Find Your Family in Church History

The Church History Library has thousands of collections to assist you with your family history research. Easily access information from many digitized sources, including records, photographs, audiovisual material, and journals. Below are several resources, including a family history research guide, to help you get started.

Family History Research Guide
This guide is a great place to start as it contains many resources for researching your family history within the Church History Library.
Church History Biographical Database
Search biographical information on more than 100,000 early Latter-day Saints.
Church History Catalog
Search Church History Library collections for your ancestors’ names.
How I Found My Family in Church History
A collection of stories from people who drew closer to their ancestors through their research at the Church History Library.
Online Research Guides
Our expert-curated research guides can point you in the right direction.
Church Historian’s Press
Search our database of people mentioned in the Press’s publications.
Joseph Smith Papers
Search thousands of digitized documents for people named in the JSP’s volumes.
Research Consultation Team
Meet our team of librarians, historians, and archivists.
Ask Us
Submit research questions to our expert staff members via Ask Us, our online consultation service.

The FamilySearch Library can also help you find ancestors. As the largest genealogical library in the world, it’s devoted solely to family history research. You’ll find a wide array of microfilm records, family histories, books, and serials there.

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