For those who may not know, the Jacksonville Public Library is an official Family History Center of the Family History Library. The Family History Library (FHL) is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is apart of The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints. The Family History Library is the main repository for most of the genealogical information that the Church has collected. It was founded in 1894 with the purpose of collecting and disseminating genealogical records of church members and non-church affiliated historical records. The FHL contains a variety of record types, such as land, vital, historical, church, directory, and county to name a few.
The Family History Center (FHC) is a branch of the Family History Library. Over 4,000 centers operate in more than 88 countries. The benefit of the family history centers is access to a rich resource of genealogical records without the need or expense to travel to Salt Lake City. Through the public library, our customers have access to all types of resources ranging from census, land, and court records to cemetery, newspaper, and international material. The great plus of this service is that it extends your family research beyond the geographical boundaries of Florida. Materials may be ordered from the Family History Library via the Genealogy service at the Main Library downtown. Items that are held in microfilm or microfiche format may be requested via JPL. The FHL charges a fee of $5.50 per microfilm reel supplied and a fifteen cents charge for each microfiche supplied. This fee is billed to our customer’s library account. Materials that are in book or monograph format are restricted and cannot be ordered via the FHC. However, photocopy service is provided and must be ordered directly from the Family History Library via customers. Photocopy forms may be accessed and printed from the FamilySearch website.
To explore the “FamilySearch.org” homepage, you may open your web browser to http://www.familysearch.org. Once there, you also may click on the text at the top of the page that says “Library”. This page will tell you about the library and will allow you to search their online catalog.
In short, the Family History Library is a superb addition to your genealogy research. In addition, with the Jacksonville Public Library as an official Family History Center, access to these materials is available to you. For more information regarding the FHC, please contact the Special Collections staff at the 630-2409 or you may send your queries or questions to this announcement by clicking on the “comment” link at the end of the post.
The Family History Center (FHC) is a branch of the Family History Library. Over 4,000 centers operate in more than 88 countries. The benefit of the family history centers is access to a rich resource of genealogical records without the need or expense to travel to Salt Lake City. Through the public library, our customers have access to all types of resources ranging from census, land, and court records to cemetery, newspaper, and international material. The great plus of this service is that it extends your family research beyond the geographical boundaries of Florida. Materials may be ordered from the Family History Library via the Genealogy service at the Main Library downtown. Items that are held in microfilm or microfiche format may be requested via JPL. The FHL charges a fee of $5.50 per microfilm reel supplied and a fifteen cents charge for each microfiche supplied. This fee is billed to our customer’s library account. Materials that are in book or monograph format are restricted and cannot be ordered via the FHC. However, photocopy service is provided and must be ordered directly from the Family History Library via customers. Photocopy forms may be accessed and printed from the FamilySearch website.
To explore the “FamilySearch.org” homepage, you may open your web browser to http://www.familysearch.org. Once there, you also may click on the text at the top of the page that says “Library”. This page will tell you about the library and will allow you to search their online catalog.
In short, the Family History Library is a superb addition to your genealogy research. In addition, with the Jacksonville Public Library as an official Family History Center, access to these materials is available to you. For more information regarding the FHC, please contact the Special Collections staff at the 630-2409 or you may send your queries or questions to this announcement by clicking on the “comment” link at the end of the post.
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