LDS Genealogy Family Search
LDS Genealogy Family Search. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah has the most incredible genealogical resources maintained and is made available to everyone, whether you are church member or not. The Family History Library holds the world's largest collection of genealogical information, making your LDS Genealogy Family Search as a genealogy researcher even easier.
 The Church was founded in 1894 for the purpose of gathering records to help people keep track and trace their family line. The library holds more then 2 billion names, 2.4 million roles of microfilm and 270,000 books. These records have been collected by church members and genealogists form around the world. You can check out vital records, church records, United States Federal Census, court records, land and probate records. Do your LDS genealogy family search through their International Genealogical Index (IGI), Ancestral File, the Pedigree Resource File (PRF) and the Family History Library Catalog.
LDS Genealogy Family Search. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah has the most incredible genealogical resources maintained and is made available to everyone, whether you are church member or not. The Family History Library holds the world's largest collection of genealogical information, making your LDS Genealogy Family Search as a genealogy researcher even easier.
 The Church was founded in 1894 for the purpose of gathering records to help people keep track and trace their family line. The library holds more then 2 billion names, 2.4 million roles of microfilm and 270,000 books. These records have been collected by church members and genealogists form around the world. You can check out vital records, church records, United States Federal Census, court records, land and probate records. Do your LDS genealogy family search through their International Genealogical Index (IGI), Ancestral File, the Pedigree Resource File (PRF) and the Family History Library Catalog.
The IGI lists places and dates of more than 285 million birth, marriage and christenings. Some dating as far back as the 1500's. While searching these records you may find duplicate entries. This is due to the fact that the information comes from both LDS members regarding their ancestors and from the extraction program. The extraction program information comes straight from microfilm of the original documents. So information may have slight differences and should be verified by the source documents.
The Ancestral File has been accumulated by genealogists from around the world. It contains more than 35 million names that are linked to pedigrees so you can view ancestors and descendants of an individual.
The PRF is a database that is continuously growing by the rate of approximately 1.2 million names per month. The information in this database comes from the Familysearch Internet Genealogy Services and is information gathered from other people’s family histories. It is similar to the Ancestral File since it contains pedigree and family group data. But it also contains notes and source documentation (which can vary in accuracy). Information should be considered secondary until you find actual documentation.
Though it may be a lot of fun to take a trip to Salt Lake City, you don’t have to go all the way there to view all of this information. They have many local LDS Churches that have a Family History Center that will help you in your LDS Genealogy Family Search. Browse through the Family History Library Catalog, find the microfilm you need and for a small fee, they will have it brought to your local Family History Center. You can find a local Family History Center by going to www.familysearch.org.
Start your LDS Genealogy Family search today.