Family History Library
Salt Lake City, United States. Founded 1894.
- Type: Research
- City: Salt Lake City
- Country: United States
- Founded: 1894
Overview
Run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints and founded in 1894, the Family History Library in Salt Lake City is the largest genealogical library in the world. Its microfilm crews recorded archives in over 100 countries, and decades of digitization now put billions of searchable records online through FamilySearch.
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