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Add Your Name Family History Center
The YOUR NAME Family History Center, located at... YOUR INTRO TEXT. Everyone is welcome!


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Location

 * Address: ANYWHERE, STATE, COUNTRY, ADDRESS
 * Entrance: EXAMPLE: Northwest corner of the building. Door sign reads: "Family History Llbrary"
 * Location on Map

Contact

 * Center Phone Number (Open Hours Only): (XXX) XXX-XXXX
 * Director, DIRECTORS NAME (XXX) XXX-XXXX
 * Email: CENTER'S EMAIL ADDRESS

Open Hours:
EXAMPLE:
 * Tuesday 10am-9pm
 * Wednesday 10am-3pm, 6pm-9pm
 * Closed Thanksgiving week, except by appointment
 * Closed weeks containing Christmas Day and New Year's Day, except by appointment

Staff
IF WANTED -- ADD STAFF NAMES


 * STAFF 1
 * STAFF 2

Regional Family History Centers

 * ADD LINK
 * ADD LINK

Classes/Training

 * YOUR NAME Family History Center


 * TRAINING TOPICS, DATES AND LOCATIONS

FamilySearch’s Microfilm Ordering Service
Get Access to Billions of Records

FamilySearch’s Microfilm Ordering service is your gateway to a vast collection of genealogical and historical records. The service allows you to reserve and loan films to family history centers and affiliate libraries. The loan is free, but there is a small shipping and handling charge for each film.

Collections
EXAMPLES (IN YOUR LIBRARY):
 * Family History Library Catalog: You may now submit your orders for Catalog films and fiche online using a debit, credit, or prepaid Visa or MasterCard or by using a PayPal account.
 * Large U.S. and Canada Microfiche Collection
 * Large U.S. Microfiche Collection of Cemetery Records and Vital Records
 * CA Death Index 1905-1994

Databases and Software

 * Word Processing (Microsoft Works and Open Office)
 * FamilySearch
 * Personal Ancestral File (PAF)[[Image:397px-Okanagan Family Portrait.jpg|right|268x406px|397px-Okanagan Family Portrait.jpg]]
 * Worldwide Historical Record Collections
 * Pedigree Resource File: 1-147
 * FHC Portal:
 * 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive
 * Access Newspaper Archive
 * Alexander Street Press - The American Civil War
 * Ancestry.com
 * ArkivDigital Online
 * Find My Past
 * Fold3.com (Prev. known as Footnote.com)
 * The Genealogist
 * Godfrey Memorial Library
 * Heritage Quest Online
 * Historical Map Works Library Edition
 * Paper Trail
 * World Vital Records

Multimedia Center
EXAMPLE - IF YOU HAVE THESE RESOURCES

Scan photos and transfer them to a flash drive or to a DVD. You can also make printed copies. Don't worry if you are not sure how to use any of the equipment, there are members of the Center staff who are trained and happy to help you!


 * networked computer workstations with printer access
 * microfilm readers - 2 with magnification lens
 * microfiche readers
 * microfiche/film scanner
 * flatbed scanner
 * printer

Cemeteries

 * LINKS TO LOCAL CEMETERIES

Libraries

 * LINKS TO LOCAL LIBRARIES

Government

 * LINKS TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS AND RELATED BUILDINGS

Census Records

 * FHC Portal - Ancestry.com
 * FamilySearch.org

Newspapers

 * 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive*
 * Access Newspaper Archive*
 * LINKS TO LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ONLINE AND DIGITAL HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS

*SUBSCRIPTION access at FamilySearch Centers

USGenWeb
EXAMPLE OF EXTERNAL GENEALOGY SITE LINK


 * USGenWeb Archives

Societies
LINKS TO FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES

HISTORICAL LIBRARIES
LINKS TO LOCAL HISTORICAL LIBRARIES

EXAMPLE:
 * Calaveras County Historical Society and Museum

Historical Museums
HISTORICAL MUSEUMS LINK

Other
OTHER LOCAL RESEARCH SOURCES

National Resources
National Archives Established in 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper

National Genealogical Society The National Genealogical Society was organized in Washington, DC, in 1903.

UsGenWeb ProjectEstablished in 1996, the website is organized by county and state, and provides you with links to all the state websites which, in turn, provide gateways to the counties.

Land Patent Search Provides live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than five million Federal land title records issued between 1820 and the present. They also have images related to survey plats and field notes, dating back to 1810.

Land and Record Reference Provides research tools to locate historic land parcels.