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Family History Books is a collection of more than 40,000 digitized genealogy and family history publications from the archives of some of the most important family history libraries in the world. The collection includes family histories, county and local histories, genealogy magazines and how-to books, gazetteers, and medieval histories and pedigrees.<br> | Family History Books is a collection of more than 40,000 digitized genealogy and family history publications from the archives of some of the most important family history libraries in the world. The collection includes family histories, county and local histories, genealogy magazines and how-to books, gazetteers, and medieval histories and pedigrees.<br> | ||
==How can I donate books or manuscripts to the Family History Library? == | |||
We need information about the records you want to donate so we can determine if they meet our criteria. With permission from the author, we digitize donated material and post it online at our website, FamilySearch.org. Researchers are able to view the material free of charge from the website. | |||
For a complete list of items and guidelines for donations, please see our complete set of guidelines. A summary of the items FamilySearch accepts is below: •Materials must be readable, organized, and accessible to help researchers identify individuals and relationships by name, date, and place. | |||
•Materials must add new information to the FamilySearch collection (we do not accept duplicate materials). | |||
•Materials should include a title, author, and publication date. | |||
•Materials must not violate current privacy or copyright laws. | |||
•Materials must be accompanied by a completed Permission to Duplicate form. | |||
• FamilySearch accepts the following materials: ◦Family histories. | |||
◦Local and county histories. | |||
◦Autobiographies and biographies containing genealogical material. | |||
◦Indexes to records in book format. | |||
You can send inquiries and donations to the addresses below: | |||
FamilySearch | |||
Family History Library | |||
Donations | |||
35 North West Temple Street | |||
Salt Lake City, UT 84150-1103 | |||
USA | |||
Telephone: 1-801-240-1855 | |||
E-mail: bookdonations@familysearch.org | |||
== Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) == | == Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) == | ||
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'''Q '''What does "you don't have sufficient rights to view the requested object" mean?<br> '''A '''Books with this message are copyright protected and can only be viewed by one user at a time from the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]], a local [https://familysearch.org/ask/help#localResource FamilySearch Center] (also known as Family History Center), or through one of our [[FamilySearch Partner Libraries|FamilySearch Partner Libraries]]. Current list of [[FamilySearch Partner Libraries|FamilySearch Partner Libraries]]. | '''Q '''What does "you don't have sufficient rights to view the requested object" mean?<br> '''A '''Books with this message are copyright protected and can only be viewed by one user at a time from the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]], a local [https://familysearch.org/ask/help#localResource FamilySearch Center] (also known as Family History Center), or through one of our [[FamilySearch Partner Libraries|FamilySearch Partner Libraries]]. Current list of [[FamilySearch Partner Libraries|FamilySearch Partner Libraries]]. | ||
If this message is encountered while in a [[Family History Library|Family History Library]], a local [https://familysearch.org/ask/help#localResource FamilySearch Center], or a partner library, please try back in 60 minutes to see if the book is available for viewing. The book will be made available for viewing after the other reader has finished with the book. Some readers forget to close the book when they are done for the day, so the system automatically closes the book after 24 hours. '''<br>''' | If this message is encountered while in a [[Family History Library|Family History Library]], a local [https://familysearch.org/ask/help#localResource FamilySearch Center], or a partner library, please try back in 60 minutes to see if the book is available for viewing. The book will be made available for viewing after the other reader has finished with the book. Some readers forget to close the book when they are done for the day, so the system automatically closes the book after 24 hours. '''<br>''' | ||
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