Las Vegas Nevada FamilySearch Center/Resources

Whats New!!

 * Brand new Lenovo 23" screen Windows 7 computers
 * Computer Lab classroom with 12 networked computers
 * New classes-growing monthly

Hardware &amp; Equipment

 * 28 networked computer workstations with printer access
 * 14 networked computer workstations with printer access in a dedicated classroom setting
 * Paper copier
 * 10 microfilm readers
 * 3 microfiche readers
 * 3 microfiche/film scanners
 * 1 flatbed scanner

Class/Training Rooms

 * Classroom has seating for 15 students plus a computer, projector and teaching station for the instructor.
 * Computer Lab with 12 networked computers for training.

Multimedia Center
Las VegasFamily History Center has a copier/scanner where you have the ability to:
 * Scan photos and transfer them to a flash drive.
 * You can also make printed copies.

Databases &amp; Software
"Free Access to membership websites: o Ancestry.com offers the largest collection of databases of any genealogy site on the Internet with over three billion names search-able in its data files. o Footnote-most noted for their association with NARA, National Archives. Footnote features search-able original historical documents, from the National Archives and other content providers. o Access Newspaper Archives – world's largest online newspaper archive featuring billions of article from historical newspapers of US and world. o Alexander Stree Press, American Civil War – Research data, letters, diaries, images, photographs, posters and ephemera. o ArkivDigital Online – Swedish Church records and other historical records. o Find-My-Past – Research UK, census records, trace births, marriages and deaths. o Fold3 – Best online military records and stories. o The Genealogist – English parish records, directories, census, civil registration, surname mapping and selected army and navy lists. o Heritage Quest-Search census, books, Revolutionary War-select pensions and bounty-land warrant applications, Freedman’s Bank-freed slaves, PERSI-PERiodical Source Index, and US Serial Set- Search. o Historical Map Works Library Edition – One of the most extensive digital map collections available to track the “residential genealogy” of families and locations. o Origins.net – Comprehensive and exclusive British and Irish record collection dating back to the 13th century as well as rare and unique photos and books to browse. o 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, biographies, wills, ship manifests, map collection and yearbooks."
 * Genealogy database software (PAF, RootsMagic, Legacy, Ancestral Quest, Family Insight, Family Tree Maker,)
 * Word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software using OpenOffice
 * Free access to several subscription sites through the FamilySearch Portal such as Ancestry.com, British Newspapers, Find-My-Past (UK), Footnote, Genline (Swedish), Heritage Quest, World Vital Records and others.
 * Free internet access to the New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEGHS) website