...almost as a church tenet - a means of seeking out ancestors for baptism by proxy - which has made the church's family history centers a major resource for researchers. But Woodward insists he doesn't want the database to be for Mormons only...

...at microfilm of the original records at the library here or by ordering a copy at one of the church's 3,200 Family History Centers worldwide. Christofferson said the church uses an army of volunteers to screen other genealogy Web sites, and...

...Like many libraries, the Family History Center is cool and dimly lit, but...millions more from the main Family History Center in Salt Lake City, is a project...area courthouses and into the Family History Center. "Once you start, it's...