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=== What Is the FamilySearch Catalog? === | === What Is the FamilySearch Catalog? ==={{TOC right}} | ||
The '''[https://familysearch.org/catalog-search FamilySearch Catalog] '''(formerly '''''Family History Library Catalog''''') describes the genealogical resources held by [http://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch.org], the [[Family History Library]], selected FamilySearch Centers, and selected partner libraries.<br><br> | |||
The Catalog is a guide to family histories; birth, marriage, and death records; census records; church registers; books, periodicals and many other records that may contain genealogical information. These records may be in a book, on microfiche or microfilm, searchable online or in a computer file. | The Catalog is a guide to family histories; birth, marriage, and death records; census records; church registers; books, periodicals and many other records that may contain genealogical information. These records may be in a book, on microfiche or microfilm, searchable online or in a computer file. | ||
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=== Where Is It Found? === | === Where Is It Found? === | ||
The [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search FamilySearch Catalog] is available at FamilySearch.org. (Previous versions of the catalog were released on compact disc and on microfiche, but those versions are significantly outdated, and do not list films acquired after the publication date on the disc or microfiche.)<br> | The [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search FamilySearch Catalog] is available at FamilySearch.org. (Previous versions of the catalog were released on compact disc and on microfiche, but those versions are significantly outdated, and do not list films acquired after the publication date on the disc or microfiche.)<br> | ||
Since 2014 the FamilySearch Catalog is | Since 2014 the FamilySearch Catalog is | ||