ROOTS-L Resources: Family History Centers and Library

    It's certainly possible to do genealogy without ever setting foot inside a Family History Center (FHC). But if you live close enough to visit one, you really should. The resources may not initially impress you, but you have access through each FHC to most of the resources available at the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City, and those resources are awesome indeed. ROOTS-L has several files about FHCs and the FHL, explaining what they are, where they can be found, how they can best be utilized, etc.

    From the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a listing of worldwide Family History Centers.

  • faq.fhcintro: An overview of the wonderful resources you will find in a Family History Center, and (for some reason) a series of questions and answers about copyrights and the Family Search files (another FHC resource).
  • genealog.ldsancf: How to contribute your data for inclusion in the Ancestral File (which is available at FHCs on CD-ROM).
  • genealog.ldsigi1: What is the International Genealogical Index (IGI) and how is it used? See also genealog.fhlv2n3 for details about FamilySearch and the CD-ROM versions of the IGI and the Family History Library Catalog (FHLC), and genealog.fhlv2n4 for details about Ancestral File.
  • genealog.ldsfhlib: The Family History Library in Salt Lake City: information about its history, its purpose, where it is, how to use it, Family History Centers, Salt Lake City, even a map of the library! See also genealog.fhlv1n3 and:
  • genealog.ldsvisit: Useful info about visiting Salt Lake City -- how to interpret those funny addresses, what your family can do while you're having fun in the library (which for some reason they find booooooring), where to park, etc.
  • Family History News: News of the Family History Library was initially published six times yearly by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, then shifted to quarterly. We have several issues.

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