Do You Have Pioneers in Your Attic?

Mountain West Digital Library, used with permission

Do you have Pioneers in Your Attic?

Do you have original documents relating to the overland migration period 1842-1865? 

There is a free scanning event happening at the Pleasant Grove Library (Utah) on September 14, 2013. Attached is a flyer about the event.  This event is FREE and the scanning will be done on site. You will keep your materials and a digital copy will be sent to you. 

This is just one of may of these events scheduled around the state. For more information, click here. 

Click here to see additional scanning dates and locations.

This event is sponsored by the Utah Academic Library Consortium and Mountain West Digital Library in partnership with local libraries and museums. 

Ancestry.com and FamilySearch Join Forces Again!

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Ancestry.com has announced a long-term partnership with FamilySearch. It is anticipated that one billion international genealogical records will be digitized in the next five years. Read the rest of the article here to gain a perspective of what this truly means for the genealogical community at large!