Valley Forge Pennsylvania FamilySearch Center

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location of Valley Forge Pennsylvania Family History Center on Map





Address:


 * 721 Paxon Hollow Rd Broomall PA 19008 United States
 * Located in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building
 * Enter in the back door labeled “Family History Center”


 * Language:English





Email:


 * broomallfhc@gmail.com

Email us to:

• Make an appointment for guided help, or to view films outside of regular hours.

• Sign up on our mailing list

• Receive a class schedule

• Be notified of weather closures or delays

Phone: 1-610-356-8507 only answered when we are open. There is no message machine.

Regular Open Hours: Every Wednesdays 9:30-3:30pm and the 2nd and 4th Saturday 9:30-12:30

'''Holiday Closures: November 23rd and November 26th. December 21- January 3rd. Reopening for regular hours on Wednesday January 4th.'''

Additional Hours: By appointment

You may request to have the center open at other times by appointment. For a timely and quick response, please email broomallfhc@gmail.com to request a time. Appointments are not needed during regular hours unless you need a guided practice lab time. As usual I appreciate your replies that you have moved or are not interested etc. and would like to be removed from our list. I add and remove people promptly. If you have friends that would like to stay informed and be added to the list they may email broomallfhc@gmail.com with their request.

Hello Patrons of the Valley Forge Family History Center,

Below is an updated schedule for our Winter Group discussions. We may have other updates as we go along, but we will begin on January 25th.

If you would like to participate in leading a group, we would love to have you! Please let me know what your topic would be and the dates you would be available.

Wednesdays at 10am -11am....or as long as you want to stay and discuss the topics!

January 25th: Beginning your Research and what do you do when you need to start in a Foreign Country by Shelli Nye, director

(Some basic research methods and general guiding principles, and then places to go to help you learn and get started in other countries.)

February 1: Czechoslovakia - examples of how to read records and free websites to check out by John Stefl, our Wednesday am staff member with lots of experience helping all of us!

February 15th: Specific Country/Region - Slides of Hungary and websites to help your research in this area. If there is time we will also have slides from Lithuania and how to hire a professional to help with the difficult language of this area's records by Loretta Kukkels. Loretta is a long time experienced patron who has traveled to lots of interesting countries to research.

March 1: Italy - Civil vital records by Bob Sava, a new to our center patron who has teaching experience and who has been researching Italy.

March 15: The Sleuth, the Hunt, and the Mystery Solved by Sharon P. Simson our Wednesday afternoon staff member and retired research sociology professor from University of Maryland.

Starting with just a few clues and utilizing social scientific methods, we will trace the thinking and research process that uncovered information that led to a revolutionary discovery. The subject matter of this interactive session is generalizable and can be applied to your own genealogical research.

March 29: New FamilySearch Apps and also something new from Rootstech February 2017 by Shelli Nye, director

We can add more countries or different topics! Email me if you would like to lead a discussion.

We look forward to a good attendance like we had last year. Invite your friends!

Film reading capabilities will still be available during the discussions in the adjoining room. Center computer usage may or may not be available. Depending on the size of the group we may move to another room.

See you soon,

Shelli Nye Director

Italian Group 2016

The Italian Group has been meeting in our church building quarterly in the past under the direction of Bill Nichols and his wife Mindy. They are revitalizing their group and will be meeting in the center. (See the schedule below for more details.) They welcome everyone interested in Italian Research, Geography and History. I will be sending out updates as they request to our patron list. If you want more information contact Bill Nichols at billyn48@msn.com

Italian Quarterly Group Meetings 10am -12pm Family History Center.

Next meeting is January 21, 2017.

Resources in the Local Area

 * http://mainlineroots.org/

Links

 * Delaware County, Pennsylvania


 * Pennsylvania

Volunteer at the Center
We would love to have more volunteers!

We look forward to seeing you at the center!