Atascadero California FamilySearch Center

The Atascadero Family History Center is located at 2600 Ramona Road, in Atascadero, Ca. The center is dedicated to providing education and support for the family history community in the area.

Center Contacts and Hours:
Location Map:


 * Location on Map

Address:


 * 2600 Ramona Road, Atascadero, CA 93422 United States
 * The entrance to the family history center is located on the North side of the building.
 * Please ring doorbell for entrance to the center. Handicap parking is available.


 * Language:English

Phone:


 * 1-805-466-6103

Open Hours:


 * Monday:            10:00am-4:00pm
 * Tuesday:             6:00pm-8:00pm
 * Wednesday:       10:00am-1:00pm
 * Thursday:          10:00am-4:00pm

We will be closed the following dates in 2015:
19      Jan                 Martin Luther King Day - Mon. 16      Feb                 Presidents Day - Mon. 23/24 March             Closed for cleaning - Mon &amp; Tues   30-3    Mar/Apr          Easter - All week  (Easter is on Sunday the 5th)   25       May                 Memorial Day - Mon. Aug                Closed whole month    1       Sep                 FHC re-opens - Tuesday   7       Sep                 Labor Day - Mon. 9      Nov                 Veteran's Day - Wed. 24-26 Nov                 Thanksgiving - Tues - Thur. 21-3   Dec/Jan          Christmas/New Years

Family Tree ongoing courses held at the Los Angeles Family History Library
What is Family Tree 

The Family Tree is a new approach to researching and organizing your family history that focuses on enhanced data accuracy through collaboration and sourcing. It takes the best features of new.FamilySearch and adds many useful functions. It looks similar, but it does much more and will enable you to enjoy family history in new ways. Once all of the features are in place, the Family Tree will replace new.FamilySearch and will be freely and publically available to people around the world.

Los Angeles FamilySearch Library Richard McBride, Director

Address 10741 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90025

310-474-9990

Email: lafhlcontact@gmail.com

Mon, Fri, Sat: 9:00am – 5:00pm

Tue, Wed, Thu: 9:00am – 9:00pm

Classes: Basic 3-day Intensive Family History/Genealogy Training Course

Finding Ancestral Names for Temple Work

Gathering the Information You Need for Temple Work

'''Each class is restricted to the first 24 to register. To register please call 310 474-9990'''

Schedule of free classes and events:
 No pre-registration fees required for classes listed below. Please RSVP by phone or e-mail for Special Presentations.

The Los Angeles Family History Library has a Computer Lab in room TR1 of the Library. There is also an Education Lab in room TR2. 

Introduction to New FamilySearch - Classes offered as requested.

Family Search Indexing - Classes offered as requested.

Foundation Course in Genealogical Research

Basic Three-day Intensive Family History/Genealogy Training Course

Advanced Three-day Intensive Family History/Genealogy Training Course

All classes will be held at the Los Angeles Family History Library located at 10741 Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles. Parking is free.

To register for these or other classes offered:

Phone: 310-474-9990

E-mail: lafhlcontact@gmail.com

Online: www.lafhl.org

 For new and upcoming BYU Conferences and Workshops go to: http://familyhistoryconferences.byu.edu  

The Atascadero Family History Center will be hosting a Family History Booth during Colony Days
Check us out in October 2015

More info to follow.

Have you checked out the new Family Tree or Wiki at familysearch.org?  

Class Schedule:

 * Introduction to familysearch and Indexing classes are held every Wednesday of the month


 * from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Staff Training Meetings:
2015     

    All inservice meetings will be held in the Relief Society Room:

Next inservice meeting will be held on:

8 Mar. 7 PM  ~  Sunday

Collections

 * This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog.   You may also order from your home through the family search portal listed below under Databases and Software..
 * The Atascadero Family History Center has a small collection of various resource books and private collections that are available for viewing in the center.

Databases and Software

 * http://www.fhc.familysearch.org  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, included are the following:


 * The 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive
 * Access Newspaper Archive
 * Alexander Street Press ~ The American Civil War
 * Ancestry.com (Family History Library Edition ~ includes International databases)
 * Find My Past
 * Fold3 (Formerly Footnote.com)
 * The Genealogist
 * Godfrey Memorial Library
 * Heritage Quest Online
 * Historic Map Works Library Edition
 * Origins.net
 * Paper Trail
 * World Vital Records
 * You may also access the Family History Center portal for other related family history research option, http://www.fhc.familysearch.org from your home computer, however, you will not be able to access the free premiums.


 * Training is available on the website and at the Family History Center.
 * See link below

Hardware and Equipment

 * The center has 9 computers, 5 microfilm readers, 1 microfiche reader, 1 scanner, 1 copy/printer machine, and 1 printer.

Resources in the Local Area

 * Heritage Shared    http://www.heritageshared.org/


 * History in San Luis Obispo County    http://www.historyinslocounty.org/Bibliography.htm


 * San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society Library, 1288 Morro Street, San Luis Obsipo, CA,  Phone Number: 805-528-6622      http://www.slocgs.org


 * San Luis Obispo Family History Center, 651 Foot Hill Blvd.San Luis Obispo, CA, Phone Number:          805-543-6328                                                                 https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/San_Luis_Obispo_California_Family_History_Center


 * Santa Margarita Historical Society    http://www.santamargaritahistoricalsociety.org/


 * Santa Maria Family History Center     https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Santa_Maria_California_Family_History_Center


 * South County Historical Society, San Luis Obispo County     http://www.southcountyhistory.org/


 * Special Collections &amp; University Archives Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic State University           http://lib.calpoly.edu/specialcollections/


 * Vital Records for the San Luis Obispo County, California Office of the Clerk-Record http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/clerk/Copies_of_Clerk_Records/Vital_Records.htm

Links:

 * FAMILY TREE

https://www.familysearch.org


 * California Family History Centers https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Category:California_Family_History_Centers


 * California    https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/California


 * Los Angeles Family History Library  http://lafhl.org


 * For new and upcoming BYU Conferences and Workshops go to: http://familyhistoryconferences.byu.edu


 * International Society for British Genealogy and Family History    http://www.isbgfh.org