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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 Census • 1881 British Isles Census• 1881 Canadian Census | • [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 Census • 1881 British Isles Census• 1881 Canadian Census | ||
• [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp The Family History Library Catalog] online describes the library's holdings. | • [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp The Family History Library Catalog] online describes the library's holdings. | ||
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==== Collection Description ==== | ==== Collection Description ==== | ||
• The collection includes over 2.4 million rolls of [[Family History Library Microfilm Restrictions|microfilmed genealogical records]]; 727,000 microfiche; 356,000 books, serials, and other formats; 4,500 periodicals; 3,725 [[Family History Library CDs|electronic databases]].<ref>"About the Family History Library" in FamilySearch.org at http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHL/frameset_library.asp (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref> • 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 100 million names that are linked into families. • Records available are from the United States, Canada, the British Isles, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. • | • The collection includes over 2.4 million rolls of [[Family History Library Microfilm Restrictions|microfilmed genealogical records]]; 727,000 microfiche; 356,000 books, serials, and other formats; 4,500 periodicals; 3,725 [[Family History Library CDs|electronic databases]].<ref>"About the Family History Library" in FamilySearch.org at http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHL/frameset_library.asp (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref> • 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 100 million names that are linked into families. • Records available are from the United States, Canada, the British Isles, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. • Thousands of records are added to the collection each month. • 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. | ||
==== Donations ==== | ==== Donations ==== | ||
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==== Patron Resources ==== | ==== Patron Resources ==== | ||
• | • 475 patron [[Family History Library Computer Resources|computers]] • 408 microfilm readers • 36 microfiche readers • 27 digital microfilm and microfiche copiers • 4 book scanners • 14 book copiers • Seating capacity for 375 at tables • Orientation and research classes | ||
==== What's New at the Family History Library ==== | ==== What's New at the Family History Library ==== | ||
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[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/images/7/7c/NEW_BOOKS_FAM_HIST.pdf Family History Collections] | [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/images/7/7c/NEW_BOOKS_FAM_HIST.pdf Family History Collections] | ||
[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/images/d/d0/NEW_BOOKS_STAFF.pdf Staff/Reference Collections] | [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/images/d/d0/NEW_BOOKS_STAFF.pdf Staff/Reference Collections] | ||
==== Personnel ==== | ==== Personnel ==== | ||
• Currently | • Currently 60 [[Family History Library Consultation Service|full-time and part-time professional staff]] • Approximately 600 trained volunteers | ||
:• [[Family History Library: British Research Consultants|British Research Consultants Directory]] | :• [[Family History Library: British Research Consultants|British Research Consultants Directory]] | ||