World Conference on Records 1969

This conference was held 5-8 August, 1969 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The conference was sponsored by the Genealogical Society of Utah. The theme of the conference was "Records preservation in an uncertain world." This was the first conference of its kind. A second was held in 1980.

Proceedings of the conference were published in 12 volumes and are available on FamilySearch.org Digital Library.

vol. A. General assemblies; Creation, storage, and preservation of records in archives and libraries vol. B. Modern methods of retrieval, storage, and preservation of records vol. C. Written history of the British Isles as applied to research vol. D. Written history of Germanic/Slavic countries as applied to research vol. E. Written history of the Scandinavian countries as applied to research vol. F. Written history of romance language countries as applied to research vol. G. Written, oral and traditional history of the Pacific, South Asia, Africa and the Middle East as it applies to research vol. H. History and records as they relate to East Asia vol. I. Written, oral and traditional history as applied to research in the USA and Canada vol. J. Some studies of international heraldry vol. K. Genealogical societies: hereditary and lineage societies vols. L & M. Publishing genealogical material