Tucson Arizona West FamilySearch Center

===The Tucson Arizona West Family History Center is located at the Tucson West Stake Center. It serves northwestern Tucson, Oro Valley, Marana, and Picture Rocks. It includes a collection of about 5000 books useful for genealogy research in the United States and Europe, as well as a variety of journals from genealogical societies. Note that there is no charge for using any of the available resources or center services.===

Individual Consulting

 * Center staff are available for personal consulting with no appointment needed

====Have a church organization and community organization that would like to reserve off-hour time please sign-up here Patrons Scheduling Tucson Arizona  Family History Center====

Staff Research Specialties
US Industrial and Agricultural Census Schedules, available on Wednesday and Saturdays

Links
Online Genealogy Records by Location
 * FamilySearch Research Wiki: What It Can Do For You!: A comprehensive video presentation explaining the Wiki, navigating it, and some especially useful pages. Case studies demonstrate using the Wiki for genealogical research. Editing and adding articles to the Wiki are covered.

Center Contacts and Hours
Location &amp; Map:


 * 3530 W Magee, Tucson, AZ 85741 USA
 * From Ina Road go north on Thornydale about one mile to Magee Road. Turn east on Magee, continue one quarter mile to the church building on the left.
 * Take the second entrance on the east side of the building.
 * The Family Search Center is entered through the small door just to the left of the main east entrance of the building.
 * Location Map

Phone: 520-579-3493 E-mail: [mailto:az_tucsonwest@familyhistorymail.org az_tucsonwest@familyhistorymail.org]

'''The Center is open by appointment only. Please use the email to contact.'''

  The Tucson West Family History Center will be closed as of March 13th due to the ongoing concerns for the health and safety of our patrons and staff.

The Center will reopen when we have received proper assurance there is no longer a health threat to patrons and staff.

Center Hours:


 * Tuesday: 9AM to 8PM
 * Wednesday: 9AM to 8PM
 * Saturday: 9AM to 1PM

Holiday and Summer Break Schedule:


 * Closed for Summer Break July 2 - July 13
 * Closed for Thanksgiving, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 - Monday 2 December 2019
 * Closed for Christmas, from Friday, 23 December 2019 - Tuesday, 3 January 2020
 * Closed for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints General Conference - April 6 and October 5 (Saturdays)
 * Closed for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints General Conference - April 6 and October 5 (Saturdays)

Calendar and Events
Want to find all the genealogy events in the Arizona area? Check out http://conferencekeeper.org/arizona/

Upcoming Local Events
-Thu Jun 18th

AZ - Southern Arizona Genealogy Society Meeting
Valley Presbyterian Church, 2800 S. Camino del Sol, Green Valley, AZ map

GVGS meets October through April, from 1:00-3:00PM on the 3rd Thurday of each month, at the Valley Presbyterian Church, 2800 S. Camino del Sol, Green Valley, AZ. Check the Calendar listing on our website for information on upcoming programs and guest speakers.

More information at https://azsags.org/

-Sat Jun 20th

AZ - Pima County Genealogy Society Meeting
Truly Nolen Leadership Training Center, 436 S. Williams Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85711 map

Class: Top Ten Countdown: How to Find a Birth Year Without a Birth Certificate

Birth certificates are a fairly recent phenomenon. Most states did not have state vital records office in operation until the early 20th century. Amy will describe other ways to acquire birth information.

Speaker: Amy Urman

Amy Urman is an experienced speaker, Professional Genealogist and Private Investigator. She holds a General Research Certificate from Boston University and is a graduate of ProGen. She is the co-founder and current president of the Pima County Genealogy Society.

Program: The Ins and Outs of Newspaper Research

Newspapers are a great source of family history details. Newspapers give facts and tell stories of our ancestor’s lives. We will learn some tips and tricks to searching newspapers, briefly cover what different facts one can learn about their ancestors in newspapers, and look at a number of newspaper websites and databases (including how to effectively search them).

Speaker: Moreen Ferdie

PCGS meets the 3rd Saturday of every month (except July and December) from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM at the Operations Division Midtown, Hardesty Multi-Service Center, 1100 S. Alvernon, Tucson, AZ (corner of 22nd St. & Alvernon). Parking is free.

The first half of our meeting includes a program on a genealogy topic of general interest, followed by a featured guest speaker educational program. Check the Calendar section of our website for information on upcoming programs and guest speakers.

More information at http://azpimagensoc.org

-Thu Jul 2nd

AZ - East Valley DNA Special Interest Group
Mesa LDS Institute across from Mesa Community College,1310 S. Dobson Road, Mesa 85202 map

7:00 - 8:25 pm

East Valley DNA Special Interest Group meets in room 105 at the Mesa LDS Institute across from Mesa Community College at 1310 S. Dobson Road, Mesa 85202 (red brick building just north of Banner Desert Hospital). No charge and all are welcome. Come and learn with others who are interested in DNA! Usually 1st Thursday each month (check calendar).

mckellkeeney.com/calendar

-Thu Jul 16th

AZ - Southern Arizona Genealogy Society Meeting
Valley Presbyterian Church, 2800 S. Camino del Sol, Green Valley, AZ map

GVGS meets October through April, from 1:00-3:00PM on the 3rd Thurday of each month, at the Valley Presbyterian Church, 2800 S. Camino del Sol, Green Valley, AZ. Check the Calendar listing on our website for information on upcoming programs and guest speakers.

More information at https://azsags.org/

-Sat Aug 15th

AZ - Pima County Genealogy Society Meeting
Truly Nolen Leadership Training Center, 436 S. Williams Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85711 map

Class: Mobile Apps for Genealogists

An overview of helpful genealogy and family history mobile apps from FamilySearch, Ancestry, and others.

Speaker: Bob Black

Bob Black retired in 2015 after a 38-year career in healthcare human resources. He has been volunteering at the Family History Center since 2011 and served as Director from 2014 until early 2019. He currently serves on the PCGS Steering Committee. He has a bachelor's and master's degree from Brigham Young University.

Program: Immigration and Naturalization Overview

All our ancestors are from somewhere else. Joey will describe the immigration and naturalization process that our ancestors had to endure to come into the country and become citizens.

Speaker: Joey Caccarozzo

PCGS meets the 3rd Saturday of every month (except July and December) from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM at the Operations Division Midtown, Hardesty Multi-Service Center, 1100 S. Alvernon, Tucson, AZ (corner of 22nd St. & Alvernon). Parking is free.

The first half of our meeting includes a program on a genealogy topic of general interest, followed by a featured guest speaker educational program. Check the Calendar section of our website for information on upcoming programs and guest speakers.

More information at http://azpimagensoc.org

Center Resources
We have 9 computers, 2 scanners, and 2 microfilm and microfiche readers.




 * FamilySearch Catalog. Access to the microfilm holdings of the Family History Library in Salt Lake Internet access is available at the library.
 * We have extensive hardbound collections for North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia as well as a few New England collections.

Databases and Software

 * FHC Portal: This center has access to the Family History Center Portal page which gives free access in the center to family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions. The resources currently include:
 * 19th Century British Library Newspapers digital archive – Searchable database of the British Library's newspaper holdings with a complete run of 48 national and regional Victorian British newspapers for the 19th century (from 1800 to 1900)
 * Alexander Street Press - Focused on records from the American Civil War. Searchable information on over 4 million soldiers and thousands of battles, together with 15,000 photographs. Contains approximately 100,000 indexed pages of diaries, letters, and memoirs. Includes images, photographs, posters, and ephemera
 * Ancestry.com – Searchable collections of records from around the world, including immigration, census, voter, vital, and military records; newspapers and periodicals; family trees; photos and images; directories, maps, court, land, wills and financial records, stories, memories, and histories; and detailed records about births, marriages, deaths, land ownership
 * ArkivDigital Online – Images of Swedish Church Records and other historical records. Indexed by locality
 * Find My Past – Searchable collections of records from the United Kingdom and Ireland, including the 1911 British Census. (Not all of the content from Find My Past is available in family history centers)
 * Fold3 – Search or browse millions of historical documents and photos, focused on military records and stories
 * Heritage Quest Online – Heritage Quest Online database is a collection of material for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. U.S. federal census images from 1790, books, periodicals, Revolutionary War Era Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, Freedman’s Bank records
 * Historic Map Works Library Edition - Digital map collections available, with high-resolution, full color historic and antique maps
 * Legacy Stories - Resource for storing and publishing online family history information in text, audio, and multi-media formats
 * Newspapers.com - The largest online newspaper archive and has 15,900+ newspapers from the 1700s–2000s. Millions of additional pages added every month
 * Paper Trail – Provides access to 19th-century westward American migration documents
 * World Vital Records – Access to birth, marriage, and death records; Social Security Death Index; family trees; census records; immigration records; court, land, and probate records; military records directory lists; newspapers, family histories, reference materials, biographies, wills, gravestone photos, ship manifests, map collections, and yearbook collections

Hardware and Equipment

 * Nine computers with internet access, each with dual monitors
 * One microfilm scanner - bring a USB flash drive to store your digitized documents
 * Two microfilm readers
 * Two scanners for digitizing photographs, slides, negatives, and documents - bring an USB flash drive to store your digitized documents
 * Wireless access available upon request.