Lds Granite Mountain Records Vault

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.

Lds granite mountain records vault.

Understand the technologies and processes used to unlock the collections of genealogy records preserved in the granite mountain records vault. 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 vault also protects valuable items important to church operations and church history. Granite mountain records vault and indexing.

The granite mountain records vault was built in 1965 to preserve and protect important family history and historical records. The vault safeguards more than 3 5 billion images on microfilm microfiche and digital media. The church of jesus christ of latter day saints donates 2 million dollars to the international african american museu. Currently familysearch is in the process of digitizing the microfilms and making those digital records available through its.

1 year ago blog archive 2016 6 april 1 february 1 january 4 2015 17. The granite mountain records vault also known simply as the vault is a large archive and vault owned by the church of jesus christ of latter day saints lds church excavated 600 feet into the north side of little cottonwood canyon the granite mountain facilities feature a dry environment controlled facility used for long term record storage as well as administrative offices shipping and. Excavation and blasting to build the granite mountain records vault began in 1960. A granite mountain records vault employee looks for a roll of film so it can be duplicated for distribution.

The world s largest collection of genealogical records is housed in a secure vault located in the mountains near salt lake city utah. 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. The gsu began microfilming records of genealogical importance in 1938. 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.