Family History Library

The Family History Library (FHL) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah, holds over 2.5 million microfilm reels of genealogical records from many countries. Those reels can be borrowed through their many Family History Centers^tm located worldwide.

The Family History Library has assigned its own reel numbers to their copies of Library and Archives Canada microfilm, such as our census returns and passenger lists. Consult the Family History Library Catalog to find the item description in the catalogue.

The Family History Library's Search for Ancestors database allows you to search indexed resources, such as the 1881 Canadian Census.

• Family History Centers^tm [www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp?PAGE=library_fhc_find.asp]
• Family History Library Catalog [www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp]
• Search for Ancestors database
[www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/frameset_search.asp]

How to use the Family History Library Catalog

To identify FHL microfilm numbers, use the Title Search box and enter the exact wording as listed below:

For census:

Census of Canada, 1861
Census of the Canadas: 1851-1852
Census of Canada, 1871 (schedules no. 1-9)
Census schedules, 1881
Census schedules, 1891
Census schedules, 1901

For immigration:

For Quebec City:
  Passenger lists, 1865-1900; index, 1865-1869
For Halifax:
  Passenger lists, 1881-1899
For all Canadian ports:
  Ships' passenger lists for Canada, 1900-1922, 1925-1935
  Immigration Form 30A, ocean arrivals, 1919-1924
  Border port of entry lists for Canada, 1908-1918

For British military records:

Enter the exact wording as listed below and add quotation marks around the phrase:

For War Office 97:
  "Soldiers documents : service documents of soldiers"

For War Office 76:
  "Record of officers services, 1770-1919"

To identify other military records, enter "Great Britain. War Office" or "Great Britain. Admiralty" in the Author Search box.