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United States New YorkWayne County  Palmyra FamilySearch Center

The Palmyra NY FamilySearch Center is available to serve community members free of charge. The Center is open to the public (See hours, below). We welcome everyone!

Our Center is a branch library of the Genealogical Library located in Salt Lake City. This main library was founded in 1894 to gather genealogical records and assist members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with their family history and genealogical research. The main Library is the largest library of its kind in the world and is visited by an estimated 1,900 or more individual patrons and groups each day. Our branch library is much more modest.

Planning a Visit
Our FSC is staffed by local volunteers who can help get you started with family history research. They can guide you in using FSC resources and equipment. If you're planning a visit to our center to begin your genealogy, write down what you know about the family you wish to research: Names, birth/death dates, and Birth/Death City and State. Choose a research goal: for example - 2 generations back. This will help our volunteers to best teach you where to look.

♥''Please call to calendar and confirm group visits in advance. ♥''

Microfilms are now online at the FamilySearch Center ONLY.

Collections

 * '' Our computers access the FamilySearch database which contains many millions of names linked into families. Additionally, it provides access to millions of digitized images taken from thousands of Microfiches and microfilms.

Databases and Software
FamilySearch Center Portal This center has access to the FamilySearch Center Portal page which gives free access in the center only to premium family history websites that generally charge for subscriptions, including:


 * ♥Ancestry.com
 * ♥19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive
 * ♥Access Newspaper Archive -- the largest historical newspaper database online, contains tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1753 to present. Every newspaper in the archive is fully searchable by keyword and date, making it easy for you to quickly explore historical content. All 50 states plus 10 countries.
 * ♥Alexander Street Press - The American Civil War: Research Database Letters and Diaries Images, Photographs, Posters, and Ephemera
 * ♥ArkivDigital Online -- Swedish genealogy. Launch from the 'ArkivDigital Online' Start Menu or Desktop icon from a computer where the program has been installed.
 * ♥Findmypast -- 1.7 billion international family history records from the U.S., Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand and beyond with records going back to 1200. New collections are added every month,
 * ♥♥Fold3.com (Previously known as Footnote.com) -- Fold3 provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.
 * ♥Godfrey Memorial Library -- Online access to the Middletown CT historical library's approximately 200,000 books and periodicals in its collection which includes state and local histories, family histories, biographies, church records, funeral records, cemetery records, military records, maps, and more.
 * ♥Heritage Quest Online -- a valuable genealogical resource available currently only through library subscriptions like the FamilySearch Center. U.S. Federal Census records from 1790 through 1930. (No index for 1830, 1840, 1850, nor 1880 census; for the 1930 census, only five states are indexed: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Texas, and Virginia.) The online collection includes new indexes created by HeritageQuest. In addition to the ability to search by name, the census records can be searched by place of birth, age, ethnicity, and other variables. More than 25,000 fully searchable family and local history books. There are numerous other "non-history" books available that also have genealogy value, such as town and city directories, government reports made years ago, biographies, lectures, and much more. ♥Selected Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, again fully searchable with high-quality scanned images of the original applications available online. Signatures of and personal identification data about depositors in 29 branch offices of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, 1865-74. ♥PERSI (the PERiodical Source Index - a comprehensive subject index covering more than 6,500 genealogy and local history periodicals written in English and French since 1800). **Best of all, you can view the original records and book pages as high-quality images and even print individual pages on your local printer.
 * ♥Historic Map Works Library Edition -- Historic Map Works™ Library Edition is one of the most extensive digital map collections available, with over 1.5 million high-resolution, full color historic maps.
 * ♥Paper Trail -- a guide to overland pioneer names and documents.


 * ♥World Vital Records -- Records from United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, China, Cook Islands, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Fiji, Finland, Georgia, Greenland, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tonga, Turkey.

Patron Resources

 * '' 5 Windows-10 Computers
 * '' 1 Printer/ Scanner/ Copier
 * '' 1 Printer
 * '' Extra space for use of personal laptops
 * '' Free Wi-Fi

Services
Memory sticks/jump drives can be used to download information from the computers. Be sure to take them with you when you leave.

Patrons may bring their own laptops for notetaking or entering information into personal genealogical programs, with the disclaimer that the owner is responsible for the security of the device. Wireless internet is currently available in the building, though there may be days when availability is limited due to updating, etc.

Other Resources

 * Palmyra, Wayne County, New York Genealogy
 * Palmyra, Wayne County, New York Genealogy


 * BYU Webinars


 * FamilySearch Library Website


 * FamilySearch Library Webinars


 * Archived Classes in the Learning Center (FS Library)

 Online Genealogy Records by Location
 * Using the FamilySearch Research Wiki: A comprehensive video presentation explaining the Wiki, navigating it, and some especially useful pages. Case studies demonstrate using the Wiki for genealogical research. Editing and adding articles to the Wiki are covered.

If you cannot find a source you need at the FamilySearch 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.

Volunteer at the Center
We welcome volunteers from the community to serve in the FamilySearch Center. It's a wonderful way to help others and to learn by doing. You need not be an expert. Ability to use a computer and willingness to become familiar with the FamilySearch website and resources are key. Contact the FSC directors by sending an  [mailto:NY_Palmyra@familyhistorymail.org email]  with a brief explanation of your experience with Family History activities, and an indication of your time availabilities, for more information.

Feedback
If you should find any errors or other issues with this site, please describe them in an  [mailto:NY_Palmyra@familyhistorymail.org email]  to the center, so we may make adjustments.