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Adding a link

I was wondering what the group would think about my adding a link to an on-line tour of the temple-square area that includes the Family History Library to this article. The link is located at http://www.allaboutmormons.com/templesquare.php. I should disclose that I am the creator of the site, which is why I wanted to make sure it was alright with the group before posting the link myself. I hope I've proceeded appropriately, as I'm new to Wikipedia and don't understand all of its policies.

Since this article is about the Family History Library, not Temple Square, adding the link would not be appropriate. Additionally, you may wish to read the external links guidelines, which (under "Links to normally avoid") states "A website that you own or maintain, even if the guidelines above imply that it should be linked to." Instance 06:07, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There are now (nine years later) other social media ways for you to "get the word out". Keep up the good work! -- Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 10:16, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I divided the article in sections

I have divided the article in sections, history, purpose, etc. to make it easier to read. I enlarged the picture, added a couple of items in the "see also" section, and added the category "special libraries". I hope this change is welcome. Adrian Comollo (talk) 22:51, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Copied section on Catholic Church opposition.

Text and/or other creative content from this version of Baptism for the dead was copied or moved into Family History Library with this edit. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

Bgwhite (talk) 08:46, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The info is irrelevant to this article. —Eustress ^talk 11:50, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Other LDS "Family History Libraries"

About a year ago, several of the largest family history centers were re-designated as a "Library", such as the libraries in Draper, Utah, and Los Angeles, California. I'll try to find out dates and references. Lynnette and I work at the Los Angeles Family History Library. It is the bottom level of the Los Angeles temple visitors center. Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 23:48, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And the name, "Los Angeles Family History Library" is carved in the stone at the library entrance. -- Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 17:38, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There are currently 14 Family History Libraries, and we were talking with the director of the Los Angeles Family History Library yesterday. He travels to Utah next week for a meeting to instruct the family history library directors. -- Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 10:20, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2015 Worldwide Indexing Projects

Currently, the homepage window for INDEXING has the following message from Headquarters:

Join volunteers from around the world to help “Fuel the Find” during this year's week-long Worldwide Indexing Event, August 7-14. For more details on how to get involved click here.

I'll keep you posted; join in. -- Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 17:21, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Volunteers around the world can participate, in nine different languages. -- Narnia.Gate7 (talk) 01:14, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 29 September 2023

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved (closed by non-admin page mover) BegbertBiggs (talk) 17:08, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Family History Library → FamilySearch Library – Per WP:OFFICIALNAME, the name changed a few weeks ago. NW1223<Howl at me•My hunts> 16:14, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have been calling it "The Family Search Library" my whole life. PaulGamerBoy360 (talk) 00:32, 1 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.