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=== What Is the FamilySearch Catalog? === | === What Is the FamilySearch Catalog? === | ||
The '''[https://familysearch.org/catalog | The '''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog] '''(formerly '''''Family History Library Catalog''''') describes genealogical resources held by [https://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch], the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library], and selected [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch Centers]. <br><br> | ||
The Catalog is a guide to birth, marriage, and death records; census records; church registers; books; periodicals; family histories and many other records that contain genealogical information. These records may be searchable online, on microfiche or microfilm, in a book or in a computer file. | The Catalog is a guide to birth, marriage, and death records; census records; church registers; books; periodicals; family histories and many other records that contain genealogical information. These records may be searchable online, on microfiche or microfilm, in a book or in a computer file. | ||
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=== Where Is the Catalog Found? === | === Where Is the Catalog Found? === | ||
The [https://familysearch.org/catalog | The [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog] is found at the [https://familysearch.org/ FamilySearch.org] under the '''Search''' tab. [[Image:Logo wcmasthead en.png|right|96px|Logo wcmasthead en.png]]Also, the FamilySearch Catalog has been made available via [[WorldCat Online Catalog|OCLC WorldCat]]<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/ Official website of OCLC WorldCat].</ref> since 2014. OCLC WorldCat is an online union catalog of over 2 billion titles at 72,000 libraries in 172 countries and territories. Although it is the world’s largest bibliographic database for materials held around the world, OCLC WorldCat does not list sources housed in repositories outside their consortium. | ||
=== Which Catalog Search Should I Try? === | === Which Catalog Search Should I Try? === | ||
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