FamilySearch center

I had basically a free round trip ticket to anywhere and I picked flying to SLC to come here! I spent two days insanely overwhelmed by everything around me. But that was to be expected. The smiles and friendliness of every single person in there made my 2 day random trip across the country definitely worth it. I cannot wait to come back!

My Mom and I recently visited the FamilySearch Center in Salt Lake City, and I have to say, this place is an absolute gem for anyone interested in genealogy or uncovering their ancestry. From the moment we walked in, the staff made us feel incredibly welcome—warm smiles, genuine enthusiasm, and no question was too small or too big for them to tackle. The resources here are mind-blowing: vast databases, historical records, microfilms, and even helpful tools for beginners like me. I was blown away by how organized and accessible everything is. A special shout-out to Collette Hokanson and Mark Woolsey for their generous help—they went above and beyond, patiently guiding us through searches and sharing tips that unlocked some fascinating family history we never knew about. If you’ve always wanted to dive into your roots or just explore genealogy for fun, do yourself a favor and stop by. It’s free, inspiring, and the friendly vibe makes it feel like a community hub rather than a stuffy library. Highly recommend—5 stars all the way!

Amazing place! Very helpful and friendly staff! They offer a website with free account creation to help you find deceased family and relatives! Their specific computers have free access to MyHeritage and Ancestry Institutions that give you access to documents, sources and searches for anyone and anything that might help you build your tree and find who you came from. My wife and I made our accounts here in minutes and were guided through the way their website works and helps you not get too confused! Then we spent hours here before even knowing it! Came back the next day to continue our journey! They also have clean big bathrooms, a snack room to relax and some other technology we haven’t discovered yet! Definitely recommend!

If you are even remotely interested in your roots, this is the place to be. We had an incredible experience working with a genealogist named David. He was patient, thorough, and incredibly empowering—he didn't just find names for us; he taught us how to navigate the records ourselves before letting us dive in. Because of his guidance, we discovered that my friend Karen’s lineage leads directly to Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, and extends even further to the Kings of Norway around 300 AD. The resources here are world-class, but it’s the expertise and passion of the staff like David that make it a life-changing experience. A must-visit! (Please can you pass this on to David???)

I’m a genealogist: visiting this famous genealogy center sits on the top of my to do list during this trip. ... and I found my great grandfather! I've heard that they've acquired (or bought) many Chinese family trees from China. Impressed by the size of the library and massive staff, but stunned at their software: it's fatal that it can't handle non-English characters, given that they collect family trees around the world. For Chinese, it's imperative to be able to display Chinese characters because pinyin is inadequate: one of the family, two children's names have identical pinyin spelling (of course, their names have different characters). An old genealogy program, PGV, which was developed by a group of volunteers, handles foreign characters (non-26-alphabet) smoothly. I've been using it. They offer free printing on heavy, glossy paper, which looks great. However, I'd rather have them improve the software program to serve a broader range of languages, which is more meaningful. The Log Home is being renovated.

This place was so awesome! I learned so much in such a short visit. All of the staff were incredibly helpful, polite and patient. It was so awesome to see so many people specialize in different languages and cultures! Unfortunately I forgot the name of the lady who helped me, I know she was a sweet little polish lady and she sat with us for hours and helps us find so much! She translated documents from both Poland and Russia for us. We ended up staying until closing time. They printed a giant sheet of everything we learned about our family and gave it to us to take home. They also told us about the app, I really like the app and use it quite often

What a wonderful, free service! I'm amazed. I went in while getting new tires and walked out with my genealogy printed on a huge printout- for free! The more people use it the better it works. Please go. You will not be disappointed. Rene helped me. Outstanding guidance the whole time. Thank you so much.

Absolutely love going to the FamilySearch Center . Everyone is so helpful and friendly. I was looking for my boyfriends side of the family. And I got a lot of great information on, how to look and attach documents. And to get information that I needed to add to his family tree indexed to me. Thank you once again for helping us, and being patient with me.