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Bakersfield locals seeking to research their family history don’t have to be Mormon or travel to Salt Lake City to take advantage of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ extensive genealogical data resources. Three LDS chapels (called stakes) in Bakersfield include a Family History Center complete with computers, microfilm reels and readers, and enthusiastic volunteers to help you get started on a search. Each center functions as a branch of the Family History Library, located in Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City. The library boasts of being the largest genealogical record repository of its kind in the world. For Clareen Hays, director of public affairs for the LDS Church in greater Bakersfield, successful genealogical research is nothing short of a spiritual experience. “We believe this is the Lord’s work,” she said about her church’s mission to collect birth, marriage, death and other records from people all over the world...

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