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<span>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints maintains a Church History Library and Archives in Salt Lake City, Utah separate from the Family History Library. </span><span>The collections of the Church History Library and Archives contain materials chronicling the history of the Church from its beginning in 1830 to the present day. The collections contain manuscripts, books, Church records, photographs, oral histories, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, and audiovisual materials.</span>

<span>These records from local church units include membership records, minutes, and histories. The Church has only a few scattered membership records before 1847. The Church Archives is the only place to access membership records from 1949 to 1983. Priesthood quorums and auxiliaries created the minutes and records as well as the local church leaders. The Family History Library has copies of membership records on microfilm for most local units up to 1948.</span>

<span>For other sources available in each library, see the research outline, ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=LDSRec.ASP Tracing LDS Families] ''<span>(item 34080)</span>. Major collections include the Early Church Information File, the Missionary Record Index (1830-1979), and the Obituary Index (1848-1970).</span>

''[http://chperiodicals.lds.org/ <span>LDS</span><span> Church</span>]''<span>''[http://chperiodicals.lds.org/ Periodical Index].'' Automated index containing authors, titles, subjects, and abstracts of articles from periodicals published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well as from other journals and magazines from 1976 to the present.</span>