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Due to COVID-19, the BYU Library is currently only open to BYU students and faculty and is closed to community patrons. We continue to offer live webinars and other online content to assist in your research. You may also contact us for virtual assistance with family history.
Holiday Hours are in effect December 18-January 10. In-person and virtual help services will resume on January 11, 2021.
Why Visit?*
- Access to billions of records not accessible at home
- Scanning photos, slides, and other memories
- Family history classes*
- Personalized research assistance*
- Group reservations for YSAs and other groups*
- Library tours
*Currently the library is open for BYU students and faculty only, Monday-Saturday, closed Sundays. (See hours and closure dates.) We are offering classes and group reservations only virtually. Research assistance is available in-person for students and faculty and virtually for other patrons.
Are you planning on using our facilities to scan documents or photos? Click here for our Scanner Help page.
Contact us for further information.
Directions
The BYU Family History Library is located inside the Harold B. Lee Library on BYU campus.
Full instructions and step-by-step pictures on how to get to our library
Important Links
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BYU Library Catalog
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FamilySearch Microfilms & Fiche at BYU
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Scanning Equipment
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FamilySearch*
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Ancestry.com
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MyHeritage
Library Edition
(BYU campus) 
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Find My Past
(BYU Library) 
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Saints by Sea
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The Family History Guide
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County Histories
(BYU access) 
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Fold3
(BYU access) 
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Sanborn Maps
(BYU access) 
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HistoryGeo
(BYU access) 
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Gateway to North America
(BYU access)
"BYU access" means that the item is accessible on BYU campus or remotely for logged-in BYU students and faculty. If labeled “BYU campus” then it is available anywhere on BYU campus, but not remotely. "BYU Library" indicates that you may only access the resource while physically at the BYU Library. (If you have a personal account with any of these sites, you can access them anywhere. If so, it is best to access them directly rather than using these links.)
*FamilySearch is accessiable anywhere on the Internet, but many of the images (ca. 25-30%) require viewing at a FamilySearch family history center. BYU Library is also designated as a family history center allowing access to these images.