FamilySearch Library: Difference between revisions

• [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>

 

• [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp The Family History Library Catalog]&nbsp;online catalog describing&nbsp;the library's holdings.  

• The collection includes over 2.4 million rolls of [[Family History Library Microfilm Restrictions|microfilmed genealogical records]]; 742,000 microfiche; 310,000 books, serials, and other formats; 4,500 periodicals;&nbsp;3,400 [[Family History Library CDs|electronic databases]].<ref>"About the Family History Library" in FamilySearch.org at http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHL/frameset_library.asp (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref> • The Ancestral File database contains more than 36 million names that are linked into families. • The 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. • The Pedigree Resource File database contains over 80 million names that are linked into families. • Records available are from the United States, Canada, the British Isles, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. • In 2003, the collection increased monthly by an average of 4,100 rolls of film, 700 books, and 16 electronic resources. • A majority of the records contain information about persons who lived before 1930. • Approximately 200 cameras are currently microfilming records in over 45 countries. Records have been filmed in over 110 countries, territories, and possessions.  

Check out the [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/File:NEW_BOOKS_2010.pdf new books] that have been added to the collection!

• [[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.