Ogden FamilySearch Library

United States Utah  Weber CountyOgden FamilySearch Library



Purpose

 * Ogden FamilySearch Library is the second largest branch of FamilySearch - Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah (United States). Their goal is to provide resources to assist you in the research and study of your genealogy and family history by:
 * To give personal one-on-one assistance to patrons
 * To help all patrons readily identify and link their ancestors by providing personal instruction and classes.
 * To Provide access to genealogical records through the Internet or the FamilySearch microfilm loan program

The following items (and much more) what may be found be found in the Ogdenfsl.org web site by - clicking HERE

 * Contact information, holiday schedule, and location
 * Upcoming Conferences and summer activities
 * Current Class Schedule
 * Contact method for group tours or classes
 * Temple and Family History Consultant information
 * Monthly newsletter
 * Boy Scout workshops
 * YSA Missionary opportunities
 * Microfilm access and on site films
 * Service opportunities
 * Links to popular family history and genealogical web sites
 * Training blogs

Local Resources

 * Ogden FamilySearch Library/Local Resources

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, *CensureBlock*s, 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, *CensureBlock* 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.