McKinney Texas FamilySearch Center

Come and enjoy access to many wonderful resources for your research.

Center Contacts and Hours
Address:


 * 2801 W Eldorado Pkwy McKinney TX 75070 United States

☎ (469)919-0505

Location Map:

Location of McKInney, Texas FamilySearch Center on map

E-mail:


 * tx_mcKinney@familyhistorymail.org
 * Jenny Law, FamilySearch Center Director

Webpage:

https://mckinneyfsc.org

Language:


 * English

Open Hours:


 * 10:00a.m.-2:00p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
 * 7:00p.m.-8:30p.m. Wednesday

Holiday Schedule:

Closed all major holidays: Closed one week for 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Spring Break: Closed three weeks for Christmas:

Calendar and Events
Sign up your youth group to come into the McKinney FamilySearch Center, Wednesday evenings. Click on the link for times and information. Sign up

Collections

 * FamilySearch :

Databases and Software

 * Software:
 * Ancestral Quest 15
 * Adobe Reader XI
 * FamilySearch Indexing
 * ArkivDigital - Swedish Records

Premium Family History Websites

 * 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 Centry British Library Newspaper Digital Archive
 * Access Newspaper Archive
 * Alexander Street Press - The American Civil War
 * Ancestry.com
 * ArkivDigital Online - Swedish Genealogy
 * Findmypast
 * Fold3.com (previously known as Footnote.com)
 * The Genealogist
 * Godfrey Memorial Library
 * Hertiage Quest Online
 * Historic Map Works Library Edition
 * Paper Trail
 * World Vital Records

Hardware and Equipment

 * Dell Computers and Lexmark Scanner and Printer

Family History Activities, Games and Crafts
Please visit our webpage for many Activities, Games and Craft ideas and downloads. Click on Activities At Home

https://mckinneyfsc.org

We also have many Activities, Games and Craft ideas and downloads on our McKinney FamilyHistory Center Facebook Page. Join our group. Find our resources in the files.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/mckinneyfhc

Resources in the Local Area

 * McKinney, Texas Homepage
 * Collin County
 * Beaverhead County Museum
 * Collin County Genealogy Corner
 * Collin County Home Page
 * Collin County Genealogical Society

Resources Outside Local Area

 * Browse by Country
 * England
 * France
 * Italy
 * Mexico
 * Sweden
 * United Kingdom
 * USA

Links

 * Journals, Diaries, Biographies, Autobiographies and Letters of Some Early Mormons and Others Who Knew Joseph Smith, Jr. and/or His Contemporaries

National Links:


 * National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC
 * Library of Congress, Washington, DC
 * Daughters of the American Revolution
 * Martin Luther King Public Library, Washington DC Special Collections

Other FamilySearch Centers and Resources

 * Billiongraves.com
 * Find A Grave
 * BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy
 * BYU Family History Library
 * Logan Utah FamilySearch Center
 * Research WIKI
 * Riverton Utah FamilySearch Center
 * Salt Lake City FamilySearch Library
 * Utah South Area Family History Training Center

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.

Online Forms

 * Pedigree Chart
 * Family Group Record Chart

Online Training Courses

 * How to Start Your Family History

Online Research Training Videos

 * Learning Center Home Page and Index of all Research Training Videos

The following list is just a sampling of many of the ResearchTraining Videos that are available from the above link at the Learning Center Home page.


 * England and UK Research
 * Getting Started in Genealogy
 * England and Wales Census Records 1841-1911 Indexes


 * Basic French Research


 * Scandinavian Research


 * German Research
 * Basic Research
 * Beginning Research - Lesson 1
 * Beginning Research - Lesson 2


 * Ireland Research
 * Church Records
 * Civil Registration


 * Italian Research
 * Italian Research Training Videos
 * Basic Italian Research


 * Latin American


 * United States
 * States Research Training Videos

Online Training Videos

 * 5 Minute Genealogy Videos Series . This video series is all about helping you quickly discover your family history. Each episode will guide you through basic research principles that will help you have success finding your ancestors.
 * Getting help at a FamilySearch Center
 * 5 Minute Genealogy Videos Series