It has been almost 10 years since my last research trip to the Library so I was really looking forward to it.
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| Family History Library Salt Lake City, Utah |
Arriving when the doors opened at 8am, I went straight to the 3rd floor to look for books on the various South Carolina and North Carolina counties that I have ancestors from. A list was made using the FHL catalog before my trip so that I would know the call numbers of the books that I hoped would help me with my research.
My goal was to use my Canscanner phone app to capture information from the books and then after a break for lunch head to the 2nd floor and look through microfilm for the same States and Counties. On Mondays the Library closes at 5. I had no time to waste!
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| North and South Carolina Books Family History Library Salt Lake City, Utah |
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| So many books, so little time! Family History Library Salt Lake City, Utah |
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| Row and Rows of Microfilm Family History Library Salt Lake City, Utah |
Luckily, the library wasn't too crowded so it was easy to find a film reader close to the films that I needed. The next 3 hours were spent looking through and finding much needed documents and information on my people. Some of which was new to me and some corroborated evidence for things already suspected.
The library staff was helpful and friendly as were the other patrons. There were fellow conference goers researching in the library that day as well. I was able to wave to Judy Russsell and see Tom Jones and Michael Leclerc in action.
5 O'clock came way too fast and it was time to gather my things and head out. My ride was not going to pick me up for an hour so I spent the time on Temple Square reflecting on my week. Knowing that these were my last few hours in Salt Lake City before my flight back home was bitter sweet. Although I was ready to get home and see my family, I was sad that the wonderful experiences that I had enjoyed over the past week were over.
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| Salt Lake City Temple |
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| Assembly Hall on Temple Square |
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| Tabernacle on Temple Square |
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| LDS Conference Center Salt Lake City, Utah |
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| Christus Statue North Visitors' Center Temple Square Salt Lake City, Utah |
So here's to the lessons learned and discoveries made, the friendships formed and those renewed-to the shear fun of it all.
Thank you Salt Lake City and those who put together FGS and Rootstech 2015! A time I will always remember.
What are your favorite memories of FGS and Rootstech 2015? I would love for you to let me know by leaving a comment!
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Thanks so much for stopping by!
Cheri, that library is wonderful. I found many great tidbits on my family in the Mississippi & Louisiana sections. Would love to return to do more research. Glad you had a good time.
ReplyDeleteLoved being there! Now I need to go through and really analyze what I found. So glad that they are putting more and more on line everyday. Don't know when I will be able to go back!
DeleteSo many books/films indeed...and just there to hand!! Amazing. Glad you had a successful time on the hunt.
ReplyDeleteI could stay there for days!!! Thanks for reading my post Pauleen!
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