Highlands Ranch Colorado FamilySearch Center

=WE WILL BE CLOSED TONIGHT 21 DEC DUE TO FRIGID TEMPERATURES!! PLEASE COME ANOTHER TIME AND CHECK FOR UPDATED TIMES FOR JANUARY.=

 Soon to be updated for 2023

'The Highlands Ranch Colorado FamilySearch Center has reopened and now has open, walk-in hours. See below for days and times.'

The center is also available by appointment for individuals, families, and groups. We can also accommodate larger groups for activities and classes.

Masks are not required, but patrons are free to wear them.

News/Updates
The following Family Search update and more can be found here: https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/tag/about-familysearch/whats-new-at-familysearch

14 Nov: New Free Historical Records are available on FamilySearch. Search for more of your family this week (14 November 2022) on FamilySearch in 1.3 million newly indexed records from the 1950 US Census and hundreds of thousands of records in expanded collections from S Africa, Brazil, Ecuador, England, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Portugal, and numerous locations around the world. Expand your family records with relevant facts you have not yet explored and plan to return again and again to identify missing links in newly added resources just awaiting discovery on FamilySearch. Follow collection titles at the following link to begin searching these new records today and learn more about your family on FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/new-records-14-november-2022

NEW Record Collections Now Available on FamilySearch!

 * Austria, Carinthia, Gurk Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1527–1986
 * Denmark, Århus Municipal Census, 1896
 * England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539–1988
 * France, Hautes-Alpes, Parish and Civil Registration, 1583–1902
 * Germany, Bavaria, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1591–1963
 * Germany, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1639–1943
 * Italy, Teramo, Teramo, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1940
 * Massachusetts, Boston Tax Records, 1822–1918
 * New Jersey, Reclaim the Records, Geographic Birth Index, 1901–1929
 * New York, Birth Indexes outside of New York City, 1881–1942
 * Portugal, Évora, Catholic Church Records, 1533–1912
 * Spain, Catholic Church Records, 1307–1985
 * Virginia, Vital Records, 1715–1901
 * Washington, County Death Registers, 1881–1979

Center General & Contact Information

 * Language: English


 * Address: 9800 Foothills Canyon Blvd #B, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 USA
 * Please note change of location within the building. The FamilySearch Center (FSC) is no longer located at the Northwest corner, and is now 'mobile.' Depending on the date and time, the FSC will be operating in a number of different rooms within the Church building. See below for details.


 * Phone: 720-767-4477 (personal cell phone of Kevin Cope, center director) - please leave a message if not picked up
 * E-mail: co_highlandsranch@familyhistorymail.org

Center Open (Walk-In) Hours in November and December 2022

 * November
 * Wed 2 Nov, 6:30 to 8:30 PM - Building NE corner (HC Room) - enter through main entrance on East (greenbelt) side and head up the hall to the right
 * Tue 8 Nov, 6:30 to 8:30 PM - Building NE corner (HC Room) - enter through main entrance on East (greenbelt) side and head up the hall to the right
 * Wed 9 Nov, 2:30 to 5:00 PM – Building SE corner (RS Room) - enter through main double door at the south or rear end of the building and turn right
 * Sun 13 Nov, 2:30 to 4:30 PM – Building SW corner (Primary Room) - enter through main double door at the south or rear end of the building and turn left
 * Wed 16 Nov, 6:30 to 8:30 PM - Building NE corner (HC Room) - enter through main entrance on East (greenbelt) side and head up the hall to the right
 * Sun 27 Nov, 2:30 to 4:30 PM – Building SW corner (Primary Room) - enter through main double door at the south or rear end of the building and turn left

If none of these times will work for you, please call for an appointment. We can also assist you virtually by phone and by using web based applications.
 * December
 * Wed 7 Dec, 6:30 to 8:30 PM - Building NE corner (HC Room) - enter through main entrance on East (greenbelt) side and head up the hall to the right
 * Sun 11 Dec, 2:30 to 4:30 PM – Building SW corner (Primary Room) - enter through main double door at the south or rear end of the building and turn left
 * Tue 13 Dec, 6:30 to 8:30 PM - Building NE corner (HC Room) - enter through main entrance on East (greenbelt) side and head up the hall to the right
 * Wed 21 Dec, 6:30 to 8:30 PM - CLOSED DUE TO WEATHER

'NOTE: We encourage all patrons to bring their own laptop computer in case the two on-site computers are in use by others. If you have a newer laptop with no RJ45 ethernet port and you want to connect to the local router (faster response time than building wireless), you will need to bring a USB-C to Ethernet adapter or a USB 3.0 to ethernet (RJ45) adapter. We have LAN (ethernet) cables you can connect to your adapter as well as two USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapters.'


 * Holiday Closures
 * Thanksgiving Week: November 21-25, 2022
 * Christmas Week: December 25-31, 2022
 * New Years Day, Sunday January 1, 2023

Upcoming Events


 * If you would like to schedule a group event, please send your request to co_highlandsranch@familyhistorymail.org
 * We can accommodate groups of up to fifty persons for instructional purposes or up to twenty-five persons where each will bring and use their own laptop computer

Class Schedule


 * If you would like a class on a particular topic, please email us

Center Resources

 * We have two center computers available for family history use and for free access to the premium websites listed below. We encourage all patrons to bring their own laptop computer in case the two on-site computers are in use by others.

Premium Websites (no-charge use at the center) (updated 9 July 2022)


 * 19th Century British Library Newspapers
 * This fully searchable database of the British Library's newspaper holdings provides a complete run of 48 national and regional Victorian British newspapers for the 19th century from 1800 to 1900.
 * Alexander Street
 * Social and Cultural History - Personal accounts of well-known historical figures
 * The American Civil War—Letters and Diaries
 * The American Civil War—Images, Photographs, Posters, and Ephemera
 * Women and Social Movements in the United States
 * American Ancestors
 * A portal to a leading resource for the highest-quality, comprehensive family history services.
 * Ancestry Institution (Ancestry.com)
 * Access to thousands of collections of records from around the world
 * ArkivDigital
 * ArkivDigital is the largest private provider of Swedish Church Records and other historical records online!
 * FamNet
 * The online family history network for those who have New Zealand roots.
 * Findmypast
 * Findmypast makes it easy to research your United Kingdom ancestry and create your family tree.
 * Fold3
 * Search or browse millions of military records and stories.
 * Geneanet
 * With 3 billion referenced individuals and 600,000 trees online, Geneanet is the first site dedicated to genealogy in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Germany.
 * Irish Ancestors
 * Irish Ancestors aims to be the one-stop starting point for all Irish ancestral research.
 * MyHeritage Library Edition
 * Research family history, build a family tree, and add photos, historical records, and more.
 * NewspaperArchive
 * The largest historical newspaper database online, contains tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1607 to present.
 * Puzzilla
 * Find new research opportunities on descendant lines in Family Tree.

Databases and Software


 * 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. See list above.

Hardware and Equipment


 * Two desktop computers on mobile carts - both have access to premium sites - and now we have a second monitor for each just like before!
 * Laser Printer (size 8.5 x 11 or smaller only)

Resources in the Local Area
Links Highlands Ranch Genealogical Society

Volunteer at the Center
Contact Kevin Cope at co_highlandsranch@familyhistorymail.org