Coral Springs Florida FamilySearch Center

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location Map

Address:


 * 10148 NW 31st St Coral Springs FL 33065-3913 United States


 * Language:English

Phone:


 * 1-954-341-1725

E-mail:


 * FL_CoralSprings@ldsmail.net

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday:10:00am-2:00pm
 * Wednesday:10:00am-2:00pm
 * Thursday:10:00am-2:00pm
 * Friday:10:00am-2:00pm

Please call first if coming after 12:30 p.m.

Holiday Schedule:

Closed all major holidays:

Upcoming Events
Family History Discovery Day, February 27, 2016 9:30 am - 3pm located at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 10148 NW 31st St., Coral Springs, FL. Many excellent speakers have been arranged. Admission is free. A light lunch will be served. Public is invited. You are encouraged to register at www.lds.org/familydiscoveryday.

Event schedule is listed below in English and Spanish: 9:30 -10:00 am	Registration 10-10:15 am		Welcome/ Intro of guest societies Intro of program. etc. 10:15- 11:00 am	Discovering Your Ancestors 11:10 am -Noon	Using DNA in Family History Latin American Workshop * Using Familysearch.org Finding Your African American Roots Youth Workshop "Looking for Gold" Noon -1:00 pm		Lunch 1:00-1:50 pm		Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors Latin American Workshop * Researching the US Census Researching Haitian Genealogy Family History Center Open House* Researching Military Records 2:00-2:50 pm		Latin American Workshop* Family History Center Open House* Getting the Most out of Ancestry.com Jewish Genealogy 9:30 -10:00 am	Inscripcion 10-10:15 am	       Bienvenidas/ Introduccion 10:15- 11:00 am	Descubrimiento de sus Antepassados 11:10 am -Noon	Usando ADN en Historia Familiar Clase para Latino America * Como usar Familysearch.org Finding Your African American Roots Clase para los Jvenes "Looking for Gold" Noon -1:00 pm 	Almuerzo 1:00-1:50 pm	       Encontrando sus Antepassados  Estranjeros Clase de para Latino America * Investigando US Census Investigando Genealogia Haitiano Centro de la Historia Familiar Open House* Investigando Registros Militares 2:00-2:50 pm	       Clase para Latino America* Centro de la Historia Familiar Open House* Como usar Ancestry.com Genealogia Herbaica
 * Reoccurring sessions
 * Sesiones Recurrentes

conference@ngsgenealogy.org | www.ngsgenealogy.org

Collections

 * FamilySearch Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog.

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.

Hardware and Equipment
• Through a microform circulation system, we have access to the main library's collection of many of the genealogical records of the world.

• Our computers access the FamilySearch database which contains many millions of names linked into families.

Staff Research Specialties
• We offer access to and assistance in the use of many internet research sites. We can also assist you with the use of The FamilySearch Catalog, the online catalog describing the holdings of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

• Other training in such things as research basics, data management programs, the Research Wiki, and other programs can be arranged by appointment by calling the director

Resources in the Local Area
Alternate Repositories

If you cannot find a source you need at the Family History Library, try one or more of these other repositories.

Repositories with very large genealogical collections

◾Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Local History and Genealogy Reading Room is part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, and collections of manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, and published material, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources.[1]

◾National Archives, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service &amp; pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.[2]

◾Allen County Public Library (Indiana) home of the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), more than 350,000 printed books and 513,000 items of microfilm/fiche including family histories, censuses, city directories, passenger lists, military records, local histories, American Indians, African Americans, Canadian, British, &amp; German collections.[3]

Sources 1.↑ Local History Genealogy Reading Room in the Library of Congress home page at http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ (accessed 20 February 2011). 2.↑ National Archives home page at http://www.archives.gov/ (accessed 20 February 2011). 3.↑ "Genealogy Center" in Allen County Public Library [Internet site] at http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx (accessed 20 February 2011). 4.↑ "Church History Library and Archives" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [Internet site] at http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library (accessed 20 February 2011). 5.↑ "Pioneer Museum" and "History Department" pages in International Society ~ Daughter of Utah Pioneers [Internet site] at http://www.dupinternational.org/ (accessed 20 February 2011). 6.↑ "Research Center and Collections" and "Collections Available at the Research Center" in Utah State History [Internet site] at http://history.utah.gov/research_and_collections/index.html (accessed 20 February 2011).