Research Log Template

What is the Research Log?

The blank on this page is the "Research Log", a two-page form whose footer reads "Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" and "© 1988, 2010 IRI. All rights reserved. Printed in the USA. 1/10. 31825". FamilySearch lists it among its downloadable forms for FamilySearch center patrons and describes it in one sentence: "Patrons may use this form to record sources for a research goal."

What is on the form?

At the top are three headings: "Ancestor's name", "Objective(s)" and "Locality". Below them is a table with five columns, in this order:

• "Date of search";
• "Location or call number";
• "Description of source (author, title, year, pages)";
• "Comments (purpose of search, results, years and names searched)";
• "Document number".

The second page continues the log with the same headings and the same table.

The form prints no instructions, asks for no signature and names no place to send it.

Is there another version?

The same FamilySearch article lists a separate form, "Research Log and Next Steps", which it describes as "a modified research log to help patrons track sources for a research goal, along with the next steps in their research." That is a different form from the one on this page.

Both are listed in the FamilySearch article Downloadable forms for FamilySearch center patrons. The article ends with a note headed "Permission to Duplicate", which gives an email address for requests.