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| style="font-size: 70%;" | '''''Welcome to the'''''  

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'''E-mail:''' [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhl/frameset_library.asp?PAGE=Email_fhl.asp FHL@FamilySearch.org] <br><br>  

'''Hours and holidays:''' [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhl/frameset_library.asp?PAGE=library_hours.asp click here] or call phone number above.<br><br>  

• Founded in 1894 to gather genealogical records and assist members of [http://www.lds.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] with their family history and genealogical research • Largest library of its kind in the world • Open to the general public at no charge • [[Family History Library Rules|Visited]] by an estimated 1,900 or more individual patrons and [[Family History Library Tours and Group Visits|groups]] each day. <br>  

• [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch]&nbsp;is the online&nbsp;web site which hosts:&nbsp;&nbsp;• The Ancestral File. • The International Genealogical Index.&nbsp; • The Pedigree Resource File database.&nbsp;&nbsp;• US Social Security Death Index&nbsp;&nbsp;• Vital Records Index&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;1880 United States&nbsp;• 1881 British Isles&nbsp;• 1881 Canadian Census<br>  

Gifts of family histories, organized collections, and other records that contain genealogical information are welcome. For example, you can write a history of your family and donate a copy to the Family History Library. When you donate an item, you can indicate that you would like the item microfilmed, as well. [[Donations|Guidelines and instructions on]] how to donate are on our Web site. <br>  

=== FamilySearch Centers  ===

• [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|FamilySearch Centers]] are branches of the Family History Library. • Over 4,000 family history centers operate in more than 88 countries. • Local FamilySearch Centers are staffed by helpful volunteers. • About 100,000 rolls of microfilm are circulated to family history centers each month.  

• [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp?PAGE=library_fhc_find.asp Click here to locate a nearby family history center], or call 866-406-1830 in the United States&nbsp;or Canada.  

*[http://www.lib.byu.edu/fslab/ Brigham Young University], Provo UT, genealogy, history, census, [[BYU Family History Library|Family History Center]],&nbsp;[http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php digital family history].  

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