Fresno California East FamilySearch Center/About Us

Databases and Software
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.
 * 19th Century British Library Newspapers
 * Access Newspaper Archives
 * Alexander Street Press - American Civil War
 * Ancestry
 * ArkivDigital
 * Find My Past
 * Fold3 (formerly Footnote)


 * Historic Map Works - Library Edition
 * Kinpoint
 * MyHeritage
 * Paper Trail
 * ProQuest Obituary Listings
 * Puzzilla
 * World Vital Records

Hardware and Equipment
Our Family History Center has:
 * 18 separate computer stations
 * 1 microfilm copier
 * 2 microfilm readers
 * 1 microfiche reader
 * 1 copy/scanning machine
 * 1 Kodak digital picture scanning system

Thanks to the efforts of Dennis McCauley and Bill Holden, we have one of the best family history centers in the Fresno Region. The Stake has recently increased the capacity of our internet bandwidth so our computers are able to connect much quicker to family history websites than in the past.

Due to the large number of individual computer stations, our Center offers an excellent facility to bring groups of ten to fifteen individuals at a time for family history training. We would request that if your Priesthood Quorum, or mutual class, or other organization bring in a group for training purposes, that you call Brother Steve Mecham, the Stake Temple and Family History Consultant - Center, at (559) 291-7363, so that we can schedule adequate staff to assist patrons on a one-to-one basis.

For youth groups, we request that the youth have their LDS accounts set up before coming to the Family History Center so that time may be more fully devoted to helping them find names to take to the temple rather than setting up their accounts. Both LDS.org and familysearch.org use the same username and password, so only one account is needed.

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