Preston Idaho South FamilySearch Center

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location Map

Address:


 * 55 E 1st South Preston Idaho 83263 United States


 * Language:English

Phone:


 * 1-208-852-0710

E-mail:


 * ID_PrestonSouth@ldsmail.net

Open Hours:

Tuesday:9-12

Wednesday:9:00am-9:00pm


 * Thursday:9:00am-9:00pm
 * Friday:9:00am-5:00
 * Saturday:11:00-3:00

'''Holiday Schedule: We will be closed July 3rd, 4th & 5th. We will be closed July 24th. We will be open from 12-5 on July 26th-27th from 12-4 on July 28th'''

'''We would be very happy to open on days that we are not regularly open by appointment. For appointments on Mondays please call Jerry'''

'''Waddoups at (208)851-1259. For appointments on Tuesdays please call Lee or Deanna Foster at (208)244-8157. For appointments after 3:00 on Saturday please call'''

Clint Dunn at (208)747-3692

If you would like to schedule for a group to come into the Family History Center on a Tuesday night please call Judy Mitchell at (208)852-2735 or (208)851-0156.

Calendar and Events
==== Upcoming Events: We are giving a class : Introduction to Family Tree. This is a 4 week class. New beginner class starts on Monday September 10th and will be every Monday until the last class on October 15th  it will go from 11:00 to 12:30. There is only room for 10 people in each class. You will need an LDS account to take this class. Please call Judy Mitchell 208-852-2735 or 208-851-0156 to sign up for these classes. Thursday night classes will begin on Sept 13th. The following classes will be taught they will start a 7:00 p.m. September 13 to September 27 --Ancestry, starting a tree --taught by Gayle Porter. October 4th -- Findagrave & Billion grave--taught by Clint Dunn, October 11th-- BMD(birth, marriage, death England) taught by Jerry Waddoups, --October 18th-- Roots Magic--taught by Bruce Dunn, -- October 25th--My Heritage --taught by Bruce Dunn, --November 1st--Attaching Sources-- taught by Clint Dunn, --November 8th--Using Irfranview--taught by Jerry Waddoups,--November 15th--The Family History Guide--taught by Bruce Dunn, --November 28th Family History Wiki--taught by Bruce Dunn, --December 6th --Family History Helps--taught by Bruce Dunn. These classes also will be limited to 10 people. You will also need an LDS account to take these classes       ==== ==== Staff Training Meetings: Staff Training meetings are on the 1st Tuesday of each month. In place of training meetings in August, we will be having a summer party. In December we will be having our Christmas Party on the 1st Tuesday. ==== ==== NOTICE OF INTEREST: Brown Photography just brought 5 boxes of photographs into the Family History Center. Very few have phone numbers. If you would like to check and see if any of these pictures belong to you please come to the Family History Center and you can go through the boxes. Most are very nice pictures. We would really like to return these to their rightful owners. ====

Collections

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Databases and Software

 * FHC Portal This center has access to the Family History Center Portal page which gives free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions. (Note to FHC: Not all FHCs have access to this portal. If you do not, you will want to remove this entire bullet. If you do have access to it, just remove this text in italics.)

Hardware and Equipment

 * At the Family History Center we have a piece of equipment that you can use to convert slides to digital. It is very fast and is a wonderful way to make it so you can see the pictures that you took as slides.
 * We have 14 computers, Microfilm, microfiche readers and 1 copy/printers and a very nice scanner . We also have a collection of local history books. We have the records of the local Mortuaries. Our Mortuary records begin with 1925 and are updated to 2014.

Our Regular Staff:
,Alane Beck (208) 852-0449,  Alexis Beckstead (208) 852-2428, John Brough  (208)220-9000, Craig Casperson (208)705-6432, Clare & Linda Christensen (208)852-2638, Saundra Clark (208)747-3312, Carolyn &amp; Clair Davis (208)747-3060, Bill & Myrna Despain (208)852-9199  Bruce Dunn (208)852-1404, Clint Dunn (208)747-3692, Margie Evans (208)583-7970, Joshua Farrell (208)705-6485, Lee &amp; Deanna Foster (208)244-8157, Shelly Gilbert (208)851-8171, Robert Hendrickson (208)852-2140 or (208)705-7175, Vicki Harris (208)646-2491, Lynne Howard (435) 770-3364, Trevor Staples Iseman (540)487-1388,  Marilyn Knutsen (208)852-2990, Cecil LaFevre (208)2490, Linda Lind (503)260-2026, Karen Lowe (208)646-2397,  Barbara Martin (951)227-5507, LaDawn Miner (208)852-0779,John Olinger (208)417-9711, Susan Oliverson (208)852-1056, Ann Palmer (208)747-3343, Janice Porter, (208)852-1070, Garth & Gail Porter (208)852-0599,

Donald &amp; Faye Reeves 1-801-576-9788, Julie Sharp 208)852-0414, Joanne Smith (208)852-0767, Ruth Ann Steele (208)317-5016 Janet Stricko (208)501-5009,  Constanza Theile(253)298-6318, Jerry &amp; Carolyn Waddoups (208)851-1259, Shawn Weaver (208)851-3325,Greta Woodward (208)705-8458,Janet Wright (208)852-3055.

Substitute Staff:
Deloy & Glenna Barnes (801) 573-3875,Brian Chipman (208)540-0325, Teresa Chipman (208) 540-0468, Bill Ishan (208)852-2470, Clifford &amp; LaDawn Jensen (208)852-2537, Ron Malouf (208)497-2054, David &amp; Judy Mitchell (208)852-2735,Kris Morrison (208) 646-2414, Leo and Kitty Silvernagel (208)852-2434, Dorothy B. Thomas (208)852-2763.

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