Introduction to Books Regional Book Catalog
The book collection at the St. George Regional Family History Training Center is one of the most complete in the area. There are nearly 6,000 books in the collection, many of which are not found in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
The collection is organized by locality for books specific to a local area, state, country or region.
Biographies, personal histories and family genealogies are organized alphabetically by principal surname (husband’s surname or wife’s maiden name).
Reference materials including maps and research aids are in the first two vertical sections (Sections 1 & 2, west end of bookroom). Federal census records are in the last three vertical sections (Sections 34, 35 and 36, east end of bookroom).
There are 36 vertical sections (set of book vertical shelves) in the library plus the Glass Case (hallway near entrance of classroom 2) which is reserved for rare, fragile and restricted books. If you need a book from the Glass Case, ask at the front desk.
Oversized books and periodicals/journals are placed on the bottom shelf closest to the section (locality or biography) to which they belong.
The book collection is organized in browsing order grouped by like surnames and like localities.
Each book has a Dewey Decimal Number (not the same as the Modified Dewey Decimal Number used by the Family History Library Catalog). Each book also has a shelf sequence number (e.g., 2315) for easy finding and re-shelving. As books are added to the collection, the shelf sequence number is augmented with a letter (e.g., 2315A, 2315B, 2315C, etc) to insert new books at the same shelf location.
How to use the Book Catalog Regional Book Catalog
The Regional Book Catalog is contained on a single web page (allow a few moments for it to load). It contains Title, Author, Locality, Subject, Dewey Decimal Number, Shelf Section Number, and a Shelf Sequence Number.
It also contains information as to whether the book is available only at the Regional Family History Training Center (RFHTC only), or also at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City (RFHTC & FHL).
To find a book in the collection, use the Find feature available in Windows for any web page. In the menu bar of the browser, click on Edit and Find on this page (Ctrl + F). Then type a word to search for (author’s name, subject, locality, or part of a title) and click the Next button.
The browser will search anywhere on the web page, not specifically in one field. Therefore, if you asked to search for “Yorkshire”, it will find books with Yorkshire in the title, locality, or subject and highlight the first occurrence as it works its way down the page from the current cursor location. To find the next occurrence of the word, click the Next button again. To search in the reverse direction up the page, click the Previous button.
You can enter a phrase (multiple word) for your query and the browser will search for the phrase exactly as you entered it (e.g., History of Bear Lake Pioneers)
Searches are not case sensitive. You may enter search terms with or without capital letters.
There is no Print function available. The current version of the Book Catalog does not support a convenient print option. If you attempt to print the catalog it will be very slow and generate a 70 page document (at 5¢ per page).
Copy selected items to WordPad and Print from WordPad. You may highlight and copy the text of one book at a time (recommended), and paste the text into WordPad followed by a blank line. Then repeat the copy and paste operation for each additional book of interest. When you are done, have WordPad print the page. The formatting is not perfect, but it is very useful.
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St. George Regional Books and Films
Book Catalog
Section Locations and their Content
Glass Case - rare, fragile, and restricted books
Bookroom Vertical Shelf Sections 1-36
Note 1: Look at bottom shelves for oversized books and periodicals.
Note 2: States within the U.S. are organized by geographic regions starting in the New England States working southward and westward to Hawaii.
1 ----- International Quarterlies
413--Dictionaries (light green tape on spine)
912--Maps - Atlases (dark green tape on spine)
912--Township and Federal Census Maps (dark green)
920--Research Aids - Resources (blue tape on spine)
2 920--Research Aids - Resources - Ethnic Groups (blue)
920--Research Aids - Resources - British Isles (blue)
920--Research Aids - Resources - Germany (blue)
920--Research Aids - Resources - Europe (blue)
920--Research Aids - Resources - Asia (blue)
3 920--Research Aids - Resources - Canada (blue)
920--Research Aids - Resources - North America (blue)
920--Research Aids - Resources - USA (blue)
922--Organizational Histories (red tape on spine)
4 929.2 Family Histories by principal surname (red tape)
5 929.2 Family Histories by principal surname (red tape )
6 929.2 Family Histories by principal surname (red tape)
7 929.2 Family Histories by principal surname (red tape)
8 929.2 Family Histories by principal surname (red tape)
9 929.2 Family Histories by principal surname (red tape)
10 929.2 Family Histories by principal surname (red tape)
929.2 Family Histories by principal surname (red tape)
929.2 Family Histories by principal surname (red tape)
929.2 Family Histories by principal surname (red tape)
929.2 Family Histories by principal surname (red tape)
929.2 Family Histories by principal surname (red tape)
929.4 Personal Histories (red tape on spine)
11 929.4 Personal Histories (red tape on spine)
929.7 Royal Landed Gentry
941.3 Scotland
941.5 Ireland
12 942 England / Wales
13 942 England
14 942 England
942 Wales
943.8 Poland, France, Italy
948 Scandinavia
15 970.3 American Indians
971 Canada, Acadia
973 United States
16 973 United States
17 973 United States
974.1 Maine
943.3 Vermont
974.2 New Hampshire
974.4 Massachusetts
18 974.4 Massachusetts
974.4 Massachusetts - Berkshire County
974.4 Massachusetts - Franklin County
974.4 Massachusetts - Hampshire County
974.4 Massachusetts - Hampden County
974.4 Massachusetts - Worcester County
974.4 Massachusetts - Middlesex County
19 974.4 Massachusetts - Essex County
974.4 Massachusetts - Soffolk County
20 974.4 Massachusetts - Norfork County
974.4 Massachusetts - Plymouth County
974.4 Massachusetts - Bristol County
974.4 Massachusetts - Nantucket County
974.5 Rhode Island
974.6 Connecticut
21 974.6 Connecticut
974.7 New York
22 974.7 New York
974.8 Pennsylvania
23 974.8 Pennsylvania
24 974.1 Maine
974.9 New Jersey
975.2 Maryland
25 975.3 District of Columbia (Washington)
975.4 West Virginia
975.5 Virginia
26 975.6 North Carolina
975.7 South Carolina
975.8 Georgia
27 975.9 Florida
976.1 Alabama
976.2 Mississippi
976.3 Louisiana
28 976.7 Arkansas
976.8 Tennessee
976.9 Kentucky
29 976.9 Kentucky
977-- North Central States
977.1 Ohio
977.2 Indiana
977.3 Illinois
30 977.3 Illinois
977.4 Michigan
977.5 Wisconsin
977.6 Minnesota
977.7 Iowa
31 977.8 Missouri
978.1 Kansas
978.2 Nebraska
978.3 South Dakota
978.7 Wyoming
978.8 Colorado
979.1 Arizona
32 979.2 Utah
33 979.2 Utah
979.3 Nevada
979.4 California
979.5 Oregon
34 979.6 Idaho
979.7 Washington
979.3 Federal Censuses by State (orange taped spine)
35 979.3 Federal Censuses by State (orange taped spine)
36 979.3 Federal Censuses by State (orange taped spine)
974-- New England historical and Genealogical
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