Show I IV Vital Data i On Church Memberships All membership records in the historians historian's office Church of ot Jesus Christ of Latt Latter day day r-day Saints 47 E. E South Temple are being microfilmed a a project just begun that is expected to require at least two years for completion After the membership records arc are put on microfilm the will center on the journal history of the L D S church other manuscripts and andrare andrare andrare rare publications on file in the historians historian's office Several Months Required At least several months will willbe willbe willbe be required to have the microfilming microfilming microfilming micro micro- filming of membership records far enough along so the general public will have access to the film through the Genealogical society 80 N. N Main aln Eventually however all such records will be on file at the I I Genealogical society library and researchers no longer will go to the library of the historians historian's of of- fice flee Upon completion of the microfilming the original records records records rec rec- will not be available to the public Membership files are being microfilmed so all records of one ward will be on one roll of film Genealogical Reports Included among records being microfilmed at present are annual annual annual an an- nual genealogical reports from 1948 1907 and ward records of members The latter report has not been used since 1941 but some wards and stakes still have not sent them to the historians historian's historians historian's his his- torian's tonian's o office and Joseph Fielding Fielding Fielding Field Field- ing Smith member of the thc L LD D S council of twelve apostles and church historian issued a plea for them to be sent to the church offices Doing the microfilming are Ernst Koehler microfilm cameraman cameraman cameraman cam cam- with the Genealogical society since 1938 and Joseph H. H Peterson member of the li library library li- li staff of the historians historian's of of- fice flee |