Bucks County Museum ​Designated As A FamilySearch Affiliate

DOYLESTOWN, PA — Exploring your family's genealogy just got a lot easier in Bucks County.

The Mercer Museum Research Library, operated by the Bucks County Historical Society (BCHS), is now a FamilySearch Affiliate Library, which means it now has access to more genealogy resources to help locals make more family discoveries.

The designation means local library patrons will now have greater and more convenient access to the wealth of genealogical resources available through FamilySearch, which only has a few hundred affiliate libraries across the nation.

The popular web service has more than six billion searchable names and two billion images of historical genealogical records — and searchers benefit from the helpful assistance of library staff.

FamilySearch adds more than 300 million free genealogical records and images online yearly from all over the world and manages the famous FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. It has amassed billions of birth, marriage, death, census, land, and court records from more than 130 countries to help anyone discover and make family connections.

Mercer Museum Research Library. (Photo courtesy of the Bucks County Historical Society)

"Becoming a FamilySearch Affiliate Library is one more way the Mercer Museum Research Library strives to serve its researchers,” says Annie Halliday, BCHS Director of Library and Archives. “We are excited to offer onsite researchers another resource in discovering more about their own history."

“Interest in our ancestral roots continues to grow with the popularity of DNA tests, reality TV shows like 'Long Lost Family' or 'Who Do You Think You Are?,' and the growing access to online genealogy records. Adding the Mercer Museum Research Library as our newest FamilySearch Affiliate Library will enable patrons to make many fun, personal discoveries, and family connections,” adds Paul Nauta, FamilySearch Public Relations Manager.

FamilySearch is the largest genealogy organization in the world. The nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization is sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in the pursuit, FamilySearch and its predecessors have been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for more than 100 years.

Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources for free at FamilySearch.org or through more than 5,000 FamilySearch centers in 129 countries, including the main FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.