El Dorado California FamilySearch Center



 "Come on in and visit our newly renovated center and get FREE one-on-one help from our friendly staff, take advantage of our FREE public classes, organize and save all your photographs and documents using our Kodak Photo Scanner, and your slides and negatives using our Epson Slide Converter. You can also use one of our computers with FREE access to a variety of premium genealogical websites like Ancestry.com, My Heritage and Fold 3."

Location and Hours
Location Map: Location Map

Address: 3275 Cedar Ravine, Placerville CA 95667 United States

Phone: 1-530-621-1378

E-mail: ca_eldorado@familyhistorymail.org

New current hours are:


 * Tuesday: 11:00am-5:00pm
 * Wednesday: 11:00am-5:00pm
 * Thursday:11:00am-8:00pm
 * Other times for groups can be arranged by appointment

Holiday Schedule:

Closed the weeks of Thanksgiving (November 21-25), Christmas and New Years (December 19-January 9)

and all major holidays that fall on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.

Director: Mike Reinert

Assistant Director: Debbie Hutchings

Secretary: Kathleen Witt

Public Relations:



UPCOMING CLASSES
All classes will be held at the Placerville FamilySearch Center 3275 Cedar Ravine Road, Placerville CA 95667 (Office phone 530-621-1378).

Tuesday, March 14th- FAMILYSEARCH WIKI(10am and 7pm)- The FamilySearch Research Wiki provides handbook reference information and educational articles to help genealogists find and interpret records of their ancestors. It is a free-access, free-content, online encyclopedia on a wiki, hosted as part of the FamilySearch site. Come get an overview that will expand your research.

Tuesday, March 28th- SAVING PHOTOS AND DOCUMENTS IN FAMILYSEARCH (10am and 7pm)- You've got a picture but how do you get it into FamilySearch? Learn to add pictures and documents to keep for generations to come. Using your phone or computer scans, it is just a few clicks to get it done.

Thursday, April 13th- FAMILYSEARCH CATALOG (10am and 7pm)- The FamilySearch Catalog is a guide to many kinds of records that contain genealogical information. Many of these records are searchable online. The Catalog opens the doors of the Salt Lake City FamilySearch Library collections.

Thursday, April 27th- RESEARCHING THE BRITISH ISLES (10am and 7pm)- Where can I look to find records from England and other countries of the British Isles? What resources are there that will help you get started and move forward in finding those ancestors? Class will discuss the basics and share ideas

Saturday, May 20th- OPEN HOUSE FOR THE FAMILYSEARCH CENTER(10am to 2pm)- This is an event open to the public. Come tour the Placerville FamilySearch Center. Our facility includes; computer stations with free access to premium genealogical websites, photo and document scanners, large printers and a library of books and resources. Consultants will be on site to demonstrate and help visitors. Community organizations will also be staffing information tables. Come see what there is in the community you live in to help you with your family trees. Community organizations with information tables will be Roots and Gold Dust Genealogical Society of El Dorado, Daughter of the American Revolution El Dorado Chapter, El Dorado County Historical Museum, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Sierra Renaissance Society and Just Serve Volunteer Organization.

Center Services
 Databases and Software 

FamilySearch Center Portal 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


 * 19th Century British Library Newspapers digital archives
 * Alexander Street Press- American Civil War
 * American Ancestors
 * Ancestry Institution
 * ArkivDigital
 * FamNet
 * Findmypast
 * Fold3
 * Geneanet
 * My Heritage Library Edition
 * NewspaperArchive.com
 * Puzilla

Hardware and Equipment

 * Eight computers with access to the free premium websites
 * Free wifi and laptop stations
 * Kodak Photo Scanner

Resources in the Local Area:
Roots and Gold Dust Genealogy society meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 1 pm in our building on Cedar Ravine Road.

El Dorado County Historical Museum Research Room

Volunteer at the Center
''We welcome volunteers with experience in genealogical research. Our volunteers generally work a three hour shift once a week.''

Our shift schedule is as follows:


 * Tuesdays 11am to 2 pm; 2 pm to 5 pm
 * Wednesdays 11 am to 2 pm; 2 pm to 5 pm
 * Thursdays 11 am to 2 pm; 2 pm to 5 pm; 5 pm to 8 pm

We also welcome volunteers to teach classes on various genealogical research subjects. Please note: we do not charge for our classes or pay our staff or instructors. We are a non profit community center run by community volunteers.

If you are interested in volunteering at our center please contact our Director Mike Reinert at miker1122@comcast.net