The Granite Mountain Records Vault

The storage area has three access tunnels faced with heavy bank vault doors in very strong encasements.

The granite mountain records vault.

The granite mountain records vault also known simply as the vault is a large archive and vault owned by the church of jesus christ of latter day saints lds church excavated 600 feet into the north side of little cottonwood canyon the granite mountain facilities feature a dry environment controlled facility used for long term record storage as well as administrative offices shipping and. The protection the granite mountain records vault affords cannot be equaled in an outdoor structure. The family history conference at the salt palace convention center presented a virtual video tour wednesday morning of the vault the seldom seen site of records preservation and storage for the lds church. 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.

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 salt lake city utah. A granite mountain records vault employee looks for a roll of film so it can be duplicated for distribution. 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.