Atascadero California FamilySearch Center

The Atascadero Family History Center is located at 2600 Ramona Road, in Atascadero, Ca. The center is dedicated to providing education and support for the family history community in the area.

Center Contacts and Hours'''

 * Address: 2600 Ramona Road, Atascadero, Ca. 93422
 * The entrance to the family history center is located on the North side of the building.
 * Please ring doorbell for entrance to the center. Handicap parking is available.
 * Location on Map

Phone: 805-466-6103

Open Hours:


 * Mon: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
 * Tues:  6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
 * Wed: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
 * Thur: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Holiday Schedule:


 * We will be closed the following dates in 2012:


 * Monday, May 28th (Memorial Day)
 * Tues.-Thurs., July 3rd - 5th (Fourth of July)
 * The month of August
 * Monday, September 3rd (Labor Day)
 * Monday, November 12th (Veteran's Day)
 * Tues.-Thurs., November 20th - 22nd (Thanksgiving week)
 * December 24th - Jan 3rd (Christmas and New Years Break )

Class Schedule

 * Introduction to Indexing classes are held the 2nd and 4th Wednesday

of the month from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Staff Training Meetings
2012

All inservice meetings will be held in the Relief Society Room


 * Sunday, May 6th at 7:00 p.m.


 * Sunday, September 9th at 7:00 p.m.


 * Sunday, November 11th at 7:00 p.m.

Collections

 * Family History Library Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the Family History Library Catalog.
 * The Atascadero Family History Center has a small collection of various resource books and private collections that are available for viewing in the center.

Databases and Software

 * FHC Portal:   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, included are the following:


 * The 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive
 * Alexander Street Press ~ The American Civil War
 * Ancestry.com (Family History Library Edition ~ includes International databases)
 * ArkivDigital
 * Find My Past
 * Fold3 (Formerly Footnote.com)
 * The Genealogist
 * Godfrey Memorial Library
 * Heritage Quest Online
 * Historic Map Works Library Edition
 * Paper Trail
 * World Vital Records
 * You may also access the Family History Center portal, http://www.fhc.familysearch.org from your home computer, however, you will not be able to access the free premiums.

Hardware and Equipment

 * The center has 9 computers, 5 microfilm readers, 1 microfiche reader, 1 scanner, 1 copy/printer machine, and 1 printer.

Resources in the Local Area

 * San Luis Obispo Family History Center, 651 Foot Hill Blvd.San Luis Obispo, CA, Phone Number: 805-543-6328


 * San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society Library, 1288 Morro Street, San Luis Obsipo, CA, Phone Number: 805-528-6622                                                                                     http://www.slocgs.org
 * Heritage Shared                                                                                              http://www.heritageshared.org/
 * History in San Luis Obispo County                           http://www.historyinslocounty.org/Bibliography.htm
 * South County Historical Society, San Luis Obispo County               http://www.southcountyhistory.org/
 * Special Collections &amp; University Archives Kennedy Library,                                                      California Polytechnic State University                                         http://lib.calpoly.edu/specialcollections/
 * Vital Records for the San Luis Obispo County, California Office of the Clerk-Record http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/clerk/Copies_of_Clerk_Records/Vital_Records.htm

Links

 * California Family History Centers https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Category:California_Family_History_Centers
 * San Luis Obispo County, California https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/San_Luis_Obispo_County,_California
 * California                                                                               https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/California
 * San Luis Obispo Family History Center https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/San_Luis_Obispo_California_Family_History_Center
 * Santa Maria Family History Center https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Santa_Maria_California_Family_History_Center