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 == What is the Early Church Information File?  ==
-The {{RecordSearch|2078505|Early Church Information File(ECIF)}}, is a collection digitized by FamilySearch (free), is an alphabetical index of individuals. It formerly was preserved on 75 rolls of microfilm {{FHL|480808|title-id|disp=FHL Films 1,750,655 to 1,750,729}} and contains about 1,500,000 entries from over 1,200 sources about Latter-day Saints and their neighbors. The index is international in scope and should be among the first sources checked when searching for Latter-day Saint ancestors or persons living in areas heavily populated by Latter-day Saints. It mainly covers sources from 1830 to the mid-1900s. It indexes information from such sources as
+The Early Church Information File (ECIF) is an alphabetical card index of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) along with some of their neighbors. It focuses most on the years from 1830 to 1914. This file indexes over 1,200 sources with an abundance of entries for Latter-day Saints. The ECIF contains 1,091,919 cards.
-*Latter-day Saint membership records.
+These cards were originally preserved on 75 rolls of microfilm on {{FHL|480808|title-id|disp=FHL Films 1,750,655 to 1,750,729}}. These microfilmed card images are now also made available on the Internet via a ''FamilySearch Historical Records&nbsp;'' collection mislabeled as ''[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2078505 Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900]''. The card images on this free Internet site can be browsed in alphabetical order, but the names on the individual cards are not computer indexed.
-*Ward histories.
-*Family histories.
-*Local histories.
-*Journals.
-*Collective biographies.
-*Priesthood records.
-*Missionary records.
-*Periodicals.
-*Cemetery records.
-*Immigration records.
-*Marriage records of Utah and some of Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Illinois, and California.
-Several major indexes are also referenced in the Early Church Information File. For example, the card in example three refers to {{FHL|212999|title-id|disp=''Mormons and Their Neighbors''}}, an index to hundreds of books and microfilms. Other indexes in this file include
+This file is '''not limited''' to people from Utah. The index is international in scope and should be among the first sources checked when searching for Latter-day Saint ancestors or persons living in areas heavily populated by Latter-day Saints like the Mountain-West of the United States. It indexes information from such sources as:
+:*Latter-day Saint membership records.
+:*Ward histories.
+:*Family histories.
+:*Local histories.
+:*Journals.
+:*Collective biographies.
+:*Priesthood records.
+:*Missionary records.
+:*Periodicals.
+:*Cemetery records.
+:*Immigration records.
+:*Marriage records of Utah and some of Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Illinois, and California.
+Several major indexes are also referenced in the Early Church Information File. For example, the card in example three refers to {{FHL|212999|title-id|disp=''Mormons and Their Neighbors''}}, an index to hundreds of books and microfilms. Other indexes in this file include:
 :*{{FHL|2605|title-id|disp=''Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies''}}.
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 :*{{FHL|37069|title-id|disp=''Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register''}}.
 Entries in the file often refer to an event such as a person's birth, marriage, or death. Entries may also refer to a biographical sketch. The Early Church Information File usually gives a person's name, the date of the event, and a source reference and library call number for the source. The original record may supply additional family history information as well.
 == How Can The ECIF Help You?  ==