BYU Family History Library

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Contact Information
E-mail: Ask a Librarian

Address:


 * Harold B. Lee Library
 * P.O. Box 26800
 * Brigham Young University
 * Provo, UT 84602-6800

Telephone:


 * Missionary Reference Desk 801.422.3934
 * Religion/Family History Reference Desk 801.422.6200
 * Family History Librarian 801.422.7661

Regular Hours:


 * The library is open Monday - Saturday 7am - midnight, but help is only available during the hours listed below
 * Monday – Thursday: 8am to 9pm
 * Friday: 8am to 6pm
 * Saturday: 10am to 6pm
 * 2nd &amp; 4th Sundays: 10am to 7:30pm


 * Holiday Hours

Directions, map, and parking

Visitor parking is located north of the Art Museum or south of the Law School and east of the Wilkinson Student Center. http://map.byu.edu/ Or ride the bus. Walk to center of campus to locate the library.

Internet sites and databases:


 * BYU Family History Library website
 * BYU Harold B. Lee Library Internet site, books &amp; more, articles &amp; more, subject guides, databases, journals, collections, today in the library, ask, reserve a group study room.
 * BYU Harold B. Lee Library Catalog Online, net I.D. required, search by keyword, alphabetic, relator, place name, citation, or call number. Also in WorldCat.
 * General databases A-Z list of thousands, many of which are available off-campus.

Collection Description
The BYU Family History Library, located in the Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, has 300,000+ microfilms, hundreds of thousands of microfiche, newspapers on microfilm, numerous subscription online databases, and access to many well known online genealogical databases. Patrons may also order Salt Lake City, Family History Library microfilms (no more than two at a time). A list of all our resources is viewable at our website. Some online resources are only accessible in the library, some are available anywhere through the internet.

Staff at the BYU Family History Library have annotated the old Family History Library Research Outlines to identify what resources are also housed at the BYU facility:

Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming · Link to Research Outlines for other countries

Library Resources
The BYU FHL offers an array of scanners for slides, negatives, prints, documents, maps, and microforms in all formats, at no charge (patrons should bring their own storage media). A large format printer for photos and charts or posters up to 24” x 56” is available. Instruction is usually available for all equipment. A BYU card or courtesy card is required for printing. Money can be added to cards on site. Patrons may view the equipment at http://guides.lib.byu.edu/content.php?pid=46986&amp;sid=372141

The physical collection consists of several thousand family and personal histories, county and local histories, a maps department, reference works, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, and numerous genealogical periodicals.

L. Tom Perry Special Collections
The Special Collections at BYU houses 300,000 books, 9,000 manuscript collections, and nearly 3/4 million photographs. These collections of original documents from Mormon history, BYU history, Literature, and World History as well as a variety of family and personal histories and journals from LDS leaders may be viewed in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Reading room.

Information regarding what is available in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections can be accessed online through the Harold B. Lee Library website, lib.byu.edu/sites/sc/. This website includes helpful research tips to help effectively find the information and sources needed as well as news and upcoming events. Refer to this website for location, hours of service and policies.

Map Collection
Provides access to a host of maps--both domestic and international. There are also hundreds of gazetteers for locating information and statistics about cities and towns. An online Guide to Genealogy Resources in the Map Collection is available.

Social Sciences
Houses the library’s collection of family histories as well as City Directories and other city and county histories.

Family History Consultants
One hundred fifty volunteer consultants provide assistance with genealogical research. Professional librarians, and student employees are available to answer questions.

Sundays
The library is open the second and fourth Sunday of each month, with few exceptions. Classes and library hours can be viewed at http://lib.byu.edu/sites/familyhistory/sunday-classes/

You may also schedule a Sunday tour by calling 801.422.6200.

Alternate Repositories
If you cannot visit or find a record at the , a similar record may be available at one of the following.

Repositories with significant Latter-day Saint collections


 * BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, Provo.
 * Family History Library, Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, Mormon records.
 * Church History Library, Salt Lake City, LDS history 1830-now: diaries, manuscripts, Church records, photographs, oral history, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, audiovisual material
 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Salt Lake City, the Museum displays artifacts, and the History Department collects and preserves about 100,000 histories of pioneers who set out for, settled, or were born in Utah by 10 May 1869.
 * Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City, family histories, photographs, books, manuscript collections, directories, maps, newspapers, yearbooks, and periodicals are available in the Research Center and online.

Similar Collections


 * Huntington Library, San Marino CA, Western Americana including California LDS history for "qualified" scholars.
 * Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL, collects LDS history sources.
 * Yale University Divinity School Library, New Haven CT, excellent collection of LDS theology and history books.

Neighboring repositories


 * Utah State Archives, SLC, newspaper, death, land, court, history, naturalization, military, directories, criminal.
 * Utah State University, Logan, Special Collections and Archives local historical and biographical sources.
 * University of Utah, SLC, history, biography, newspapers, government documents, and Western Americana.
 * United States District Court of Utah federal court records.
 * Utah County Court local court records.
 * Provo City Library, history, newspapers, obituaries, cemeteries, FamilySearch, HeritageQuest, death certificates.
 * Salt Lake City Public Library Utah newspapers on microfilm, and genealogical databases.