User:GreenwoodKL/FamilySearch International
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FamilySearch International, historically known as the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU), was established in 1894 and is the corporate name for the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church),[1] from which it receives its entire funding. An incorporated, nonprofit educational organization, it is operated by thousands of volunteers.
The department's research facility, the Family History Library, which has developed the most extensive genealogical record-gathering program in the world, was established to assist in tracing family lineages for special religious ceremonies that Mormons believe seal family units together for eternity. According to Mormons, this fulfills a Biblical prophecy stating that the prophet Elijah would return to "turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers."[2]