (February 2010)
 * Another Item Crossed Off My Bucket List, or Is It? - by Jill Ball (visited in February 2010)
 * Visiting the SLC: Days 1 &amp; 2 of posts by Randy Seaver (visited in Jan 2009)
 * How to Prepare to Visit the Family History Library
 * Request A Vault Film before Visiting the Family History Library
 * What Gives With FamilySearch? The Rest of the Story (Sep 2011) - Valerie provides an in-depth blog post about the volunteers in the FHL.

FamilySearch Centers
• FamilySearch Centers are branches of the Family History Library. • Over 4,500 family history centers operate in more than 100 countries. • Local FamilySearch Centers are staffed by helpful volunteers. • About 100,000 rolls of microfilm are circulated to family history centers each month.

• Click here to locate a nearby family history center, or call 866-406-1830 in the United States or Canada. Click here for the map-based locator.

Alternate Repositories
If you cannot find a source you need at the Family History Library, try one or more of these other repositories.

Repositories with very large genealogical collections


 * Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Local History and Genealogy Reading Room is part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, and collections of manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, and published material, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources.
 * National Archives I, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service &amp; pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.
 * Allen County Public Library (Indiana) home of the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), more than 350,000 printed books and 513,000 items of microfilm/fiche including family histories, censuses, city directories, passenger lists, military records, local histories, American Indians, African Americans, Canadian, British, &amp; German collections.

Repositories with significant Latter-day Saint collections


 * Church History Library, Salt Lake City, LDS history 1830-now: diaries, manuscripts, Church records, photos, oral history, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, audiovisual material
 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers, SLC, the Museum displays artifacts, and the History Department collects and preserves about 100,000 histories of pioneers who set out for, settled, or were born in Utah by 10 May 1869.
 * Utah State Historical Society, SLC, family histories, photographs, books, manuscript collections, telephone directories, maps, newspapers, yearbooks, and periodicals are available in the Research Center and online.

Neighboring repositories


 * Brigham Young University, Provo UT, genealogy, history, census, Family History Center, digital family history.
 * Salt Lake City Public Library Utah newspapers on microfilm, and genealogical databases.
 * Utah State Archives, SLC, newspaper, death, land, court, history, naturalization, military, directories, criminals.
 * Utah State University, Logan UT, Special Collections and Archives local historical and biographical sources.
 * University of Utah, SLC, history, biography, newspapers, government documents, and Western Americana.
 * United States District Court of Utah, Salt Lake City, federal court records.
 * Salt Lake County Court local court records.