Family History Library / Genealogical Society of Utah - Salt Lake City, Utah
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N 40° 46.224 W 111° 53.656
12T E 424529 N 4513654
Located across the street West of the LDS Temple grounds
Waymark Code: WMBDEQ
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 05/09/2011
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Founded in 1894 to gather genealogical records and assist members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with their family history and genealogical research.
It is the largest library of its kind in the world
Open to the general public at no charge
The collection includes over 2.4 million rolls of microfilmed genealogical records; 727,000 microfiche; 356,000 books, serials, and other formats; over 4,500 periodicals; 3,725 electronic resources.
The Ancestral File database contains more than 36 million names that are linked into families.
The International Genealogical Index 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 Pedigree Resource File 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, Asia, and Africa.
A majority of the records contain information about persons who lived before 1930.
Approximately 200 cameras are currently digitizing records in over 45 countries. Records have been filmed in over 110 countries, territories, and possessions
Located at 35 North West Temple Street
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