Lds Granite Mountain Records Vault

The gsu began microfilming records of genealogical importance in 1938.

Lds granite mountain records vault. Currently familysearch is in the process of digitizing the microfilms and making those digital records available through its. Excavation and blasting to build the granite mountain records vault began in 1960. 1 year ago blog archive 2016 6 april 1 february 1 january 4 2015 17. Granite mountain records vault and indexing.

In 1975 the gsu became the lds church s genealogical department which later became the family history department. Understand the technologies and processes used to unlock the collections of genealogy records preserved in the granite mountain records vault. The world s largest collection of genealogical records is housed in a secure vault located in the mountains near salt lake city utah. The vault also protects valuable items important to church operations and church history.

The church of jesus christ of latter day saints built the granite mountain records vault in 1965 to preserve and protect records of importance to the church including its vast collection of family history microfilms. In 1963 the microfilm collection was moved to the newly completed granite mountain records vault for long term preservation. Photo courtesy the church of jesus christ of latter day saints the granite mountain records vault is the official storage unit for 2 4 million rolls of microfilm containing approximately 3 5. The church of jesus christ of latter day saints donates 2 million dollars to the international african american museu.

The vault is nearly 700 feet inside solid granite and the entrance doors are said to weigh between 9 and 14 tons enough to endure a nuclear blast. Besides genealogical preservation and storage granite mountain records vault serves as the deep archives for a myriad of church materials including scriptures in every language published large leather bound temple ordinance books that were hand kept through the 1960s materials and minutes from presiding priesthood quorums financial. The vault safeguards more than 3 5 billion images on microfilm microfiche and digital media. The family history conference at the salt palace convention center presented a virtual video tour wednesday morning of the vault the seldom seen site of records preservation and storage for the lds church.