Baltimore Maryland FamilySearch Center

Planning a Visit
The Baltimore Maryland FamilySearch Center is staffed by local volunteers who can help get you started with family history research. They can guide you in using FSC resources and equipment. If you're planning a visit to our center to begin your genealogy, write down what you know about the family you wish to research: names, birth/death dates, and birth/death city and state. Choose a research goal; e.g., find your family two generations back. This will help our volunteers to best teach you where to look.

Center Contacts and Hours
Location and Map:

Phone: 443-571-8261 (primary); 443-505-6937 (alternate)
 * 120 Stemmers Run Rd, Baltimore, MD 21221  Location Map
 * Note: Entrance is from the back of the building, rather than the side as indicated on Google Maps.
 * Ample free parking is available.


 * We have one primary phone in the FamilySearch Center where you can reach someone during the normal operating hours listed below. Outside of normal operating hours, you can leave a voicemail at the primary number which we will receive and respond to the next time the Center is open. If your message needs quicker attention, please call the alternate number and leave a voicemail. We will receive notification of that voicemail via email and respond as soon as we can. The alternate number is for timely attention items only.

Email: [mailto:md_baltimore@familyhistorymail.org md_baltimore@familyhistorymail.org]

Open Hours:


 * Monday: Closed
 * Tuesday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
 * Wednesday: Closed
 * Thursday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
 * Friday: Closed
 * Saturday: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
 * Sunday: Closed
 * Note: We occasionally close unexpectedly because of inclement weather. Please call for information about unexpected alterations to our normal operation hours.

COVID-19 Safety Precautions:


 * Face coverings are optional.
 * We sanitize all surfaces before and after each appointment.
 * Please let us know if there are other precautions you need to visit safely.

Holiday/Closed Schedule:


 * The Center will be closed the 1st weekend of April and October for the observance of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Closed for all US Federal holidays


 * Closed between Christmas and New Years

FamilySearch Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local FamilySearch Centers or Affiliate Libraries
 * FamilySearch Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
 * FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FSC.

Our Patron Resources

 * 4 patron computers
 * 1 multi-use printers
 * 1 high-speed scanner
 * 4 microfilm readers (microfilms are now online at the FamilySearch Center ONLY)
 * 1 microfiche reader
 * Internet access.
 * Free access to Premium Online Portal websites, including Ancestry.com, Footnote.com, Findmypast, Godfrey Memorial Library, Heritage Quest Online, 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive, Alexander Street Press - The American Civil War, The Genealogist, Historical Map Works Library Edition, World Vital Records, and much more.
 * We have volunteer Temple and Family History Consultants as well as Community Members to assist you. These volunteers donate their time and some specialize in the following areas:
 * Family Tree
 * Indexing - Arbitration
 * Pedigree Fan Charts

Library Background

 * The Baltimore Maryland Stake Center is a branch library of the Genealogical Library located in Salt Lake City. The main library was founded in 1894 to gather genealogical records and assist members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with their family history and genealogical research. The main Library is the largest library of its kind in the world and is visited by an estimated 1,900 or more individual patrons and groups and each day. Our branch library is much more modest.

Records Collection

 * Our computers access the FamilySearch database which contains many millions of names linked into families.

Training and Assistance
• We offer access to and assistance in the use of many internet research sites. We can also assist you with the use of The FamilySearch Catalog, the online catalog describing the holdings of the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City.

FamilySearch Centers
• FamilySearch centers (FSC) are branches of the FamilySearch Library. • Over 5,000 FamilySearch centers operate in more than 88 countries. • Local FamilySearch centers are staffed by helpful volunteers.

• Click here to locate the nearest FamilySearch center, in your area, or call 1-866-406-1830 in the United States and Canada.

Alternate Repositories
If you cannot find a source you need at the FamilySearch Library, try one or more of these other repositories. Online Genealogy Records by Location Repositories with very large genealogical collections Repositories with significant Utah local history and Mormon Pioneer collections Resources in the Local Area
 * Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Local History and Genealogy Reading Room is part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, and collections of manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, and published material, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources.
 * National Archives, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service &amp; pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.
 * Allen County Public Library (Indiana) home of the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), more than 350,000 printed books and 513,000 items of microfilm/fiche including family histories, censuses, city directories, passenger lists, military records, local histories, American Indians, African Americans, Canadian, British, &amp; German collections.
 * Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Church history 1830-present: diaries, manuscripts, Church records, photos, oral history, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, audiovisual material
 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers, SLC, the Museum displays artifacts, and the History Department collects and preserves about 100,000 histories of pioneers who set out for, settled, or were born in Utah by 10 May 1869.
 * Utah State Historical Society, SLC, family histories, photographs, books, manuscript collections, telephone directories, maps, newspapers, yearbooks, and periodicals are available in the Research Center and online.
 * Maryland Center for History and Culture (formerly Maryland Historical Society) online resources.
 * Maryland State Archives: What research can you do at the State archives? Start here to find general Maryland research guides, topic specific guides such as for marriage records, a list of searchable collections and key indices at the Archives, and contact information for other information sources such as courts and libraries.
 * Baltimore City Archives: What research can you do at the City archives? Resources include many searchable records sets pertaining to people, property, events and groups.

Volunteer at the Center
''Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering to help others research their family history. ''