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 ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Utah]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Utah Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Family_History_Library|Family History Library]]''
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 :*The JSMB underground parking is a flat rate of $10.
-'''Public Transportation:&nbsp;''' For FrontRunner, TRAX (light rail), and bus public transportation information [http://www.rideuta.com click here]<span style="display: none;" id="1395433642342E">&nbsp;</span><br> <br>
+'''Public Transportation:&nbsp;''' For FrontRunner, TRAX (light rail), and bus public transportation information [http://www.rideuta.com click here]<span id="1395433642342E" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span><br> <br>
 '''Copy Fees:'''
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 <br> [[Self Help Copy Services at the Family History Library|More copy information]]
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 View the following schedules using Google Chrome, or Internet Explorer. '''<u>They will NOT appear using a Mozilla Firefox browser.</u>''' [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/6/64/Jan_Patron_Class_Calendar.pdf January, 2014] <br>[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/3/37/Feb_2014_Patron_Class_Calendar.pdf February, 2014] <br>[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/8/8a/Mar_2014_Patron_Class_Calendar.pdf March, 2014] <br>[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/0/02/Apr_2014_Patron_Class_Calendar.pdf April, 2014] <br>
-<h4> Online Resources  </h4>
-<p><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/">FamilySearch</a> is the online web site which hosts: • <a href="https://familysearch.org/search">Historical Records (images and indexes)</a>. • <a href="https://books.familysearch.org/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=1&amp;dstmp=1391342764141&amp;vid=FHD_PUBLIC&amp;fromLogin=true">Digitized Books</a>. • <a href="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page">FamilySearch Research Wiki</a>. • <a href="https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/home.html">Online training classes</a>. • <a href="https://familysearch.org/family-trees">Ancestral File</a>. • <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/igi">International Genealogical Index</a>. • <a href="https://familysearch.org/family-trees">Pedigree Resource File</a>. • <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1202535">U.S. Social Security Death Index</a>.
-</p><p><b><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog">Family History Library Catalog</a></b> online describes the library's holdings. The catalog is also part of <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/">WorldCat</a>.
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 ==== Collection Description  ====
-The collection includes over 2.4 million rolls of [[Family History Library Microfilm Restrictions|microfilmed genealogical records]]; 727,000 microfiche; 356,000 books, serials, and other formats; 4,500 periodicals;&nbsp;3,725 [[Family History Library CDs|electronic databases]].<ref>https://familysearch.org/locations/saltlakecity-library</ref> <br>[http://familysearch.org/search/collection/list Historical Records] contains over a billion names of deceased individuals from census, vital records, and other records from over 100 countries on each of the seven continents. It includes indexes and images of many original records. <br>[http://familysearch.org/#form=books Digitized Books] contain searchable copies of over 40,000 family history and genealogy printed works. <br>[http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page FamilySearch Research Wiki] contains research advice and direction in over 70,000 articles. Individuals are able to add or modify content to share their knowledge. <br>[http://familysearch.org/learningcenter Learning Center] contains hundreds of online classes on a variety of subjects for many different countries and most genealogical principles and processes. <br>The [http://familysearch.org/family-trees Ancestral File] database contains more than 36 million names that are linked into families. <br>The [http://familysearch.org/search/collection/igi 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. <br>The [http://familysearch.org/family-trees Pedigree Resource File] database contains over 100 million names that are linked into families. <br>Records available are from the United States, Canada, the British Isles, Europe, Latin America, South America, Asia, Australia and Africa. <br>Millions of records are added to the collection each month. <br>A majority of the records contain information about persons who lived before 1941. <br>Approximately 200 cameras are currently microfilming records in over 45 countries. Records have been filmed in over 110 countries, territories, and possessions. <br>
 ==== Donations  ====
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 If you cannot find a source you need at the '''''Family History Library''''', try one or more of these other repositories.<br>
 '''''Repositories with very large genealogical collections'''''<br> [[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. <br>[[National Archives and Records Administration|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.<br> <br>[[Allen County Public Library]], Fort Wayne, Indiana, home of the [[Periodical Source Index (PERSI)|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.<ref>"Genealogy Center" in Allen County Public Library [Internet site] at http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref><br> <br> '''''Repositories with significant Latter-day Saint collections'''''<br>[[Church History Library|Church History Library]], Salt Lake City, Utah, LDS history 1830-now: diaries, manuscripts, Church records, photos, oral history, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, audiovisual material<ref>"Church History Library and Archives" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [Internet site] at http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref><br> <br>[http://www.dupinternational.org/ Daughters of Utah Pioneers], Salt Lake City, Utah, 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.<ref>"Pioneer Museum" and "History Department" pages in International Society ~ Daughter of Utah Pioneers [Internet site] at http://www.dupinternational.org/ (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref><br> <br>[http://history.utah.gov/ Utah State Historical Society], Salt Lake City, Utah, family histories, photographs, books, manuscript collections, telephone directories, maps, newspapers, yearbooks, and periodicals are available in the Research Center and online.<ref>"Research Center and Collections" and "Collections Available at the Research Center" in Utah State History [Internet site] at http://history.utah.gov/research_and_collections/index.html (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref><br> <br> '''''Neighboring repositories'''''<br> [http://www.lib.byu.edu/fslab/ Brigham Young University], Provo, Utah, genealogy, history, census, [[BYU Family History Library|Family History Center]],&nbsp;[http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php digital family history]. <br>[[Salt Lake City Public Library|Salt Lake City Public Library]], Salt Lake City, Utah, Utah newspapers on microfilm, and genealogical databases. <br>[http://www.archives.state.ut.us/ Utah State Archives], Salt Lake City, Utah, newspaper, death, land, court, history, naturalization, military, directories, criminals. <br>[http://library.usu.edu/ Utah State University], Logan, Utah, Special Collections and Archives local historical and biographical sources. <br>[http://www.lib.utah.edu/portal/site/marriottlibrary/ University of Utah], Salt Lake City, Utah, history, biography, newspapers, government documents, and Western Americana. <br>[http://www.utd.uscourts.gov/ United States District Court of Utah], Salt Lake City, Utah, federal court records. <br>[http://www.utcourts.gov/directory/courthouse.cgi?district=3 Salt Lake County Court], Salt Lake City, Utah, local court records. <br>
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