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[[Image:San Diego, California Large Multi-Stake Family History Center.JPG|thumb|right|250px]] | [[Image:San Diego, California Large Multi-Stake Family History Center.JPG|thumb|right|250px]] | ||
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= '''Directors''' = | = '''Directors''' = | ||
'''Our Directors: Elder Marcy Edward Lopez and Sister Sonia Lopez'''<br> | '''Our Directors: Elder Marcy Edward Lopez and Sister Sonia Lopez'''<br> | ||
= '''Address''' = | = '''Address''' = | ||
''4195 Camino Del Rio South'' <br>''San Diego, California 92108''<br> | ''4195 Camino Del Rio South'' <br>''San Diego, California 92108''<br> | ||
'''Telephone:''' 619-584-7668 or 619-584-ROOTS | '''Telephone:''' 619-584-7668 or 619-584-ROOTS | ||
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• Our computers access the Ancestral File database contains more than 36 million names that are linked into families. • The International Genealogical Index database contains approximately 600 million names of deceased individuals. An addendum to the International Genealogical Index contains an additional 125 million names. These names have been patron submitted or extracted from thousands of original birth, christening and marriage records. • The Pedigree Resource File database contains over 80 million names that are linked into families. • Records available are from the United States, Canada, the British Isles, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. • In 2003, the collection increased monthly by an average of 4,100 rolls of film, 700 books, and 16 electronic resources. • A majority of the records contain information about persons who lived before 1930. • Approximately 200 cameras are currently microfilming records in over 45 countries. Records have been filmed in over 110 countries, territories, and possessions. | • Our computers access the Ancestral File database contains more than 36 million names that are linked into families. • The International Genealogical Index database contains approximately 600 million names of deceased individuals. An addendum to the International Genealogical Index contains an additional 125 million names. These names have been patron submitted or extracted from thousands of original birth, christening and marriage records. • The Pedigree Resource File database contains over 80 million names that are linked into families. • Records available are from the United States, Canada, the British Isles, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. • In 2003, the collection increased monthly by an average of 4,100 rolls of film, 700 books, and 16 electronic resources. • A majority of the records contain information about persons who lived before 1930. • Approximately 200 cameras are currently microfilming records in over 45 countries. Records have been filmed in over 110 countries, territories, and possessions. | ||
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= Online Resources = | = Online Resources = | ||
• [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch] is the online web site which hosts: • The Ancestral File. • The International Genealogical Index. • The Pedigree Resource File database. • US Social Security Death Index • Vital Records Index • 1880 United States • 1881 British Isles • 1881 Canadian Census<br> | • [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch] is the online web site which hosts: • The Ancestral File. • The International Genealogical Index. • The Pedigree Resource File database. • US Social Security Death Index • Vital Records Index • 1880 United States • 1881 British Isles • 1881 Canadian Census<br> | ||
• [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch Record Search] is a pilot web site hosting many more databases that have been indexed through the [https://indexing.familysearch.org FamilySearch Indexing] program, including censuses, vital, church, military, and land records from around the world. | • [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch Record Search] is a pilot web site hosting many more databases that have been indexed through the [https://indexing.familysearch.org FamilySearch Indexing] program, including censuses, vital, church, military, and land records from around the world. | ||
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== Donations == | == Donations == | ||
Gifts of family histories, organized collections, and other records that contain genealogical information are welcome. For example, you can write a history of your family and donate a copy to the Family History Library. When you donate an item, you can indicate that you would like the item microfilmed, as well. [[Donations|Guidelines and instructions on]] how to donate are on our Web site. <br> | Gifts of family histories, organized collections, and other records that contain genealogical information are welcome. For example, you can write a history of your family and donate a copy to the Family History Library. When you donate an item, you can indicate that you would like the item microfilmed, as well. [[Donations|Guidelines and instructions on]] how to donate are on our Web site. <br> | ||
== Guides == | == Guides == | ||
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• [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp?PAGE=library_fhc_find.asp Click here to locate the nearest family history center], in your area, or call 866-406-1830 in the United States and Canada. | • [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp?PAGE=library_fhc_find.asp Click here to locate the nearest family history center], in your area, or call 866-406-1830 in the United States and Canada. | ||
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= Local Resources in the San Diego Area = | = Local Resources in the San Diego Area = | ||
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*The [http://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/catalog-databases/genealogy.shtml San Diego Public Library system ]has a large Genealogical Se<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1280892627757_19" />ction in its main Library downtown and computer genealogical support in all of its 35 City Library branches. | *The [http://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/catalog-databases/genealogy.shtml San Diego Public Library system ]has a large Genealogical Se<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1280892627757_19" />ction in its main Library downtown and computer genealogical support in all of its 35 City Library branches. | ||
== '''Alternate Repositories'''<br> == | == '''Alternate Repositories'''<br> == | ||
If you cannot find a source you need at the '''''Family History Library''''', try one or more of these other repositories.<br> | If you cannot find a source you need at the '''''Family History Library''''', try one or more of these other repositories.<br> | ||
'''''Repositories with very large genealogical collections'''''<br> | '''''Repositories with very large genealogical collections'''''<br> | ||
*[[Library of Congress]], Washington, DC, Local History and Genealogy Reading Room is part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, and collections of manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, and published material, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources. | *[[Library of Congress]], Washington, DC, Local History and Genealogy Reading Room is part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, and collections of manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, and published material, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources. | ||
*[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.<br> | *[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.<br> | ||
*[[Allen County Public Library]] (Indiana) home of the [[Periodical Source Index (PERSI)|Periodical Source Index (PERSI)]], more than 350,000 printed books and 513,000 items of microfilm/fiche including family histories, censuses, city directories, passenger lists, military records, local histories, American Indians, African Americans, Canadian, British, & German collections.<ref>"Genealogy Center" in Allen County Public Library [Internet site] at http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref><br> | *[[Allen County Public Library]] (Indiana) home of the [[Periodical Source Index (PERSI)|Periodical Source Index (PERSI)]], more than 350,000 printed books and 513,000 items of microfilm/fiche including family histories, censuses, city directories, passenger lists, military records, local histories, American Indians, African Americans, Canadian, British, & German collections.<ref>"Genealogy Center" in Allen County Public Library [Internet site] at http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref><br> | ||
'''''Repositories with significant Latter-day Saint collections''''' | '''''Repositories with significant Latter-day Saint collections''''' | ||
*[[Church History Library|Church History Library]], Salt Lake City, LDS history 1830-now: diaries, manuscripts, Church records, photos, oral history, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, audiovisual material<ref>"Church History Library and Archives" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [Internet site] at http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref><br> | *[[Church History Library|Church History Library]], Salt Lake City, LDS history 1830-now: diaries, manuscripts, Church records, photos, oral history, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, audiovisual material<ref>"Church History Library and Archives" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [Internet site] at http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref><br> | ||
*[http://www.dupinternational.org/ Daughters of Utah Pioneers], SLC, 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 by 10 May 1869.<ref>"Pioneer Museum" and "History Department" pages in International Society ~ Daughter of Utah Pioneers [Internet site] at http://www.dupinternational.org/ (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref><br> | *[http://www.dupinternational.org/ Daughters of Utah Pioneers], SLC, 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 by 10 May 1869.<ref>"Pioneer Museum" and "History Department" pages in International Society ~ Daughter of Utah Pioneers [Internet site] at http://www.dupinternational.org/ (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref><br> | ||
*[http://history.utah.gov/ Utah State Historical Society], SLC, 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 [Internet site] at http://history.utah.gov/research_and_collections/index.html (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref><br> | *[http://history.utah.gov/ Utah State Historical Society], SLC, 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 [Internet site] at http://history.utah.gov/research_and_collections/index.html (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref><br> | ||
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