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 If you decide to make your family history available to others beyond your immediate family, please do not include information in it about people who may still be living. As a general rule, first obtain permission before publishing information about people who were born in the last 100 years for whom you have no death date.
-=== Donating a Copy to the Family History Library ===
+=== Donating a Copy to the Family History Library  ===
 If you donate your family history to the Family History Library, please follow these guidelines:
-Give the library permission to microfilm your family history. This allows the library to circulate it to Family History Centers worldwide. To give the library this permission, please do one of the following:
+Give the library permission to microfilm your family history. This allows the library to circulate it to Family History Centers worldwide.&nbsp;Send a letter of permission with your manuscript.&nbsp; If they need further documentation of your permission, they will send you a form.
-* Fill out a Permission to Duplicate form (available at the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] or at Family History Centers).
+If possible, donate an unbound copy of the manuscript, because unbound manuscripts are easier to microfilm. The library generally puts a hard cover on it after microfilming.
-* Send a letter of permission with your manuscript.
-If possible, donate an unbound copy of the manuscript, because unbound manuscripts are easier to microfilm. The library generally puts a hard cover on it after microfilming.
+Please note that the library usually puts all new books on the shelf. However, space restrictions and other factors may require that some material be made available only on microfilm. The reference staff decides whether to put an item on the shelf.
-Please note that the library usually puts all new books on the shelf. However, space restrictions and other factors may require that some material be made available only on microfilm. The reference staff decides whether to put an item on the shelf.
+Send your manuscript and permission letter to:
-Send your manuscript and the Permission to Duplicate form or permission letter to:
 Family History Library—Gifts <br>35 North West Temple Street <br>Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3400 <br>USA