Lds Granite Vault

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

Lds granite vault.

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. 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 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 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.

The granite mountain records vault contains the world s largest collection of genealogical records. A granite mountain records vault employee looks for a roll of film so it can be duplicated for distribution. The main function of the vault is storage preservation and reproduction of genealogical records. Located in little cottonwood canyon near salt lake city the vault houses billions of images on microfiche microfilm and digital media.

The lds church provides online digital tours of the records vault but that tour likely doesn t show all of the rooms that are tucked away inside of that secretive underground facility. Lds granite mountain records vault. 2 4 million rolls of microfilm containing approximately 3 5 billion images of family history records that s what is really inside the mormon church s granite mountain records vault.