Talk:Church History Library

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Contact Information
E-mail: Ask a Librarian

Address:


 * 15 East North Temple Street
 * Salt Lake City, Utah 84150

Telephone: recording, and live staff 801-240-2745 Fax:  801-240-2804

Hours, admission, and holidays: Click here.

Maps and public transportation:


 * For a map of area pay-parking lots click here.
 * For TRAX light rail, and bus routes click here.

Internet sites and databases:


 * Church History Library Internet Site: resources, hours and admission, services and rules, location.
 * LDS Church Periodical Index of authors, titles, subjects, and abstracts of articles in periodicals published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and others from 1976 to the present.
 * Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel (1847-1868) index of individuals and companies that crossed the plains to Utah from 1847 to 1868. Also includes transcribed excerpts from trail diaries, letters, and newspaper reports.

Collection Description
Manuscripts, books, Church records, photographs, oral histories, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, and audiovisual materials. The staff creates and maintains catalogs and indexes for accessing this wide variety of information by and about members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.


 * Ward, branch, mission, and stake records from the mountain West of the United States, and around the world, including membership records primarily from 1877 to 1983, meeting minutes, and some early emigration records.
 * Missionary, and priesthood quorum records.
 * Diaries and journals of individuals including pioneers and some Church leaders
 * Published histories of wards, branches, stakes, and missions
 * Biographical information about LDS Church leaders.
 * LDS Church periodicals and newspapers.
 * Patriarchal blessings
 * Local unit histories (ward, branch, mission, and stake division records)

Guide
The Tracing LDS Ancestors Wiki pages describe in detail some of sources at the Church History Library. See especially Census · Colonization · Emigration and Immigration · Historical Geography · History · Membership Records · Military Records · Missionaries · Newspapers · Patriarchal Blessings · Periodicals · Priesthood Records.

Substitute Repositories
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Overlapping Collections


 * Family History Library
 * BYU
 * RLDS

Similar Collections


 * Yale
 * Southern Illinois

Neighboring Collections


 * U of U
 * Utah State U
 * Utah State Archives