The State Archives and the Genealogical Society of Utah began a project in 1994 to microfilm certain county public records of interest to the genealogical community. The marriage records of seventy-six counties have been added to the Historical Society's reference collection. In 1998, the project concentrated on naturalizations, deeds, and records.

The partnership with the Genealogical Society of Utah is one way the Historical Society attempts to safeguard historically valuable records and make them more accessible to the public without increasing the size of its budget.