Confusion about the Family History Library & the Church History Library

LDS Church History Library

A couple of misconceptions persist regarding the Church History Library, opened in June by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

It’s not a relocation of the church’s Family History Library.

And while the Church History Department enjoys its own separate building, the new library is not the sole, end-all location of all LDS matters historical.

In fact, the Church History Library — with its reading and research rooms, conservation and storage areas and accompanying array of department offices — is the central facility of several related assets benefiting not just the historical department itself but the LDS Church as a whole.

Those include the Church History Library’s sister institution, the Family History Library.

Some confusion between the libraries stems from the two respective departments being brought under one umbrella — the Family and Church History Department — earlier this decade, later returning as separate entities in April 2008.

Read the full article by Scott Taylor in the October 3, 2009 edition of The Mormon Times.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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