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Organization[edit | edit source]

The Genealogical Society of Utah was organized on November 13, 1894, in the Church Historian's Office. The founding members of the organization included: Wilford Woodruff, George Q. Cannon, Joseph F. Smith, John Nicholson, James H. Anderson, Amos Milton Musser, Lorenzo Snow, Franklin D. Richards, James B. Walkley, Abraham H. Cannon, George Reynolds, John Jaques, and Duncan McAllister.

  • "President Franklin Dewey Richards," Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine 1 (January, 1910):1-5
  • "Amos Milton Musser," Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine 1 (January 1910):30-33
  • John Henry Evans. "John Nicholson," Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine 1 (April 1910):49--54 (Vice-President of the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1894-1907)
  • John Henry Evans. "John Jaques," Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine 1 (July 1910): 97-100 (First Librarian of the Genealogical Society of Utah)
  • Adam Bennion. "George Reynolds," Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine 1 (October 1910): 145-148. (Director Genealogical Society of Utah)
  • "Life and Ancestry of Joseph Christensen," Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine (October 1937): 145-156 (Vice-President of the Genealogical Society of Utah and Recorder of the Salt Lake Temple)

Organizational Purposes in 1894[edit | edit source]

When the society was organized the foundational purposes were identified as:

  • "Benevolent in collecting, compiling, establishing and maintaining a genealogical library for the use and benefit of its members and others"
  • "Educational in disseminating information regarding genealogical matters"
  • "Religious in acquiring records for deceased persons in connection with ordinances of the religion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, as that religion is understood in the doctrines and discipline of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and set forth in the revelations of God"

The GSU is an incorporated, nonprofit educational institution entirely funded by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Its headquarters are in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA with local representatives in all parts of the world. The Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU) is dedicated to gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical information throughout the world.

Presidents of the Genealogical Society of Utah[edit | edit source]

The first fifteen presidents of the Genealogical Society of Utah were:

  1. Franklin D. Richards, 1894-1899
  2. Anthon H. Lund, 1900-1921
  3. Charles W. Penrose, 1921-1925
  4. Anthony W. Ivins, 1925-1934
  5. Joseph Fielding Smith, 1934-1961
  6. Junius Jackson, 1961-1962
  7. N. Eldon Tanner, 1963
  8. Howard W. Hunter, 1964-1972
  9. Theodore M. Burton, 1972-1978
  10. J. Thomas Fyans, 1978
  11. Royden G. Derrick, 1979-1984
  12. Richard G. Scott, 1984-1988
  13. J. Richard Clarke, 1988-1993
  14. Monte J. Brough, 1993-1998
  15. Richard E. Turley, Jr., 2000-2008

The wiki aricle The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gives more detail about the role of family history in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Microfilming[edit | edit source]

In 1938 the GSU began microfilming records in the United States of America. After the end of World War II the GSU began microfilming projects internationally.[1] This table lists GSU microfilming projects through 1994.

SEQ Year Month Date Area Repository
1 1938 Nov 11 United States
2 1945 Dec 15 England
3 1946 Jun 1 Denmark Rigsarkivet
4 1947 Oct 7 Wales
5 1947 Dec 29 Netherlands
6 1948 Jun 12 Norway Riksarkivet
7 1948 Aug 27 Italy
8 1948 Sep 21 Switzerland
9 1948 Oct 19 Sweden Riksarkivet
10 1948 Dec 15 Finland Valtionarkisto
11 1949 Jul 1 East Germany
12 1949 Sep 10 Ireland
13 1951 Jun 11 Scotland
14 1952 May 1 West Germany
15 1952 Oct 1 Iceland
16 1952 Nov 20 Mexico Archivo General de la Nación
17 1957 Jun 28 Canada
18 1958 Jun 30 Belgium
19 1959 Apr 1 France
20 1959 Apr 20 Australia
21 1959 Jul 1 New Zealand
22 1960 Apr 1 Bahamas
23 1960 Nov 7 Luxembourg
24 1961 Jan 1 Hungary
25 1965 Apr 25 Argentina Arquidiócesis de Buenos Aires
26 1966 May 6 Austria
27 1967 Nov 17 Poland
28 1969 Feb 1 Guatemala
29 1970 Apr 7 Fiji
30 1972 Jun 21 Korea
31 1972 Jun 30 Panama
32 1972 Oct 7 Faeroe Islands
33 1973 Mar 30 Chile
34 1973 Sep 15 Philippines
35 1974 Jan 26 French Polynesia
36 1974 Feb 16 Cook Islands
37 1974 Feb 23 American Samoa
38 1974 May 1 Japan
39 1975 May 24 Portugal Arquivo Distrito do Funchal
40 1975 Jun 1 South Africa
41 1975 Jun 21 Costa Rica
42 1975 Aug 2 Spain Archivo Diocesano de Cuidad Rodrigo
43 1976 Sep 20 Taiwan
44 1975 Nov 22 Hong Kong
45 1976 May 1 Peru
46 1976 May 22 Macao
47 1976 Jul 24 Brazil
48 1976 Sep 11 El Salvador
49 1977 Feb 4 Western Samoa
50 1977 Jul 30 Zimbabwe
51 1978 Dec 17 Bolivia
52 1978 Mar 1 Namibia
53 1978 Apr 15 Liechtenstein
54 1978 Apr 15 Barbados
55 1979 Feb 24 Indonesia
56 1979 Mar 31 Honduras
57 1979 May 12 Sri Lanka
58 1979 Sep 1 Paraguay
59 1979 Sep 15 Greece
60 1979 Nov 10 Israel
61 1980 May 23 Turkey
62 1981 Jan 24 Ecuador
63 1981 Feb 20 St. Helena
64 1981 Apr 13 Dominican Republic
65 1981 Nov 1 India
66 1982 Jan 30 Papua New Guinea
67 1982 May 12 China
68 1982 Jun 19 Uruguay
69 1983 Feb 26 Gambia
70 1983 Apr 30 Singapore
71 1983 Jun 18 Jamaica
72 1985 Mar 20 Yugoslavia/Croatia
73 1985 Oct 12 Belize
74 1986 Jul 5 Goa
75 1986 Dec 16 Mauritius
76 1987 Feb 7 Egypt
77 1987 Feb 14 Puerto Rico
78 1988 Jul 23 Colombia
79 1988 Sep 3 Grenada
80 1988 Dec 14 Virgin Islands, U.S.
81 1990 Sep 22 St. Kitts and Nevis
82 1991 Mar 1 Gibralter
83 1991 Mar 9 Bermuda
84 1991 Apr 13 Anguilla
85 1991 Apr 27 Turks and Caicos
86 1991 May 25 Kiribati
87 1991 Jul 6 Bulgaria
88 1991 Sep 7 Slovakia
89 1991 Oct 10 Virgin Islands, British
90 1991 Nov 30 Venezuela
91 1991 Dec 14 Dominica
92 1992 Apr 4 Estonia
93 1992 Jul 30 Russia
94 1992 Sep 26 Slovenia
95 1993 Jan 22 Belarus
96 1993 Mar 13 Antigua and Barbuda
97 1993 Sep 28 Armenia
98 1993 Oct 2 Albania
99 1994 Feb 5 Niue
100 1994 Apr 2 Ukraine
101 1994 May 21 Lithuania

World Conference on Records 1969 and 1980[edit | edit source]

August 5-8,1969 - Record Protection in an Uncertain World

August 12-15,1980 - Preserving our Heritage

FamilySearch International[edit | edit source]

In the 1990's, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints expanded the activities of the Genealogical Society of Utah. During the 1990's, Monte J. Brough, a General Authority and Executive Director of the Family History Department and president of the Genealogical Society of Utah, conceived of an Internet genealogy service which he proposed to church leaders. His ideas eventually developed into what today is known as FamilySearch.org. 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.

Publications[edit | edit source]

Historical Reference Sources[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Catalog[edit | edit source]

  • 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. FS Catalog book 979.2258 C4a
  • Merrill S. Lofthouse. A brief history of the Genealogical Society of Utah. S.l.: typescript, 1966. FS Catalog book 027.424 L827b
  • Articles of association and by-laws of the Genealogical Society of Utah. FS Catalog book 929.1 G286ar
  • Harry H. Russell. Move of the Genealogical Society to the Joseph F. Smith Memorial Building, 1933. [S.l. : s.n., 1941?]. FS Library film 25546

Hathi Trust[edit | edit source]

The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine

External Links[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Kahile B. Mehr. Preserving the source : early microfilming efforts of the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1938-1950. Thesis (M.A.) Brigham Young University, 1985. FS Library 369.1 M474p
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