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=== FamilySearch International===
=== FamilySearch International===
In the 1990's, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints expanded [https://familysearch.org/archives the Genealogical Society of Utah and it eventually became known as FamilySearch].  During the 1990's, [http://www.broughfamily.org/history/Monte_J_Brough.html Monte J. Brough], a General Authority and Executive Director of the Family History Department and president of the Genealogical Society of Utah, [http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/61502/Elder-Monte-J-Brough-A-man-for-all-seasons.html conceived of an Internet genealogy service which he proposed to church leaders].  His ideas eventually developed into what today is known as FamilySearch.org.  [https://familysearch.org/archives In 1999, the new website, FamilySearch.org, went live], providing an online medium for making genealogical records easily available to the public anywhere in the world at no cost.  In 2005 the Genealogical Society of Utah began operating as [[FamilySearch International]].
In the 1990's, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints expanded [https://familysearch.org/archives the Genealogical Society of Utah and it eventually became known as FamilySearch].  During the 1990's, [http://www.broughfamily.org/history/Monte_J_Brough.html Monte J. Brough], a General Authority and Executive Director of the Family History Department and president of the Genealogical Society of Utah, [http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/61502/Elder-Monte-J-Brough-A-man-for-all-seasons.html conceived of an Internet genealogy service which he proposed to church leaders].  His ideas eventually developed into what today is known as FamilySearch.org.  [https://familysearch.org/archives In 1999, the new website, FamilySearch.org, went live], providing an online medium for making genealogical records easily available to the public anywhere in the world at no cost.  In 2005 the Genealogical Society of Utah began operating as [[FamilySearch International]]. [https://familysearch.org/archives/ Genealogical Society of Utah]




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[[LDS Church and Family History|LDS Church and Family History]] page gives more details.  
[[LDS Church and Family History|LDS Church and Family History]] page gives more details.  


=== Websites  ===
=== Publications  ===
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/128988?availability=Family%20History%20Library utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, 1910-1940]
* Susa Young Gates ''Lessons in Genealogy'' Salt Lake City,Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah,1915
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/133559?availability=Family%20History%20Library Archibald F. Bennett.] 


*[https://familysearch.org/archives/ Genealogical Society of Utah]


=== Reference Sources - FamilySearch Catalog ===
=== Historical  Reference Sources - FamilySearch Catalog ===
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/731761?availability=Family%20History%20Library James B. Allen, Jesse L. Embry, Kahlile B. Mehr. ''Hearts turned to the fathers : a history of the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1894-1994.'' Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, 1995]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/731761?availability=Family%20History%20Library James B. Allen, Jesse L. Embry, Kahlile B. Mehr. ''Hearts turned to the fathers : a history of the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1894-1994.'' Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, 1995]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/125529?availability=Family%20History%20Library Merrill S. Lofthouse. ''A brief history of the Genealogical Society of Utah'' typescript, 1966]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/125529?availability=Family%20History%20Library Merrill S. Lofthouse. ''A brief history of the Genealogical Society of Utah'' typescript, 1966]
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