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United States Utah Archives and Libraries Family History Library [[Image:Family History Library.jpg|right|637px|Family History Library.jpg]] <br>  
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Click the link [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Family_History_Library_Rules Library Rules] to see the up-to-date rules in the Family History Library.  
Click the link [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Family_History_Library_Rules Library Rules] to see the up-to-date rules in the Family History Library.  


=== FamilySearch Centers  ===
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[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|FamilySearch Centers]] are branches of the Family History Library <br>Over 4,500 family history centers operate in more than 100 countries <br>Local FamilySearch Centers are staffed by helpful volunteers <br>[https://familysearch.org/locations/ Click here to locate a nearby family history center], or call 1 866-406-1830 in the United States or Canada. [https://familysearch.org/locations/centerlocator Click here for the map-based locator.] <br>
 
=== Alternate Repositories  ===
 
If you cannot find a source you need at the '''''Family History Library''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following.<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><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> [[Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library|Brigham Young University Library]], 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>[https://silver.health.utah.gov/ Utah Vital Records Office], Salt Lake City, Utah, statewide births and deaths since 1905; marriages and divorces since 1978.<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>[http://clerk.slco.org/ Salt Lake County Clerk], Salt Lake City, Utah, county marriages since 1887, probate records since 1852.<br> [http://www.slcorecorder.org/SLCR/Home.aspx Salt Lake County Recorder], Salt Lake City, Utah, property, tax, and military discharge DD-214 papers.<br>
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