articles and over 150,000 registered users as of July 2014. Facilities Family History Library FamilySearch operates the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. The library was built in 1985 as a successor to previous libraries run by the Genealogical Society of Utah. The library is open to the public and has a large collection of international genealogical materials, including microfilm, books, and digital materials. The library's catalog and many of their digital materials are located at the FamilySearch website. Granite Mountain Records Vault FamilySearch stores copies of their records in a dry, environment-controlled facility built into Granite Mountain in Little Cottonwood Canyon, near Salt Lake City, Utah. The storage facility is known as the Granite Mountain Records Vault. The vault stores over 2.4 million rolls of microfilm and 1 million microfiches. Family History Centers FamilySearch operates over 5,100 Family History Centers in 140 countries around the world. The centers are branches of the Family History Library, often located within LDS Church buildings. Their purpose is to help people with their genealogy and provide access to and help with genealogical materials and software provided by FamilySearch. See also GEDCOM Immigrant Ancestors Project List of Mormon family organizations Personal Ancestral File References External links Taylor, Rebecca M. "A Century of Genealogy" The Friend, March 1994. "Genealogical Society: A century of steady growth and development" Church News, November 1994. 1894 establishments in Utah Territory Genealogy and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints American genealogy websites Genealogy databases Organizations established in 1894