In this center there are close to 200 computers which contain the Ancestral File with over 20 million names, the International Genealogical Index with over 200 million names, the U.S. Social Security Death index with about 40 million names, the U.S. Military Death Index with about 100,000 names and the Family History Library Catalog file. These computers are also located in the main library, but usage time is limited. There is no time limit in the Family Search Center. Experienced help is available. Also in the Family Search Center is an archive section, the LDS Four Generation Program and the 1920 U.S. Census on microfilm.
Copy machines are also available.
The library was founded in 1894. Microfilming began in 1938. Today there are 250 camera operators in 53 countries. These records contain birth, marriage and death records, church registers, census records, passenger lists, military records, land and probate records and many more. The Genealogical Society of Utah was established in 1894.