Family Tree Template: Family History Library

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Family History Library

The Family History Library (FHL) is a genealogical research facility in downtown Salt Lake City. The library is open to the public free of charge and is operated by FamilySearch, the genealogical arm of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).The origins of the Family History Library can be traced to the founding of the Genealogical Society of Utah in 1894. The Society's first library was located in the office of the Church Historian at 58 East South Temple in Salt Lake City.[1] In 1938 the Genealogical Society of Utah began to microfilm records which contained genealogical On April 15, 1999, 70-year old Sergei Babarin, entered the Library's lobby and began shooting. A security guard and one female patron were killed while several others injured. One hour and 45 minutes[3] after the shooting began, Salt Lake police shot and fatally wounded Babarin in an exchange of gunfire. Babarin's family indicated he had a history of schizophrenia,