Meridian Idaho West FamilySearch Center

Center Contacts and Hours
Location &amp; Map:

1985 N Black Cat Road (between Cherry Lane &amp; Ustick Road) Meridian, Ada, Idaho, United States

Map to Meridian Idaho West Family History Center

The entrance is at the rear (west) of the building. Enter through the double doors and the Center is the first door on your left.

Phone: 208-288-1338

E-mail: Margaret Loosle, Family History Center Director             [mailto:looslems@live.com looslems@live.com]

Open Hours: Tuesday: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday: 7 to 9 p.m.

Thursday: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Holiday Schedule: Closed Month of August

Closed Week of Thanksgiving

Closed December 19 through January 2

Collections
Family History Library Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the Family History Library Catalog.

Databases and Software
FHC Portal The following databases are available for free use by patrons while they are at the Family History Center:


 * Ancestry.com
 * Heritage Quest
 * Fold3 (formerly Footnote.com)
 * Godfrey Memorial Library;
 * US 19th Century Newspapers
 * World Vital Records
 * Genline Family Finder
 * The Genealogist
 * Historic Map Works
 * Paper Trail
 * Alexander Street Press - The American Civil War: Research Database, Letters &amp; Diaries, Images, Photographs &amp; Posters
 * Find My Past
 * Access Newspaper Archive

Hardware and Equipment

 * 17 Patron Computers with internet access


 * 2 Microfilm and 1 Microfiche Readers


 * 2 Digital Scanning from film, Microfiche


 * Copy Machines

Resources in the Local Area

 * Idaho Historical Society, http://history.idaho.gov/