What is the Mormon 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.

Where are the Mormon vaults?

The world’s largest collection of genealogical records is housed in a secure vault located in the mountains near Salt Lake City, Utah.

How big is the Mormon vault?

Some 675 feet of granite rock guarded the tunnels from above, and reinforced entrance doors weighing 9 to 14 tons each were said to be able to withstand a nuclear blast.

How much money is the Mormon Church hiding?

In 2019, a former employee of Ensign made a whistleblower report to the IRS alleging that the church held over $100 billion of assets in a large investment fund.

What is inside the LDS vault?

(photo courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The Granite Mountain Records Vault is the official storage unit for 2.4 million rolls of microfilm containing approximately 3.5 billion images. The information links to billions of people in over 100 countries and is recorded in 170 languages.

Why does the Mormon Church keep genealogy records?

Mormons trace their family trees to find the names of ancestors who died without learning about the restored Mormon Gospel so that these relatives from past generations can be baptized by proxy in the temple. For Latter-day Saints, genealogy is a way to save more souls and strengthen the eternal family unit.

How accurate is Mormon genealogy?

There have been errors found and corrected, but for a system that is mostly volunteer based and having been built over the past few generations, it’s thus far proven to be very reliable, at least for covering the past few centuries. Originally Answered: Are Mormon genealogical findings reliable?

Where is the Mormon archive?

Salt Lake City
Welcome to the underground bunker where the Mormons keep their genealogical backup data, deep in the solid granite cliffs of Little Cottonwood Canyon, outside Salt Lake City, Utah.

Is Family Search owned by the LDS Church?

FamilySearch.org is one of the most popular genealogical resources in the world. The site is sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is free and available to the public.

Is ancestry DNA owned by the Mormon Church?

Ancestry, the online genealogy giant, has never been owned by the Church of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). It has changed ownership several times and was acquired in 2020 by Blackstone, a private equity firm.

Does the LDS Church have a vault in a mountain?

It’s true, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a vault nestled into the side of a mountain up Little Cottonwood Canyon near Salt Lake City, Utah. Whenever word gets out that there’s a super-secure vault somewhere, conspiracy theories and rumors fly.

Is the LDS Church opening its vault in Salt Lake City?

SALT LAKE CITY — The LDS Church is opening its storied vault — albeit in a virtual kind of way.

What is the purpose of the LDS temple on Granite Mountain?

Granite Mountain doubles as a deep-storage facility protecting materials key to church operations, leadership and history. If the casual observer sees LDS temples as being semi-secret, then the average Mormon may have similar leanings about the facility located not far up Little Cottonwood Canyon.

Are LDS temples in Utah really secret?

If the casual observer sees LDS temples as being semi-secret, then the average Mormon may have similar leanings about the facility located not far up Little Cottonwood Canyon. But church officials say Granite Mountain’s protective status is not to be secretive as much as secure. It’s not a unique set-up.