Sacramento California FamilySearch Center/Reservations

= All Classes by Topic =

REQUEST For Group Reservations
Includes groups over 5 individuals. This would enable you to reserve i.e. computers, classrooms, tour of the library for groups such as: youth, community, Relief Society, etc. After you submit your request from the link below, you will be contacted by our Group Coordinator to finalize the date and time.

CLICK HERE TO REQUEST

Reserving Equipment Steps

 * Review the photos and descriptions below to know what reservations are available.
 * Click the link "CLICK HERE TO RESERVE" at the right of the picture, under the description.
 * You will be taken to a page to complete your reservation.
 * After the reservation is complete, you will be brought back to this page should you decide to make another reservation.

Digitizing Equipment Available

 * We do not provide flash drives. Please bring your own 8 - 16 GB flash drive
 * The LVFSL provides Free conversion equipment that will preserve those old audio and video recordings into a format that will be accessible for years to come.
 * Sort and organize your images and documents at home.
 * We will teach you how to operate the equipment.  We will be available throughout your visit to answer your questions.

Computers
Computer-Access to:


 * FamilySearch
 * Ancestry
 * Fold3
 * MyHeritage
 * findmypast
 * And much more.

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Family Heritage Room



 * Available for family groups
 * Video camera and microphones and lighting
 * Studio capacity of 10-15 persons
 * Transfer of a 30 minute video recording to your flash drive will take about 7 minutes.

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1 Large Book/Document Scanner



 * The Epson scanner has a 16” x 24” glass plate and a maximum dpi of 1200dpi
 * Bound books would be opened and placed face down on the glass.
 * The glass is large enough for portrait photographs or pages from large photo albums.

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2 Photo Scanners
The Kodak PS80 is a rapid photo scanner digitizing 60 photos per minute. The Kodak 8.5” x 14” flatbed photo and document scanner can be used for very small or very large images.

NOTE One reservation is one machine for 2 hours.

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3 Scanza Slide Scanners


Kodak Scanza digital film and slide scanner can convert 35mm, 126, 110, Super 8 and 8mm film negative and slides to JPEG. This is manually operated permitting you to view the negative and make adjustments to brightness before saving each slide.

NOTE</B> One reservation is one machine for 2 hours.

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1 Sony Handycam 8mm and Hi8 Tape Converter
This equipment is used to convert 8mm and Hi8 tape. The conversion time is equal to the running time of the tape. If you have 8mm film use the Wolverine converter CLICK HERE TO RESERVE</B>

3 Video Tape Conversion Equipment


This equipment will convert VHS & VHS-C tapes, 8mm & Hi8 tapes into MPG4 digital movies. The conversion time is equal to the running time of the tape.

NOTE</B> One reservation is one machine for 2 hours.

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1 Reel to Reel Tape Conversion
This equipment converts reel to reel tapes to MP4 digital files. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE</B>

2 Wolverine 8mm and Super 8
This equipment will convert old 8mm film and Super 8 film. Conversion time - A 3” in diameter film will take approximately 45 minutes to convert. If you have 8mm or Hi8 Tape, convert using the Sony Handycam equipment. NOTE</B> One reservation is one machine for 2 hours. Smaller reels need a 2 hour reservation. Larger reels need 4 hours-2 reservations back to back.

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1 Audio Cassette Tape Converter
Convert standard audio cassettes into MP3 digital format. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE</B>

1 Micro Cassette Tape Converter
Convert mini audio cassettes into MP3 digital format. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE</B>

Lexmark Rapid Scanner


The Scanner/Copier will convert your journals and letters and save them as PDF files. <b> The pages must be of equal size, without staples, or scotch tape/glue. We can cut the binding off of a journal to make converting your journal easy. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE</B>