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Many people are interested in family history, an area of study called genealogy(家谱学). Most genealogy experts have heard about the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Library claims to have the largest collection of genealogical records in the world. Shirley Griffith has more about this unusual research center.
The Family History Library has many records to help people search for information about their family histories. It has birth, marriage and death records from religious groups and governments. The collection includes official population, court and property records. It also includes burial records, ship passenger lists and published family histories.
The Family History Library has information from almost every area of the world. Most records are from 1550 through 1920．These records include the names of more than two thousand million people who have died. The library has few records of living persons.
The Family History Library is operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The church has been gathering family history records around the world for more than one hundred years. The group urges(催促)its members to study the lives of early family members as a religious requirement.
The Family History Library is open to the public every day except Sunday and some holidays. Visitors are invited to use its books and other materials. Library officials say it is one of the most popular places for visitors in Utah. About two thousand four hundred people use the library each day.
Individuals, families and private groups have given some of their records to the library. The library bought other records from governments. All the information is gathered with the approval(批准)of governments or officials who supervise(监督)the records.
The library copies many records to a kind of film that can be read with special equipment. It is known as microfilm. The collection is always expanding. Today, Church representatives are making copies of important records around the world.
Many people find it difficult to travel to Utah to use the Family History Library. So, the Church has set up more than three thousand Family History Centers in seventy-five countries around the world.
1．It is less likely that you can get ________ from the Family History Library.
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A．dates of some people's births
B．names of some people who died at sea
C．records of certain judges or some laws
D．information about certain persons alive
2．Normally how many visitors does the library in Utah receive in a week?
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3．The text is mainly about ________.
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A．the history of genealogy
B．the study of family history
C．the Family History Library
D．the Church of Jesus Christ
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