The Granite Mountain Records Vault

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.

The granite mountain records vault.

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. 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. There is nearly 300 feet of solid granite above the vault s laboratory and office area and 700 feet above the six huge vault storage rooms.

Granite mountain records vault. The storage area has three access tunnels faced with heavy bank vault doors in very strong encasements. The protection the granite mountain records vault affords cannot be equaled in an outdoor structure. A granite mountain records vault employee looks for a roll of film so it can be duplicated for distribution.