BYU Library Family History Center

BYU Family History Library

Harold B. Lee Library atrium at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.

Contact Information

E-mail:^[1] Ask a Librarian

Address:^[2]

Harold B. Lee Library

P.O. Box 26800

Brigham Young University

Provo, UT 84602-6800

Telephone:^[3]

Missionary Reference Desk 801-422-3934
Religion/Family History Reference Desk 801-422-6200
Family History Librarian 801-422-7661

Regular Hours:^[4]

The library is open Monday - Saturday 7am - midnight, but help is only available during the hours listed below
Monday – Thursday: 8am to 9pm
Friday: 8am to 6pm
Saturday: 10am to 6pm
2nd & 4th Sundays: 10am to 7:30pm

Holiday Hours

Directions, map, and parking

Internet sites and databases:

BYU Family History Library website
BYU Harold B. Lee Library Internet site, books & more, articles & more, subject guides, databases, journals, collections, today in the library, ask, reserve a group study room.
BYU Harold B. Lee Library Catalog Online, net I.D. required.
Family history and genealogy resources, Internet sites, records, societies, reference, family histories.
General databases A-Z list of thousands, many of which are available off-campus.

Collection Description

Census, vital birth, marriage, death, and divorce records, obituaries, cemeteries, immigration, land, Latter-day Saints, military, archives CDs, libraries and historical societies, reference books, family and local histories, periodicals, newspapers, biography, city directories, African American records, maps, government documents, digital archives, FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Cyndi’s List, Footnote.com, GenForum, HeritageQuest Online, Rootsweb.com, AltaVista, Google, Teoma, Yahoo.

The library also acts as a Family History Center with access to microfilms of the Family History Library.

BYU Family History Library staff have annotated the old Family History Library Research Outlines (Salt Lake City) to identify what resources are also housed at the Provo facility:

Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming ·

Tips

Free family history classes are taught on Sundays, click here, or telephone 801-422-6200.

Alternate Repositories

If you cannot visit or find a record at the BYU Library Family History Center, a similar record may be available at one of the following.

Repositories with significant Latter-day Saint collections

BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, Provo.
Family History Library, Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, Mormon records.
Church History Library, Salt Lake City, LDS history 1830-now: diaries, manuscripts, Church records, photographs, oral history, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, audiovisual material^[5]
Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Salt Lake City, 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.^[6]
Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City, family histories, photographs, books, manuscript collections, directories, maps, newspapers, yearbooks, and periodicals are available in the Research Center and online.^[7]

Similar Collections

Huntington Library, San Marino CA, Western Americana including California LDS history for "qualified" scholars.
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL, collects LDS history sources.
Yale University Divinity School Library, New Haven CT, excellent collection of LDS theology and history books.

Neighboring repositories

Utah State Archives, SLC, newspaper, death, land, court, history, naturalization, military, directories, criminal.
Utah State University, Logan, Special Collections and Archives local historical and biographical sources.
University of Utah, SLC, history, biography, newspapers, government documents, and Western Americana.
United States District Court of Utah federal court records.
Utah County Court local court records.
Provo City Library, history, newspapers, obituaries, cemeteries, FamilySearch, HeritageQuest, death certificates.
Salt Lake City Public Library Utah newspapers on microfilm, and genealogical databases.

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Sources

↑ Harold B. Lee Library, "E-mail a Question" at http://www.lib.byu.edu/ask_email.php (accessed 8 February 2010).
↑ Harold B. Lee Library, "Contact Us" at http://www.lib.byu.edu/feedback.php (8 February 2010).
↑ Harold B. Lee Library, "Ask a Librarian" at http://www.lib.byu.edu/ask.php (accessed 8 February 2010).
↑ Harold B. Lee Library, "Family History and Genealogy Resources-Sunday Classes" at http://lib.byu.edu/sites/familyhistory/sunday-classes/ (20 May 2010).
↑ "Church History Library and Archives" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [Internet site] at http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library (accessed 18 October 2008).
↑ "Pioneer Museum" and "History Department" pages in International Society ~ Daughter of Utah Pioneers [Internet site] at http://www.dupinternational.org/ (accessed 18 October 2008).
↑ "Research Center and Collections" and "Collections Available at the Research Center" in Utah State History [Internet site] at http://history.utah.gov/research_and_collections/index.html (accessed 18 October 2008).

[1] Harold B. Lee Library, "E-mail a Question" at http://www.lib.byu.edu/ask_email.php (accessed 8 February 2010).

[2] Harold B. Lee Library, "Contact Us" at http://www.lib.byu.edu/feedback.php (8 February 2010).

[3] Harold B. Lee Library, "Ask a Librarian" at http://www.lib.byu.edu/ask.php (accessed 8 February 2010).

[4] Harold B. Lee Library, "Family History and Genealogy Resources-Sunday Classes" at http://lib.byu.edu/sites/familyhistory/sunday-classes/ (20 May 2010).

[5] "Church History Library and Archives" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [Internet site] at http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library (accessed 18 October 2008).

[6] "Pioneer Museum" and "History Department" pages in International Society ~ Daughter of Utah Pioneers [Internet site] at http://www.dupinternational.org/ (accessed 18 October 2008).

[7] "Research Center and Collections" and "Collections Available at the Research Center" in Utah State History [Internet site] at http://history.utah.gov/research_and_collections/index.html (accessed 18 October 2008).

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