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Research Center

Need help with researching or just need to know where to start looking? Our missionaries can help! Many of our volunteers possess specific training and research experience in various areas of the world as well as the with the various genealogical programs available free of charge here in the FamilySearch Center. Contact the FamilySearch Center (435-755-5594) before visiting if needing to identify what day/time one of the volunteers in desired area of expertise will be available. The Research Area in the Logan FamilySearch Center contains 33 desktop computers with one workstation containing a larger monitor for those who are visually impaired. Visitors may also connect to wifi if bringing wireless devices.

Area for Children



The location of three additional research computers available next to the play area allows parents to easily supervise their young children while taking advantage of the many free programs and research assistance here at the FamilySearch Center.



Lockers Available

While visiting the Center take advantage of the available lockers allowing the safe storage of personal possessions, documents, photos, etc. Set your own security code upon arrival and for use during your visit. Easily retrieve items prior to leaving.

Available Premium Programs

Each of the research computers contains many premium programs for use free-of-charge while in the FamilySearch Center. Check with a staff member to learn more about using these sites.

19th Century British Library Newspapers Alexander Street
 * This fully searchable database of the British Library's newspaper holdings provides a complete run of 48 national and regional Victorian British newspapers for the 19th century from 1800 to 1900. These support the study of colonial history, genealogical research, politics, urban studies, and media courses.
 * 19th Century British Library Newspapers
 * Personal accounts of well-known historical figures.
 * Social and Cultural History
 * Contains approximately 100,000 indexed pages of diaries, letters, and memoirs, including 4,000 pages of previously unpublished manuscripts, such as the letters of Amos Wood and his wife and the diary of Maryland planter William Claytor.
 * The American Civil War - Letters and Diaries
 * Provides a vivid history of the American Civil War with over 1,400 images.
 * The American Civil War - Images, Photographs, Posters, and Ephemera
 * Organized around the history of women in social movements in the United States between A.D. 1600 and 2000
 * Women and Social Movements in the United States

American Ancestors Ancestry Institution ArkivDigital British Newspaper Archive FamNet Fold3 Geneanet Goldie May Irish Ancestors MyHeritage Library Edition NewspaperArchive Paper Trail Puzzilla The Genealogist Programs Installed on Research Computers
 * Advance your family history research today with AmericanAncestors.org! Created by the expert staff at the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), America's founding genealogical organization, AmericanAncestors.org is the portal to the nation's leading resource for the highest-quality, comprehensive family history services. Consult with our expert staff, some of the most respected genealogists in the profession. Read the most significant original scholarship and important publications in genealogy. Access millions of exclusive and sought-after records online. Learn with in-depth online courses and webinars from expert staff. Explore the largest collection of original family history research materials in America.
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 * Ancestry gives you access to thousands of collections of records from around the world, including immigration, census, voter, vital, and military records; newspapers and periodicals; family trees; photos and images; directories, maps, court records, land records, wills and financial records, stories, memories, and histories; and detailed records about births, marriages, deaths, land ownership, and much more. Ancestry is the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world.
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 * ArkivDigital is the largest private provider of Swedish Church Records and other historical records online! All images are newly photographed color images of the original documents. Click the link from the Premium Family History Websites page to use ArkivDigital Online.
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 * The British Library's newspaper collections are among the finest in the world, containing most of the runs of newspapers published in the UK since 1800.
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 * The online family history network for those who have New Zealand roots.
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 * Search or browse millions of historical documents and photos. Fold3 has refocused their efforts on gathering the best online collection of military records and stories. The Fold3 name reflects military history and honor, since traditionally, the third fold in a flag-folding ceremony honors and remembers veterans for their sacrifice in defending their country and promoting peace in the world.
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 * With 3 billion referenced individuals and 600,000 trees online, Geneanet is the first site dedicated to genealogy in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Germany. The Geneanet community has 2 million members who exchange genealogical information.
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 * Goldie May is a suite of software power tools for genealogists. Keep your research in your FamilySearch or Ancestry tree and see how Goldie May can multiply your efforts. Organize your research with an automatic research log, screenshots, projects & tasks, and bookmarks of your windows & tabs. Analyze your ancestors' facts and relationships using a new timeline tool called the Subway Map. Find and easily navigate to new collections relevant to your ancestors.
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 * Irish Ancestors aims to be the one-stop starting point for all Irish ancestral research, mapping surnames and surname variants in all the major sources and providing easy links back to all the underlying records.
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 * Used by millions of people worldwide to help research family history, build a family tree, and add photos, historical records, and more.
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 * The largest historical newspaper database online, contains tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1607 to present. Every newspaper in the archive is fully searchable by keyword and date, making it easy for you to quickly explore historical content.
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 * Provides access to 19th-century westward American migration documents.
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 * Find new research opportunities on descendant lines in Family Tree.
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 * This resource, available in centers in the United Kingdom only, contains English parish records, directories, census, civil registration, surname mapping, and selected army and navy lists.
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 * Ancestral Quest 16
 * Legacy 9.0
 * Parish Locator
 * RootsMagic 8 and 9
 * AniMap - Historical Atlas of County Boundaries. Shows the county in which a city/town in the US was located in any specific year.
 * IrfanView - Image viewer, editor, organizer and convertor program for Windows. It can also play video and audio files, and has some image creation and painting capabilities.
 * LibreOffice Calc - LibreOffice is a free and open-source office productivity software suite. Similar to Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
 * LibreOffice Impress
 * LibreOffice Writer
 * ParLoc3 - This program provides the ability to examine the lists of parishes and other vital record-keeping entities in the UK and Ireland.
 * Snipping Tool - Captures screenshots
 * U.S. Cities Galore - provides 303,000 cities, towns, and townships by county and state. Provides the following functions: Lookup County, Lookup List of Cities within a County
 * VLC Media Player - Also can convert video formats