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== What is the Early Church Information File? == | == What is the Early Church Information File? == | ||
The Early Church Information File (ECIF) is an alphabetical index of individuals. It occupies 75 rolls of microfilm (FHL films 1,750,655 to 1,750,729) and contains about 1,500,000 entries from over 1,200 sources about Latter-day Saints and their neighbors. The index is international in scope and should be among the first sources checked when searching for Latter-day Saint ancestors or persons living in areas heavily populated by Latter-day Saints. It mainly covers sources from 1830 to the mid-1900s. It indexes information from such sources as | The Early Church Information File (ECIF) is an alphabetical index of individuals. It occupies 75 rolls of microfilm ([http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/printing/titledetailsprint.asp?titleno=480808&first=1&last=100 FHL films 1,750,655 to 1,750,729]) and contains about 1,500,000 entries from over 1,200 sources about Latter-day Saints and their neighbors. The index is international in scope and should be among the first sources checked when searching for Latter-day Saint ancestors or persons living in areas heavily populated by Latter-day Saints. It mainly covers sources from 1830 to the mid-1900s. It indexes information from such sources as | ||
* Latter-day Saint membership records. | * Latter-day Saint membership records. | ||