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'''E-mail:'''<ref>Center for Family History and Genealogy, "About Us" at http://familyhistory.byu.edu/about/about.html (accessed 17 November 2010).</ref>&nbsp; &nbsp;[mailto:cfhgoff@byu.edu cfhgoff@byu.edu]  
'''E-mail:'''<ref>Center for Family History and Genealogy, "About Us" at http://familyhistory.byu.edu/about/about.html (accessed 17 November 2010).</ref>&nbsp; &nbsp;[mailto:cfhgoff@byu.edu cfhgoff@byu.edu]  


<br> '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  
<br>'''Genealogical projects:''' <br>  


*[http://immigrants.byu.edu/ Immigrant Ancestors Project], free online collection of hard-to-find European emigration registers.<br>  
*[http://immigrants.byu.edu/ Immigrant Ancestors Project], free online collection of hard-to-find European emigration registers.<br>  
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*[http://catalog.lib.byu.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/wedbTwC8hf/LEE/140330071/60/548/X BYU Harold B. Lee Library Catalog Online], net I.D. required, {{WC}} search by keyword, alphabetic, relator, place name, citation, or call number. Also in [http://www.WorldCat.org WorldCat].<br>
*[http://catalog.lib.byu.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/wedbTwC8hf/LEE/140330071/60/548/X BYU Harold B. Lee Library Catalog Online], net I.D. required, {{WC}} search by keyword, alphabetic, relator, place name, citation, or call number. Also in [http://www.WorldCat.org WorldCat].<br>


=== Collection Description ===
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Census, vital birth, marriage, death, and divorce records, obituaries, cemeteries, immigration, land, Latter-day Saints, military, archives CDs, libraries and historical societies, reference books, family and local histories, periodicals, newspapers, biography, city directories, African American records, maps, government documents, digital archives, FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Cyndi’s List, Footnote.com, GenForum, HeritageQuest Online, Rootsweb.com, AltaVista, Google, Teoma, Yahoo.
 
The library also acts as a Family History Center with access to microfilms of the [[Family History Library]].
 
=== Tips  ===
 
*Free family history classes are taught on Sundays, [http://lib.byu.edu/sites/familyhistory/sunday-classes/ click here], or telephone 801-422-6200.


=== Alternate Repositories  ===
=== Alternate Repositories  ===
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