I note the hours are listed, but you might want to call to be sure.
Head on down to the Family History Center. Tell the little old lady that you want to order some microfilm and have the film numbers that you have looked up. They will think you are wanting to do genealogy and may be confused by a long story. Of course, it will depend on who is there ('cuz, you know, it could be someone like me) but a safe thing to say is "I want to look at the records of xyz for this time period" and let them assume you are looking for actual people rather than things.
The librarian will have you fill out a small form to order the microfilm. Last I knew it was $3.50 for a 3 week loan, and $3.50 to renew for 6 months and then finally a final $3.50 if you want to keep it indefinitely. You will receive (depending on what you order) microfilm rolls that are duplicates of the originals held in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Mormons are record keepers and they had a vision to store the records of the world's peoples in a granite vault in the wilds of Utah. Odd, perhaps, but also visionary given what we did see in the world in the 20th century... There will be microfilm readers there, as well as microfiche readers, most likely a microfilm "printer" that gives you a paper copy (but are 25 cents or so each). Last time I was in Salt Lake I saw a bright man take digital photos with his camera. Clever, clever! You may have a portable scanner with a slider option that could also scan the microfilm to go with a laptop. They do not let you remove the films from the library.
With your first visit you may want to bring in family information and actually have something to show the librarian so that she/he can give you a tour. Be sure to take the time to read through the books on the shelves. These are the reference books they have gathered there, and Salt Lake doesn't lend their books. However, you can find more on Worldcat bookwise than you can in their library, except maybe for specific family histories.
Re: Olde documents
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp
I note the hours are listed, but you might want to call to be sure.
Head on down to the Family History Center. Tell the little old lady that you want to order some microfilm and have the film numbers that you have looked up. They will think you are wanting to do genealogy and may be confused by a long story. Of course, it will depend on who is there ('cuz, you know, it could be someone like me) but a safe thing to say is "I want to look at the records of xyz for this time period" and let them assume you are looking for actual people rather than things.
The librarian will have you fill out a small form to order the microfilm. Last I knew it was $3.50 for a 3 week loan, and $3.50 to renew for 6 months and then finally a final $3.50 if you want to keep it indefinitely. You will receive (depending on what you order) microfilm rolls that are duplicates of the originals held in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Mormons are record keepers and they had a vision to store the records of the world's peoples in a granite vault in the wilds of Utah. Odd, perhaps, but also visionary given what we did see in the world in the 20th century... There will be microfilm readers there, as well as microfiche readers, most likely a microfilm "printer" that gives you a paper copy (but are 25 cents or so each). Last time I was in Salt Lake I saw a bright man take digital photos with his camera. Clever, clever! You may have a portable scanner with a slider option that could also scan the microfilm to go with a laptop. They do not let you remove the films from the library.
With your first visit you may want to bring in family information and actually have something to show the librarian so that she/he can give you a tour. Be sure to take the time to read through the books on the shelves. These are the reference books they have gathered there, and Salt Lake doesn't lend their books. However, you can find more on Worldcat bookwise than you can in their library, except maybe for specific family histories.