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 Family History Center 3275 Cedar Ravine Road, Placerville CA 95667 (Office phone 530-621-1378). The times are 10:00am and and 6:00pm on the following day.

Tuesday, November 29th- FAMILYSEARCH AND ANCESTRY .COM HINTS - What are all those blue boxes or green leaves by my relatives? What is a Hint and how do I use it? Learn to link to your relatives and find out new fact and new relatives?

Tuesday, December 13th- USING ANCESTRY.COM - Like to learn more about this website and what it has to offer? Come and see! Basic Ancestry .com trees, research, collections will be discussed.

Tuesday, January 11th- BASIC RESEARCH SKILLS - Want to do some research on your ancestors, but don't know where to start, where to go to look, or what to do with what you find? Come and we'll share basic research skills that apply to all!

Saturday, January 28th from 10:00am to 2:00pm- PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE IN THE FAMILY HISTORY CENTER - This is an event open to all the public! Come tour the Placerville Family History Center. Our facility includes; computer stations, photo scanners, large printers, and a library of books and resources. Consultants will be on site to demonstrate and help visitors. Other local societies are also invited to display their services. See what there is in the community you live in to help you with your family tree.

Tuesday, February 7th- BASIC GERMAN RESEARCH - Where can I look to find German records? What resources are there that will help me get started and move forward in finding more about my German ancestry? We'll discuss the basics and share ideas.

Tuesday, February 28th- USING THE PHOTO SCANNER - Come bring that box of family treasured pictures and scan them with our new scanner that processes 20+ pictures in seconds! Bring a few photos of your own to practice and a flash drive to save them

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