The Granite Mountain Records Vault

Granite mountain records vault.

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 protection the granite mountain records vault affords cannot be equaled in an outdoor structure. The world s largest collection of genealogical records is housed in a secure vault located in the mountains near familysearch world headquarters in salt lake city utah. 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.

A granite mountain records vault employee looks for a roll of film so it can be duplicated for distribution. 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 was built in 1965 to preserve and protect important family history and historical records. 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.