FamilySearch Library Donations

Donating to the FamilySearch Library and FamilySearch

Our physical collection includes over 600,000 books, serials, and maps with many more available online. We are constantly looking to acquire books to be added to our physical and digital libraries on FamilySearch.org

If you are looking for a place to preserve and share your compiled family history or other genealogical books, please consider donating to the FamilySearch Library.

Gifts and Donations Guidelines

All donations become the property of FamilySearch and will be reviewed and handled at our own discretion.

FamilySearch accepts materials that:

Add new information to FamilySearch's collection
Do not violate current privacy and copyright laws
Do not include living people, for privacy reasons. If the book contains information about living individuals, the author takes sole responsibility for the availability of this information to the public.

Materials Accepted by the FamilySearch Library

Family histories (well organized, and includes a title, author, and publication date)
Published genealogical books
Published historical books such as local and county histories
Periodicals
Directories
Indexes and transcriptions of records in book format
Autobiographies and Biographies

For digital submissions, contact digitallibrary@familysearch.org.

Other Materials

Family stories, photos, and audio should be added to FamilySearch Family Tree or in the Memories section of FamilySearch.org. Family information on Pedigree Charts, Family Group Sheets, or GEDCOM files, should also be added into Family Tree.

The following materials should be shared with family members, or a local historical society or public library.

Artifacts, souvenirs, or memorabilia
Correspondence and travelogues
Fiction
Personal journals (less than 70 years old)
Newspapers and newspaper clippings
Obituaries
Original source documents (birth, marriage, death certificates; probates; deeds, etc.)

Materials Related to members of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Materials related to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or its history (including personal journals, missionary journals, biographies, autobiographies) may also be sent to the Church History Library for their collection. For more information, please contact them and a Church History Library representative will contact you if they determine that your item fits within the scope of their collections.:

Church History Library
Donations Guidelines
Telephone: 801-240-5696
Email: history@ChurchofJesusChrist.org

Sell to FamilySearch

If you wish to sell a family history or genealogical publication to FamilySearch, please send an official offer to fhl-acq@familysearch.org.

Permission to Duplicate or Digitize

In order to legally duplicate copyrighted materials, FamilySearch must have permission from the author or copyright holder. Please send a completed General Donation form and a Permission to Duplicate form when applicable, with your materials. Forms may be downloaded below, requested by phone, email, or regular post from the contact information listed under the heading, Process for Donating to the FamilySearch Library:

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Process for Donating to the FamilySearch Library

1. Carefully review the FamilySearch Gifts and Donations Policy.

2. Fill out the following forms:

General Donation form
Permission to Duplicate form, when applicable

3. Mail, email, or drop off your donation and the completed forms to:

FamilySearch
FamilySearch Library - Gifts
35 N. West Temple Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84150-1103 USA
Telephone: 1-801-240-1855
Email: books@familysearch.org

Item Donation Forms