Library: A Guide to the LDS Family History Library

Cerny, Johni and Elliott, Wendy (editors)

ISBN 10: 0916489213 / ISBN 13: 9780916489212

Published by Ancestry Publishing, Salt Lake City, 1988

About this Item

HEAVY. Foreword by P William Filby. xii, 763 pages, text figures, index. Decorative cloth boards, gilt, in dust-jacket which has s surface scratch on its rear panel. This is 'an exhaustive reference to the collections and services of the Family History Library of the Church of Jesus of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City and its hundreds of branch Family History Center libraries throughout the world.' Size: 4to.

Seller Inventory # 024231

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Library: A Guide to the LDS Family History Library
• Publisher: Ancestry Publishing, Salt Lake City
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0916489213
• ISBN 13: 9780916489212
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Family history/ Genealogy

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Synopsis

The collections and services of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, and its hundreds of branch Family History Centers thoughout the world, are concisely described in this comprehensive book. The thirteen contributors are specialists and professionals in their respective fields. Some of the topics discussed are histories of states and foreign countries containing genealogically important facts, explanations of settlement and migration patterns, concise descriptions of record groups and what they contain, tips for accessing the collection, extensive bibliographies, and what can and cannot be accessed at the centers. Included are tables, a list of 100 genealogical reference works on microfische, and an index.