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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
'''E-mail:'''<ref>Salt Lake City Public Library, ''Contact Us'' at {{SLCPLemail}}, accessed 11 March 2021.</ref> | '''E-mail:'''<ref>Salt Lake City Public Library, ''Contact Us'' at {{SLCPLemail}}, accessed 11 March 2021.</ref> [https://about.slcpl.org/contact-us Contact Us: The City Library] <br> | ||
'''Address:'''<ref name="ContactInfo">Salt Lake City Public Library, ''Contact Us - Branches - Main Library'' at {{SLCPLcon}}, accessed 11 March 2021.</ref> | '''Address:'''<ref name="ContactInfo">Salt Lake City Public Library, ''Contact Us - Branches - Main Library'' at {{SLCPLcon}}, accessed 11 March 2021.</ref> | ||
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:Salt Lake City UT 84111 <br> | :Salt Lake City UT 84111 <br> | ||
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="ContactInfo" /> | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="ContactInfo" /> 801-524-8200 '''Fax:''' 801-524-8272<br> | ||
'''Hours, and Holidays:'''<ref name="ContactInfo" /> | '''Hours, and Holidays:'''<ref name="ContactInfo" /> | ||
*Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday 1-5 p.m. | *Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday 1-5 p.m. | ||
*For holidays | *For holidays [https://about.slcpl.org/faq#holidays click here].<ref>Salt Lake City Public Library, ''Locations and Hours'' at {{SLCPLhou}}, accessed 11 March 2021.</ref> | ||
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | ||
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=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
The Salt Lake City Public Library | The Salt Lake City Public Library has a good heraldry collection, and better than average Western Americana collection including books about Latter-day Saints and other ethnic pioneers. They participate in inter-library loan service. Their noteworthy genealogically related databases include: HeritageQuest Online, The Pioneer (Utah's online library), Utah Digital Newspapers, Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 1865-1970.<ref>Salt Lake City Public Library, ''Digital Library'' at https://resources.slcpl.org/digitallibrary, accessed 11 March 2021.</ref> | ||
=== Tip === | === Tip === | ||
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=== Alternate Repositories === | === Alternate Repositories === | ||
If you cannot visit or find a record at the '''''Salt Lake City Public Library''''', a similar | If you cannot visit or find a record at the '''''Salt Lake City Public Library''''', a similar source may be at one of the following. | ||
'''''Overlapping Collections''''' | '''''Overlapping Collections''''' | ||
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'''''Similar Collections''''' | '''''Similar Collections''''' | ||
*[http://www.co.davis.ut.us/library/ Davis County Library] | *[http://www.co.davis.ut.us/library/ Davis County Library] with a library card you have access to HeritageQuest Online. | ||
*[https://www.provolibrary.com/ Provo | *[https://www.provolibrary.com/ Provo City Library] genealogical books, reference tools, periodicals, databases like GENUKI Heritage Quest. | ||
'''''Neighboring Collections''''' | '''''Neighboring Collections''''' | ||
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*[http://www.archives.state.ut.us/ Utah State Archives] newspapers, deaths, land, court, local history, naturalization, military, directories, criminals | *[http://www.archives.state.ut.us/ Utah State Archives] newspapers, deaths, land, court, local history, naturalization, military, directories, criminals | ||
*[http://history.utah.gov/ Utah State Historical Society] family histories, photographs, books, manuscript collections, telephone directories, maps, newspapers, yearbooks, and periodicals are available in the Research Center and online.<ref>"Research Center and Collections" and "Collections Available at the Research Center" in Utah State History at http://history.utah.gov/research_and_collections/index.html, accessed 18 October 2008.</ref> | *[http://history.utah.gov/ Utah State Historical Society] family histories, photographs, books, manuscript collections, telephone directories, maps, newspapers, yearbooks, and periodicals are available in the Research Center and online.<ref>"Research Center and Collections" and "Collections Available at the Research Center" in Utah State History at http://history.utah.gov/research_and_collections/index.html, accessed 18 October 2008.</ref> | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/ | *[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library], Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and records pertaining to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | ||
*[[Church History Library|Church History Library]] of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1830 to now with diaries, manuscripts, Church records, photographs, oral history, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, audiovisual materials.<ref>"Church History Library and Archives" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library, accessed 18 October 2008.</ref> | *[[Church History Library|Church History Library]] of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1830 to now with diaries, manuscripts, Church records, photographs, oral history, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, audiovisual materials.<ref>"Church History Library and Archives" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library, accessed 18 October 2008.</ref> | ||
*[http://www.lib.utah.edu/portal/site/marriottlibrary/ University of Utah], historical-biographical sources, newspapers, government documents, and Western Americana | *[http://www.lib.utah.edu/portal/site/marriottlibrary/ University of Utah], historical-biographical sources, newspapers, government documents, and Western Americana | ||
*[[Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library|Brigham Young University]], genealogy, local history, censuses, | *[[Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library|Brigham Young University]], genealogy, local history, censuses, FamilySearch Center, [http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php digitized family histories] | ||
*[http://www.utahcityguide.com/utbound/details.asp?ID=25801194317 Daughters of Utah Pioneers] the Museum displays artifacts, and the History Department collects and preserves about 100,000 histories of pioneers who set out for, settled, or were born in Utah Territory before 10 May 1869.<ref>"Pioneer Museum" and "History Department" pages in International Society ~ Daughter of Utah Pioneers at http://www.dupinternational.org/, accessed 18 October 2008.</ref> | *[http://www.utahcityguide.com/utbound/details.asp?ID=25801194317 Daughters of Utah Pioneers] the Museum displays artifacts, and the History Department collects and preserves about 100,000 histories of pioneers who set out for, settled, or were born in Utah Territory before 10 May 1869.<ref>"Pioneer Museum" and "History Department" pages in International Society ~ Daughter of Utah Pioneers at http://www.dupinternational.org/, accessed 18 October 2008.</ref> | ||
*[http://www.sonsofutahpioneers.org/lib_library.htm Sons of Utah Pioneers] manuscripts, biographies, family and local histories, pioneer handcart companies, Mormon Battalion records, Revolutionary War military records, passenger lists, and historical periodicals.<ref>Sons of Utah Pioneers, ''SUP Library'' at http://www.sonsofutahpioneers.org/lib_library.htm, accessed 6 November 2009.</ref> | *[http://www.sonsofutahpioneers.org/lib_library.htm Sons of Utah Pioneers] manuscripts, biographies, family and local histories, pioneer handcart companies, Mormon Battalion records, Revolutionary War military records, passenger lists, and historical periodicals.<ref>Sons of Utah Pioneers, ''SUP Library'' at http://www.sonsofutahpioneers.org/lib_library.htm, accessed 6 November 2009.</ref> | ||
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*[http://www.utcourts.gov/directory/courthouse.cgi?district=3 Salt Lake County Court] local court records. | *[http://www.utcourts.gov/directory/courthouse.cgi?district=3 Salt Lake County Court] local court records. | ||
*[http://clerk.slco.org/ Salt Lake County Clerk], Salt Lake City, Utah, marriages since 1887, probate records since 1852. | *[http://clerk.slco.org/ Salt Lake County Clerk], Salt Lake City, Utah, marriages since 1887, probate records since 1852. | ||
*[ | *[https://slco.org/recorder/ Salt Lake County Recorder], Salt Lake City, Utah, property, tax, and military discharge DD-214 papers. | ||
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  Contact Information[edit | edit source]E-mail:[1] Contact Us: The City Library Address:[2]
Telephone:[2] 801-524-8200 Fax: 801-524-8272 Hours, and Holidays:[2]
Internet sites and databases:
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Collection Description[edit | edit source]The Salt Lake City Public Library has a good heraldry collection, and better than average Western Americana collection including books about Latter-day Saints and other ethnic pioneers. They participate in inter-library loan service. Their noteworthy genealogically related databases include: HeritageQuest Online, The Pioneer (Utah's online library), Utah Digital Newspapers, Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 1865-1970.[6] Tip[edit | edit source]
Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]If you cannot visit or find a record at the Salt Lake City Public Library, a similar source may be at one of the following. Overlapping Collections
Similar Collections
Neighboring Collections
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