Pasadena California FamilySearch Center

The Pasadena California FamilySearch Center serves the communities of Pasadena, Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Temple City, Rosemead, Alhambra, South Pasadena, San Gabriel, San Marino, Monterey Park, Altadena, Sierra Madre and parts of several other communities.

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location Map

Address:


 * 770 N. Sierra Madre Villa Ave Pasadena, CA 91007 United States Exit 210 freeway at Madre/Sierra Madre Villa and go north three and one half blocks (toward mountains). Come in through the south gate on the east side of the street.

Language: English

Phone:


 * 1-626-351-8517

E-mail:


 * CA_Pasadena@familyhistorymail.org

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday:2:00pm-9:00pm
 * Wednesday:2:00am-9:00pm
 * Thursday:10:00am-6:00pm
 * Friday:10:00am-4:00pm
 * Saturday: By appointment

Holiday Schedule:

Closed most major holidays, as well as the last week in December and first week in January.

Upcoming Events
A free workshop is hosted the last Thursday of most months.

Collections

 * The Pasadena FamilySearch Center has a nice collection of indefinite loan microfilm covering a broad range of countries and consisting of 800 microfilm reels in 11 cabinet drawers. We also have thousands of microfiche in 5 cabinet drawers.
 * The Pasadena FamilySearch Center has a large collection of books and society journals lining our wall. The collection contains almost 2600 books and journals.

Databases and Software

 * FamilySearch Center Portal This center has access to the FamilySearch Center Portal page which gives free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
 * All computer stations can access the institutional version of Ancestry World Edition.

Hardware and Equipment

 * 7 computer stations, 11 microfilm readers, 5 fiche readers, 1 film fiche reader/printer, 1 network printer/copier.
 * 1 mechanical punch binder machine

Staff Research Specialties
Thursday mornings: Italian and Spanish-language research

Resources in the Local Area
The free library version of Ancestry.com is available over the WiFi of all Pasadena library branches.