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Welcome to the FamilySearch Library       page Announcements 14 Jan - The Library is open Contact Information E-mail: <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/help/self-help">www.familysearch.org/help/self-help</a> Address: 35 North West Temple Street <a href="Salt Lake City, Utah">Salt Lake City</a>, Utah 84150-3400 Telephone: Research Help: 866-234-2067 Classes, Hours, Parking: 801-240-6536 Lost and Found: 801-240-3527 Hours and holidays:  <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/locations/library_hours">Click here</a> or call the phone number above. Parking and Transportation: For a FamilySearch Library area <a href="Parking and Public Transportation near the Family History Library">pay-parking lots</a> map <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/locations/library_parking">click here</a>. For TRAX (light rail) and bus public transportation information <a href="http://www.rideuta.com/">click here</a>. Copy Fees: Black and white 8 1/2 x 11: U.S. $.05 Black and white 11 x 17: U.S. $.10 Color 8 1/2 x 11: U.S. $.30 Color 11 x 17: U.S. $.60 <a href="Self Help Copy Services at the Family History Library">More copy information</a> Library Rules 1. Set cellular phones to silence or vibrate. Phones should not “ring” in the Library. Quiet cell phone conversations are permitted in the Library. Please be respectful of those around you. Library staff is authorized to request that patrons discontinue phone conversations. 2. Do not leave personal belongings unattended. The library is not responsible for items that are lost, stolen or damaged. We encourage patrons with laptop computers to lock them to the furniture where they are seated. 3. If you plan to vacate a microfilm reader for more than 60 minutes or a computer for more than 15 minutes, please take your material with you. If demand is high materials may be removed by staff and stored at the Access Services window. 4. Please handle the equipment, books, and other materials carefully. 5. Please re-file microfilms and return books to the red shelves, or red carts, near the row from which they came. 6. When using photocopy equipment, please limit yourself to five copies when others are waiting. While using Scan Pros please limit usage to 15 minutes while others are waiting. 7. If readers or copiers malfunction, please inform an Access Assistant at the Access Services window. An “out of order” sign will be placed on non-operational equipment until it can be repaired. 8. Announcements are made 45 minutes, 30 minutes and 15 minutes prior to closing of the Library. Please leave the Library prior to closing time. 9. Food and drinks are permitted only in the main floor snack room. (Water bottles with closed lids are permitted.) 10. Animals: No animals are allowed in the Family History Library unless they are trained service animals assisting persons with disabilities. 11. Clothing and Dress Standards: Appropriate dress is required in the Family History Library which includes shirt, pants and shoes at all times. 12. Children under twelve must be accompanied by an adult. 13. Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the building or on the grounds. 14. We invite patrons to use the Patron Feedback link on patron computers to share rewarding experiences, compliments, suggestions, and concerns. 15. Please observe all posted instructions. Library Background • Founded in 1894 to gather genealogical records and assist members of <a href="http://www.lds.org">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> with their family history and genealogical research • Largest library of its kind in the world • Open to the general public at no charge • <a href="Family History Library Rules">Visited</a> by an estimated 1,900 or more individual patrons and <a href="Family History Library Tours and Group Visits">groups</a> each day. Library Resources Patron Class Schedule <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/locations/library_class_schedule">by day</a> <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/7/72/2012-08-Patron_Class_Calendar.pdf">August, 2012</a> <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/1/18/2012-09-Patron_Class_Calendar.pdf">September, 2012</a> <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/d/d7/2012-10-Patron_Class_Calendar.pdf">October, 2012</a> <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/9/9b/2012-11-Patron_Class_Calendar.pdf">November, 2012</a> Online Resources <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/">FamilySearch</a>is the online web site which hosts: • Historical Records (images and indexes). • Digitized Books. • FamilySearch Research Wiki. • Online training classes. • The Ancestral File. • The International Genealogical Index. • The Pedigree Resource File database. • US Social Security Death Index. <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog">The FamilySearch Library Catalog</a> online describes the library's holdings. Collection Description The collection includes over 2.4 million rolls of <a href="Family History Library Microfilm Restrictions">microfilmed genealogical records</a>; 727,000 microfiche; 356,000 books, serials, and other formats; 4,500 periodicals; 3,725 <a href="Family History Library CDs">electronic databases</a>. <a href="http://familysearch.org/search/collection/list">Historical Records</a> contains over a billion names of deceased individuals from census, vital records, and other records from over 100 countries on each of the seven continents. It includes indexes and images of many original records. <a href="http://familysearch.org/#form=books">Digitized Books</a> contain searchable copies of over 40,000 family history and genealogy printed works. <a href="http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page">FamilySearch Research Wiki </a>contains research advice and direction in over 70,000 articles. Individuals are able to add or modify content to share their knowledge. <a href="http://familysearch.org/learningcenter/home.html">Learning Center</a> contains hundreds of online classes on a variety of subjects for many different countries and most genealogical principles and processes. The <a href="http://familysearch.org/family-trees">Ancestral File</a> database contains more than 36 million names that are linked into families. The <a href="http://familysearch.org/search/collection/igi">International Genealogical Index</a> 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 <a href="http://familysearch.org/family-trees">Pedigree Resource File</a> 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, South America, Asia, Australia and Africa. Millions of records are added to the collection each month. A majority of the records contain information about persons who lived before 1941. Approximately 200 cameras are currently microfilming records in over 45 countries. Records have been filmed in over 110 countries, territories, and possessions. Donations Gifts of family histories, organized collections, and other records that contain genealogical information are welcome. For example, you can write a history of your family and donate a copy to the Family History Library. When you donate an item, you can indicate that you would like the item microfilmed, as well. More details about <a href="Donations">donations.</a> View Guidelines for <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/7/75/Donations_Guidelines_REVISION_12_July_2012.pdf">Gifts, Donations, and Loans to FamilySearch</a>. If you have questions about donations please contact: Book Donations at:   801-240-1855 <a href="mailto:bookdonations@familysearch.org">bookdonations@familysearch.org</a> Patron Resources 475 patron <a href="Family History Library Computer Resources">computers</a> 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 FamilySearch Library Check out the new books that have been added to the collection! Please note that some browsers have problems with PDF files and to open these you may need to 'Right Click' and open in a new window. US/Canada Collections (current) <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/d/d4/2013-Jan-NEW_BOOKS_US_CAN_%283%29.pdf">Jan, 2013</a> <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/6/66/2012_10_uscanbooks.pdf">Oct. 1, 2012</a> (table format)  British Collections (current) <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/4/40/2013-Jan-NEW_BOOKS_BRITISH_%283%29.pdf">Jan. 2013</a> <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/7/7b/2012_10_britishbooks.pdf">Oct. 1, 2012</a> (table format)  International Collections (current) <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/8/8f/2013-Jan-NEW_BOOKS_INTL_%283%29.pdf">Jan. 2013</a> <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/f/f3/2012_10_intlbooks.pdf">Oct. 1, 2012</a> (table format) Family History Collections (current) <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/3/3b/2013-Jan-NEW_BOOKS_FAM_HIST_%283%29.pdf">Jan. 2013</a>  <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/b/b3/2012_10_famhistbooks.pdf">Oct. 1, 2012</a> (table format) Staff/Reference Collections (current) <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/3/39/2013-Jan-NEW_BOOKS_STAFF_%283%29.pdf">Jan. 2013</a> Personnel Currently 60 <a href="Family History Library Consultation Service">full-time and part-time professional staff</a> Approximately 600 trained volunteer <a href="Family History Library: British Research Consultants">British Research Consultants Directory</a> <a href="Family History Library: International Research Consultants">International Research Consultants Directory</a><a href="Family History Library: United States and Canada Research Consultants">United States and Canada Research Consultants</a> <a href="Family History Library: United States and Canada Research Consultants">United States and Canada Research Consultants Directory</a> Guides Johni Cerny, and Wendy L. Elliott, The Library: a Guide to the LDS Family History Library (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 1988) <IMG class=FCK__MWTemplate src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" width=1 height=1 _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="40" _fck_mw_template="true">; <IMG class=FCK__MWTemplate src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" width=1 height=1 _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="38" _fck_mw_template="true">. J. Carlyle Parker, Going to Salt Lake City to Do Family History Research, 3rd ed. (Turlock, Calif.: Marietta Pub., 1996) <IMG class=FCK__MWTemplate src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" width=1 height=1 _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="36" _fck_mw_template="true">; <IMG class=FCK__MWTemplate src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" width=1 height=1 _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="34" _fck_mw_template="true">. Group Visits <a href="Family History Library/Group Visit Guidelines">Guidelines for scheduling groups at the Family History Library</a>. <a href="Family History Library/Successful Group Visits">Important information for a successful visit.</a> <a href="Family History Library/Group Visit Options">Group visit options</a>. <a href="Family History Library/Group Visit: Make a Reservation">Make a reservation</a>. FHL visitors describe their experiences: <a href="http://www.geni.com/blog/geni-tours-the-family-history-library/">Video Tour: Family History Library</a> -- recorded by Geni.com staff (February 2010) <a href="http://geniaus.blogspot.com/2011/02/another-item-is-crossed-off-my-bucket.html">Another Item Crossed Off My Bucket List, or Is It?</a> - by Jill Ball (visited in February 2010) Visiting the SLC: Days <a href="http://www.geneamusings.com/2009/01/checking-out-family-history-library.html">1</a> & <a href="http://www.geneamusings.com/2009/01/checking-out-family-history-library_16.html">2</a> of posts by Randy Seaver (visited in Jan 2009) <a href="How to Prepare to Visit the Family History Library in Salt Lake City">How to Prepare to Visit the Family History Library</a> <a href="Request a Vault Film before Visiting the Family History Library">Request A Vault Film before Visiting the Family History Library</a> <a href="http://familycherished.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-gives-with-familysearch-rest-of.html">What Gives With FamilySearch? The Rest of the Story</a> (Sep 2011) - Valerie provides an in-depth blog post about the volunteers in the FHL.  <a href="http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/articles/slc.shtml">Salt Lake City Library: Ready, Set Go!</a> - by Lorine McGinnis Schulze FamilySearch Centers <a href="Introduction to LDS Family History Centers">FamilySearch Centers</a> are branches of the Family History Library Over 4,500 family history centers operate in more than 100 countries Local FamilySearch Centers are staffed by helpful volunteers About 100,000 rolls of microfilm are circulated to family history centers each month. <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/locations/">Click here to locate a nearby family history center</a>, or call 866-406-1830 in the United States or Canada. <a href="https://familysearch.org/locations/centerlocator">Click here for the map-based locator.</a> Alternate Repositories If you cannot find a source you need at the Family History Library, try one or more of these other repositories. Repositories with very large genealogical collections <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a>, Washington, DC, Local History and Genealogy Reading Room is part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, and collections of manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, and published material, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources. <a href="National Archives and Records Administration">National Archives I</a>, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees. <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Allen County Public Library">Allen County Public Library</a> (Indiana) home of the <a href="Periodical Source Index (PERSI)">Periodical Source Index (PERSI)</a>, more than 350,000 printed books and 513,000 items of microfilm/fiche including family histories, censuses, city directories, passenger lists, military records, local histories, American Indians, African Americans, Canadian, British, & German collections. Repositories with significant Latter-day Saint collections <a href="Church History Library">Church History Library</a>, Salt Lake City, LDS history 1830-now: diaries, manuscripts, Church records, photos, oral history, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, audiovisual material <a href="http://www.dupinternational.org/">Daughters of Utah Pioneers</a>, SLC, the Museum displays artifacts, and the History Department collects and preserves about 100,000 histories of pioneers who set out for, settled, or were born in Utah by 10 May 1869. <a href="http://history.utah.gov/">Utah State Historical Society</a>, SLC, family histories, photographs, books, manuscript collections, telephone directories, maps, newspapers, yearbooks, and periodicals are available in the Research Center and online. Neighboring repositories <a href="http://www.lib.byu.edu/fslab/">Brigham Young University</a>, Provo UT, genealogy, history, census, <a href="BYU Family History Library">Family History Center</a>, <a href="http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php">digital family history</a>. <a href="Salt Lake City Public Library">Salt Lake City Public Library</a> Utah newspapers on microfilm, and genealogical databases. <a href="http://www.archives.state.ut.us/">Utah State Archives</a>, SLC, newspaper, death, land, court, history, naturalization, military, directories, criminals. <a href="http://library.usu.edu/">Utah State University</a>, Logan UT, Special Collections and Archives local historical and biographical sources. <a href="http://www.lib.utah.edu/portal/site/marriottlibrary/">University of Utah</a>, SLC, history, biography, newspapers, government documents, and Western Americana. <a href="http://www.utd.uscourts.gov/">United States District Court of Utah</a>, Salt Lake City, federal court records. <a href="http://www.utcourts.gov/directory/courthouse.cgi?district=3">Salt Lake County Court</a> local court records. 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Family History Library (FHL); now called, FamilySearch Library (FSL)