Valley Forge Pennsylvania FamilySearch Center

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location of Valley Forge Pennsylvania Family History Center on Map





Address:


 * 721 Paxon Hollow Rd Broomall PA 19008 United States
 * Located in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building
 * Enter in the back door labeled “Family History Center”


 * Language:English





Email:


 * broomallfhc@gmail.com

Email us to:

• If you are not available during our regular hours or need more time to view images that are only available in the center, email for an appointment

• Sign up on our mailing list to be notified of weather closures

• Receive a class schedule and other local genealogy information

Phone: 1-610-356-8507 only answered when we are open. There is no message machine.

Regular Open Hours: Every Wednesdays 9:30-3:30pm and the 2nd and 4th Saturday 9:30-12:30

Holiday Closures:

We will be closed on November 21 and 24 Thanksgiving weekend.

We will close for the holidays at 3:30pm on December 19th after being open that day and reopen on Jan. 9th at 9:30am.

Additional Hours: By appointment

You may request to have the center open at other times by appointment. For a timely and quick response, please email broomallfhc@gmail.com to request a time. Appointments are not needed during regular open hours. As usual I appreciate your replies that you have moved or are not interested etc. and would like to be removed from our list. I add and remove people promptly. If you have friends that would like to stay informed and be added to the list they may email broomallfhc@gmail.com with their request.

Events:
FREE Group Discussions: Wednesdays at 10am in the Valley Forge Family History Center Broomall Location.

Group discussions are led by patrons/staff from the center who have been "down the path" already and are going to walk us around their topic. It is very informal with sharing from the group. Everyone learns something new as we share our knowledge with each other. Most discussions will use computer projected examples to help the group learn.

Jan. 16 - Marlene Kutz - Photo Identification part 2. Last year Marlene introduced us to resources and the basics of photo ID. This year Marlene will take us through a checklist of techniques to use to help us identify photos. She will use easy and more difficult  examples. Feel free to bring your own photos to get input from the group as to how to begin to identify more about who, when and where the photo was taken.

Jan. 23 - Marianna Curran - Quality digital photo storage for your descendants. What do you do the digital photos you have now and are collecting at an amazing rate! This will be geared to helping you as a genealogist compare different places to store your photos.

http://www.forevermarianna.com/

Jan. 30 - John Stefl - I know we all gather genealogy about our ancestors, but John took a trip to Czechoslovakia and learned about the genealogy of his ancestral home! He will share photos and tips to make the most of a genealogy trip. We look forward to others who have traveled to share the things that helped make their trips successful also.

Feb. 6 - Bob Danovich - German Records - Bob will help you think about details that are important as he takes you through a case study of a difficult German records search to find what you are looking for.

Feb. 13 - Sharon Simson - Sharon will help us to visualize and experience what it was like for an immigrant to come to America. Since we all have come from somewhere else it should be a fun process of discovery!

Feb. 20 - Bob Sava - Italian Records - Bob will help newbies learn the basics of searching Italian records and more advanced researchers to understand more places to look for them.

Feb. 27 - RootsTech begins! Check out Rootstech.org for details and free videos to watch.

March 6 - Bob Danovich - Q&A for DNA - If you have questions about DNA this will be an opportunity to send your questions to my email in advance. I will forward them to Bob and he will try to  help you answer them. You may also come with questions which hopefully everyone can share their own experiences to help us understand how DNA can benefit us.

March 13 - Shelli Nye - a case study to stretch your thinking skills starting with a couple of pictures from the beautiful photo album donated to the FHC.

March 20 - Regina Vaughn - " Three Roads to Finding My Fourth DNA Cousin" - using oral history, DNA and FAN approach genealogy research  to break down a 130 year old brick wall! The line had been lost to the family since 1880. Participants can use their devices to practice  DNA ( ancestryDNA) and genealogy research strategies.

Microfilms:

I have received assurances from FamilySearch that ALL microfilms WILL BE digitized and available online. Not all films will be available for viewing on your home computer on FamilySearch.org, some may be available only in the FH Center, and others on Ancestry.com which we have available for free viewing in the FH Center. The films we currently have in the center will remain as they are until they are recalled which will be sometime in 2020-2021.

Hope to see you in the Family History Center!

Shelli Nye Director

Resources in the Local Area
The Mainline Genealogy Club meets at the Easttown library. They have great presentations each month!

http://mainlineroots.org/

The Irish Immigration Center located in Upper Darby at 7 S Cedar Lane. They support Irish families in our area with genealogy help and many other kinds of support.

http://www.icphila.org/

The Bucks County Genealogy Society has a Comprehensive Calendar of Genealogical Events in the Greater Philadelphia Area

http://www.bucksgen.org/index.php/bcgs-programs

Links

 * Delaware County, Pennsylvania


 * Pennsylvania

Volunteer at the Center
We would love to have more volunteers!

We look forward to seeing you at the center!