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An archive is a repository where public or historical documents are preserved. A library is where books, manuscripts, and microfilms are kept for research but not for sale. Most archives and libraries collect records about area residents (biographies, family histories, local histories, and histories of Church units), and about nearby places (maps, gazetteers, and place-finding aids). They often compile guides and special indexes to important local sources. In many communities they are a meeting place for a genealogical society. They may be able to provide referrals to people who are willing to search local records for you. Before you visit an archive or a library, contact them to ask about their collection, hours, services, and fees.

When one of these institutions is referred to elsewhere in this outline, return to this section to obtain the address.

The Family History Library has copies of many of the records from the archives and libraries listed below, but most of these repositories will have additional sources.

Contents 1 FamilySearch Library and FamilySearch Centers 2 Church History Library 3 Other Major Repositories 4 Repository Inventories

FamilySearch Library and FamilySearch Centers

The FamilySearch Library has the world’s largest collection of genealogical information, including an extensive collection of books and microfilms about Church members. To find a FamilySearch Center (branch of the FamilySearch Library) near you click here.

Church History Library

The Church History Library preserves records, artifacts, and other materials relating to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Church History Department does not loan materials to family history centers.

Staff can respond to queries by telephone at 801-240-2804 or e-mail at churchhistorylibrary@ldschurch.org. You can also visit www.churchhistorylibrary.org or the Church History Library, which is located at:

15 East North Temple Street

Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3800 USA

Church Library and Archives — The Church History Library has manuscript and microfilmed material that may contain helpful genealogical information. This includes the following types of manuscripts: membership records, meeting minutes, and histories of ward, branches, stakes, and missions. They also have diaries, journals, and other histories of Church leaders.

The Church History Library has published works by and about the LDS Church and its members. This includes biographies, directories, emigration books, Church history, local ward, branch and stake histories, Mormon Battalion histories, newspapers and obituaries, periodicals and indexes, and the Journal History of the Church.

Other Major Repositories

The following list shows other organizations that have genealogical and historical records about the Church and its members. Their catalogs are often available on the Internet.

David O. McKay Library Brigham Young University Idaho Rexburg, ID 83440 USA Telephone: 208-356-2355 Fax: 208-356-2385 http://www.lib.byui.edu/	Daughters of the Utah Pioneers 300 North Main Salt Lake City, UT 84103 USA Telephone: 801-538-1050 http://www.dupinternational.org/
Delyte W. Morris Library Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901 USA Telephone: 618-453-2522 Fax: 618-453-3440 www.lib.siu.edu/index.html	Harold B. Lee Library Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 USA Telephone: 801-378-6200 Fax: 801-378-6347 http://www.lib.byu.edu/
Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, CA 91108 USA Telephone: 626-405-2191 Fax: 626-449-5720 Internet: http://catalog.huntington.org/	Joseph F. Smith Library Brigham Young University Hawaii 55-220 Kulanui Street Laie, HA 96762 USA Telephone: 808-293-3876 Fax: 808-293-3877 Internet: http://library.byuh.edu/
J. Willard Marriott Library University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA Telephone: 801-581-8364 Fax: 801-585-3464 http://www.lib.utah.edu/collections/index.php	Merrill Library Special Collections and Archives Utah State University Logan, UT 84322-3000 USA Telephone: 801-797-2663 Fax: 801-797-2880 http://library.usu.edu/menu.php?menu=2
Nauvoo Restoration Incorporated Lands and Records Office Corner of Parley and Partridge P.O. Box 215 Nauvoo, IL 62354 USA Telephone: 217-453-2733 (The records on the Early Latter-day Saint website includes the Nauvoo Lands and Records Office records for early LDS families.)	Community of Christ Library (Formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.) The Temple 201 S. River Independence, Missouri 64051 USA Telephone: 816-833-1000, extension 2400 Fax: 816-521-3089 http://www.cofchrist.org/library/default.asp See the Membership Records wiki article for this library’s Index to Archival Holdings, 1830–1994.
Stewart Library Weber State University 2901 University Circle Ogden, UT 84408 USA Telephone: 801-626-6403 Fax: 801-626-7045 Internet: http://library.weber.edu/

Repository Inventories

Guide to Archives and Manuscript Collections in Selected Utah Repositories. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1990. (Family History Library floppy disk no. 4 parts1–4). This is widely available in the Family History Suite 2. This inventory lists the author, title, number of volumes, location, and subject headings for each record cited. This emphasizes the Utah State Historical Society more than other repositories. It describes records at the following Utah repositories:

• American Fork Public Library(American Fork, Utah)
• Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah)
• Daughters of the Utah Pioneers (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Southern Utah University (Cedar City, Utah)
• Springville Public Library (Springville, Utah)
• University of Utah (Salt Lake City)
• Utah State Archives (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Utah State Historical Society (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Utah State University (Logan, Utah)
• Weber State University (Ogden, Utah)

Whittaker, David J. Mormon Americana: A Guide to Sources and Collections in the United States. BYU Studies Monograph. Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, 1995. (Family History Library book 289.30160973 M828m). This covers more repositories but in less detail than the previous inventory. It includes references to the Family History Library and Historical Department.

Howells, Cyndi. LDS and Family History Centers. In Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet [Internet site]. Puyallup, Washington: Cyndi Howells, 8 February 1998 [cited 10 September 1999]. Available at www.cyndislist.com/lds.htm. This site has numerous links for Internet resources for LDS research and websites pertaining to some of the family history centers throughout the world.

Roots-L. In RootsWeb [Internet site]. N.p., 25 May 1999 [cited 10 September 1999]. Available at www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/. This list of sites and resources includes a large, regularly-updated research coordination list.

Ancestry.com ($)  For a subscription fee you can search several databases on this Internet site for early Church members. These databases are also available in the LDS Family History Suite 2 described in the LDS Biography wiki article.

Many public libraries, college libraries, and private locations have computer on-line services, networks and bulletin boards, and news groups for family history research. For further details about using these services see the United States Research Outline (30972), Second Edition, "Archives and Libraries" section.

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