A Family History Center to Add Branches to Your Family Tree

Family History Centers are operated by The ChurchLatter Day Saints website.
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They haveThese centers are designed to help the Latter Day
access to a vast amount of genealogical records heldSaints members identify their ancestors and to provide
at the Family History Library located in Salt Lake City,temple ordinances. However, everyone is welcome to
Utah. With over 4,500 centers from the Latter Dayuse the centers for their research for free. There is a
Saints located all throughout the United States as wellsmall fee to order microfiche, film or books from the
as countries abroad, you can easily find one near you.Library in Utah to cover shipping and handling costs.
Records at the Latter Day Saints Library in Utah,The history centers are staffed by volunteers that can
include personal genealogical histories on compactgive you an orientation about the their genealogical
disks, archived vital records on microfilm andholdings, answer some research questions, and help
microfiche, and family history books, gazetteers,you use center resources, as well as order microfilms
atlases, maps and more. You can search for thisand microfiche from the Family History Library in Utah.
information from the centers resources or onlineMany of the centers also offer training classes on a
through the Latter Day Saints website. Internetvariety of genealogical research topics for their
connectivity is available at most centers, some withpatrons. Hours are determined by each center
subscriptions to online genealogy research sites.individually so you need to call and check availability
Pedigree Resource Files are archived on compactbefore you visit them. They may also be available to
disks and may also be available at the centers for useguide you to other institutions that can help you trace
in your research or can be purchased through theyour ancestors trails.