Aurora Colorado FamilySearch Center

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map: 


 * Location Map

Address:


 * 950 Laredo Aurora, CO 80011 United States (This is a physical location address. Mail cannot be received here).


 * Language: English

Phone:


 * 1-303-367-0570

E-mail:


 * [mailto:CO_Aurora@familyhistorymail.org CO_Aurora@familyhistorymail.org]

FSC Director: Vickie Smejkal

Open Hours: Starting the 3rd of July, there will be no more Monday shifts at the Family Search Center.

About the 19th of July, the Monday staff will be available at the center on Wednesdays from 130-430pm – Meaning, the center will be open on Wednesdays only: from 930am to 430pm, and then 6pm-8pm.

Current hours until the 19th of July:
 * Wednesday: 9:30 am - 1:30 pm and
 * Wednesday: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

We strive to staff our center; however, it is best to call ahead, especially during the winter season. We will post closures as soon as possible on this site, Face Book, and on the center's phone line.

You may call the center phone 303-367-0570 where a message is also posted as to openings, closures, and Hours of Operation.

Illness, weather, or technical related closures:

None at this time

Special Event Closure:  None at this time

Closures for the year 2023/2024: 

3 & 5 July,  Nov 20 through Nov 24,  Dec 20 through Dec 31, 2022; and, January 1, 2024

Presentation / Class Schedule for 2023 -- FREE
Coming this October Family History related classes.

Classes are at 6 p.m. every 2nd Friday of the month, via ZOOM only. We will attempt to record our session so that a video can be provided for your later viewing pleasure. Classes are scheduled to be from October 2023 through May 2024.

If you are interested in attending any of these classes, please provide us with your name and email address. We will place you on our class email list and provide you a ZOOM link from month to month so that you may attend any or all of the classes as you desire.

Send request to CO_Aurora@FamilyHistoryMail.Org

Classes:

Oct 13, 2023 Introduction to FamilySearch.org

Nov 10, 2023 FamilySearch Family Tree

We will discuss the Landscape, Portrait, Fan, Descendancy, and First Ancestor views – what they tell us, and how they can be used to assist you in your research.

Dec 08, 2023 Search via Records

We will look at how to use and filter our searches for records

Jan 12, 2024 Search via Genealogies, Catalog, and Images

These other resources can be very useful tools for finding records, consider this as: digging deeper than just searching for records

Feb 09, 2024 two items here -- FamilySearch Wiki, and, Adding Sources, Creating Sources; to include, Creating from scratch versus RecordSeek

We will briefly discuss the benefit of the Research Wiki and then we will discuss the how-to of these other items sitting on the detail page of your ancestors

Mar 08, 2024 FamilySearch Memories

We will discuss how to add photos, stories, documents, how to organize your gallery, create albums, edit album titles, rearranging photos in an album and much more

Apr 12, 2024 Censuses / Mortality Census Records

We will look at what various censuses tell us, to include, mortality census records – lots of hints in these records

May 10, 2024 -- To be announced

CURRENT PRESENTATIONS: We hope you will enjoy these Family History presentations we have put together for you (or linked from other sites in you behalf) -- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ng-j_iTrAQ-JEGv_Vxl15wzNkZg8Q7BH?usp=sharing    If this site does not load up, copy and paste this site address into your browser.

Looking for some online Family History classes and or online consultation? Check out our sister site in LA California at Los Angeles FamilySearch Center.

And the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah (they provide free look-ups and 20 minute consultation sessions) - Welcome to the FamilySearch Library.

To sign up for Webinar classes hosted by the FamilySearch Library in Utah - FamilySearch Library Classes and Webinars

Collections

 * The Aurora FamilySearch Center has a collection of microfilms and microfiche on indefinite loan from the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Databases and Software

 * FamilySearch Center Portal This center has access to the FamilySearch Center Portal page which provides free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that otherwise charge for subscriptions. Our free Premium Family History Websites portal provides patrons access to the following:


 * 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive – Site provides News Articles, Obits, marriage records, death records, military records, etc. by topic, name, and more.NewspaperArchive.com – Online Newspaper Archive; from 1700s to 2000s
 * Alexander Street Press - The Civil War – (The following are links within this site): Research Database / Letters and Diaries / Images, Photographs, Posters, and Ephemera / Social and Cultural History (Letters and Diaries Online) / Women and Social Moments in the United States, 1600-2000.
 * AmericanAncestors.org - records spanning twenty-two countries, covering the United States, the British Isles, continental Europe, and more
 * Ancestry.com - Records, state and federal censuses, news articles, military records, travel records, marriage records, books, and more
 * ArkiDigital - Swedish records
 * FamNet - New Zealand roots
 * Findmypast - Millions of records, largest online collection of Irish records and UK parish records, most comprehensive archive of British military records online
 * Fold 3 - Owned by Ancestry.com. This site has Military records; Crews Registers (Ship Registers); and Civil War Pension records
 * Geneanet.org – “Geneanet offers every kind of genealogy record published by researchers, genealogy societies, commercial companies, etc.”
 * Irish Ancestors - Ancestral research, mapping surnames and surname variants in all major sources and easy links back to all underlying records
 * MyHeritage – Largest online collection of European records and much more
 * Newspapers.com - largest online Newspaper archive
 * Paper Trail - 19th century westward American migration documents, mostly information of the Oregon Trail
 * Puzzilla.Org – This site offers both “Free and Premium Service” subscription. The site does have a tutorial, which lasts about 15 minutes and is extremely helpful. Puzzilla lets you see your line and cousin lines too. The colors found at the tips of the lines indicate if there is a possible duplicate; if a person died before reaching age 16; if a hint exists; and much more.

Hardware and Equipment

 * There are personal computers, printer, microfilm and microfiche readers available in this Center for patron use on a first come, first served basis.
 * Wireless connections are available for personal laptops and tablets.

Resources in the Local Area
Denver Public Library, 10 West Fourteenth Ave. Pkwy, Denver, Colorado 80204 -- Western History &amp; Genealogy Dept located on the 5th floor.

National Archives Records Administration, 17101 Huron Street, Broomfield, CO 80023

Black Genealogy Search Group, 2401 Welton Street, Denver, Colorado 80205 -- 1st floor of the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library

Links

 * Black Genealogy Search Group Denver
 * Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library
 * Denver Public Library
 * Denver Public Library, Genealogy tools A-Z
 * Rocky Mountain Regional NARA, 17101 Huron Street, Broomfield, CO 80023
 * National Archives Records Administration (NARA)
 * NARA Resources for Genealogists
 * Colorado Genealogical Society
 * Foothills Genealogical Society
 * The Freedman's Bureau Project -- Be sure to scroll down to see the whole page
 * German Research
 * Germany Genealogy
 * Native American Research
 * Mexico Genealogy
 * Wales, Ireland, Scotland, England (W.I.S.E.)

Volunteer at the Center
''Yes, we are in need of 4-6 volunteers to assist at the FamilySearch Center. If you are familiar with doing family history and/or genealogical research, we would love to have you join us. Not familiar with the FamilySearch Program, not to worry -- we will be happy to introduce you. Who knows, perhaps in the process you will see your own family tree grow.''