Introduction to Family History Centers: Difference between revisions

The "Regional Branch Libraries" of the Salt Lake City Family History Library are considered "Library class" facilities. These were complete with dedicated internal server and a library catalogs or card catalogs for their collections. In 2010, the ''regional branch libraries were redesignated as "Large Multi-Stake FHCs"'' on the FamilySearch website. However a supplement to the ''Family History Center Operations Guide'' dated January 5, 2006 was the administartive date for these FHC renaming. Supervision of these facilities are under the Area Presidency or assigned to a member of the Presidency of the Seventy. These facilities are still considered Salt Lake City Genealogical branch libraries and often have book collections in the thousands, microfilm &amp; microfliche in the tens of thousands, dozens of internet connected computers and microfilm &amp; microfliche readers and some digital scanners. All have dedicated servers with DSL, cable or T-1 internet access. In addition all had at least one multi-use classroom, and several research areas.(See: Family History Center Operations Guide, updated 2008, produced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah. AND&nbsp;Family History Center Operations Guide, Supplement for Large Multistake Family History Centers, dated January 5, 2006, produced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah. AND Church Handbook of Instructions, Book 2, Section 9, "Temple and Family History Work.)<br>These branch libraries have a dedicated non-paid full-time director (usually a husband/wife team) and dozens of volunteer staff..&lt;Ref name=fhc2/&gt; In many cases non-church member volunteers serve from the community. Local genealogy groups often support these library facilities seeing non-LDS patron use higher than local LDS usage.&lt;ref name=Allen/&gt; While the LDS Church as renamed most of them, their websites reflect older names. The following is a list of Regional Family History Centers redesignated Large Multi-Stake Family History Centers:<br>{{Div col}}<br>*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~idsrfhc/ Idaho Falls Regional Family History Center], Idaho Falls, Idaho<br>*[http://www.familyhistorylv.org/ Las Vegas Regional Family History Center], Las Vegas, Nevada<br>*[http://www.londonfhc.org/ London Family History Centre], Hyde Park, London, England<br>*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utcfhc/ Logan Utah Regional Family History Center], Logan, Utah<br>*[http://www.lafhl.org/ Los Angeles Family History Library], Los Angeles, California<br>*[http://www.mesarfhc.org/ Mesa Arizona Regional Family History Center], Mesa, Arizona<br>*[http://www.oaklandfhc.org/ Oakland Regional Family History Center], Oakland, California<br>*[http://www.orfhc.org/ Ogden Regional Family History Center], Ogden, Utah<br>*[http://www.orangefhc.info/ Orange Regional Family History Center], Orange, California<br>*[http://prfhc.net/ Pocatello Regional Family History Center], Pocatello, Idaho<br>*[http://www.familyhistorycenter.info/ Sacramento Regional Family History Center], Sacramento, California<br>*[http://www.familyhistorycenter.org/ St. George Regional Family History Center], St. George, Utah - Main web site under construction, but [http://wchsutah.org/people/stg-fhtc/BookCatalog.htm click here] for information on collections. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp Click here] for name clarification.<br>*[http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/San_Diego_Family_History_Library San Diego Regional Family History Center], San Diego, California<br>{{Div col end}}&nbsp;