FHLC is updated periodically and the new edition shows new records acquired since the last version. The catalog does not do research for you, does not make decisions about what records to search, and does not give information about your ancestors. It is the catalog to records housed at the Family History Library. For many years researchers used a card catalog available only at the Family History Library in Salt Lake. Eventually the catalog was microfilmed and made more widely available.
Users can also link a surname with another surname or keyword.
The compact disc version was placed on local area networks at some research facilities, such as Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. The microfiche version is arranged by surname, locality, author, title, and subject. Locality records are cataloged by subject subdivisions. Records Vital Records Knowing the subject heading will assist you in finding records in the catalog. For some large subject areas, such as federal and state census schedules, military records, passenger lists, and newspapers, microfilm numbers are also listed in registers available at the Family History Library and some of the larger Family History Centers.