Port Angeles Washington FamilySearch Center

The Port Angeles Family History Center is located on the south side of the Port Angeles meetinghouse. We serve the west end of Clallam County including the communities of Port Angeles, Sequim, Joyce, and Forks. All interested in genealogy and family history are invited to come to the center for assistance, to research, or to attend classes.

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Address: 591 Monroe Road, Port Angeles, WA 98362
 * Enter on the southwest side of building. Use the sidewalk from the parking lot on the south side to the front of the building.  Enter the Family History Center from the first set of doors facing Monroe Road.  Please ring doorbell (on the wall to your right) for admission.
 * Port Angeles Washington Family History Center

Address:


 * 591 Monroe Road, Port Angeles, WA 98362 United States

Phone:


 * 360-565-8322

E-mail:


 * WA_PortAngeles@ldsmail.net


 * pafhcjamboree@gmail.com]

FHC Director:


 * Kathleen Yvonne Fotens - 1 360-460-6524

Hours of Operation:


 * Tuesday: 10 am. - 9 pm.
 * Wednesday: 10 am. - 2 pm.
 * Wednesday: 6 pm. - 9 pm.
 * Thursday: 10 am. - 9 pm.


 * Friday: 6 pm. - 9 pm.

2013 Closures and Holiday Schedule:


 * Independence Day, Thursday July 4
 * Thanksgiving Holiday: Tuesday - Friday, November 26 - 29
 * October 18, closed for preparation for the Jamboree on October 19
 * Christmas Holiday: December 17 - January 1
 * Reopening January 2, 2014

Calendar and Events
A FREE COMMUNITY EVENT - October 19, 2013 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (9 a.m. late registration)

ROOTS, Research on Our Trees Simplified, the 5th Annual Family History Jamboree sponsored by the Family History Center will be held at the Port Angeles Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (address above.) A flier with class schedules and descriptions, is available online or at the Family History Center. To obtain the flier, e-mail www://pafhcjamboree@gmail.com  or phone 360-565-8322 for more information. Preregistration is encouraged as some classes fill rapidly, but late registration will be open from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on the 19th. Complete the form on the flier for desired classes, lunch choice and/or CD and return by mail.

The keynote speaker will be Carol Buswell from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). She will present classes at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.  Other classes of your choice will also be held at 11 a.m and 2 p.m. with lunch break at 12:10 p.m. You may order a lunch or bring your own. The CD contains the current speaker's presentations plus the last four years of presentations. There is a small fee for lunch and the CD.

Upcoming Events:
Friday night classes start at 7 pm with computer lab at 8 pm. You may attend any class of your choosing or attend all the classes. Preregister (by e-mail [mailto:pafhcjamboree@gmail.com pafhcjamboree@gmail.com] or phone 360-565-8322) to ensure handouts for all. If you are preregistered you will receive a class reminder by e-mail. These classes are FREE.

 2013 Class Schedule 

January 4: Taming Your Paper Tigers 

January 11: Genealogy Software Comparisons 

January 18: ''Censuses, Part 1. 1850 - 1940 ''

January 25: ''Censuses, Part 2. 1790 - 1840 ''

February 1: Naturalization 

February 8: Roots Magic 6 Beginning Class. If you have RootsMagic 5 come to the class to find out what is new or has been added. If you have not used Roots Magic come to class to see if you want to try the free version at home. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles but it is a good way to test out the program to your hearts delight.

February 15: Roots Magic 6 Intermediate Class 

February 22: Roots Magic 6 Advanced Class 

March 1: Using DropBox to backup and share your important files. What is DropBox? How will it work for genealogists and family history.

March 8: FamilySearch Family Tree for Beginners.

March 15: FamilySearch Family Tree Intermediate class.

March 22: FamilySearch Family Tree Advanced class.

March 29: FamilySearch.org. Learn what this Free website offers.

April 5: FamilySearch.org. What's new and the changes that are upcoming (including Family Tree)

April 12: FamilySearch.org. What's new..... continued.

Stay tuned - Classes will resume in January 2014

Staff Training Meetings 

Monthly on the last Saturday: 10 am - 12 pm

Center Resources

Collections

 * Family History Library Catalog: Any of the films and fiche available through the Family History Library Catalog may now be ordered through your home computer.
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Databases and Software

 * FHC Portal This center has access to the Family History Center Portal page which gives free access to the following premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
 * 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archives
 * Access Newspaper Archive
 * Alexander Street Press - The Amerian Civil War
 * Ancestry.com
 * Find My Past
 * Fold3.com (previously known as Footnote.com)
 * The Genealogist
 * Genline FamilyFinder
 * Godfrey Memorial Library
 * Heritage Quest Online
 * {http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/hmw.shtml Historic Map Works Library Edition }
 * Paper Trail
 * World Vital Records


 * Hardware and Equipment
 * 6 Lenovo computers and 1 Dell Computer
 * 1 Multi Function Printer/Copier/Scanner/Fax
 * 2 other printers in addition to the above
 * Canon 300 microfiche/microfilm digitizer. You can use this to save images from films and fiche to a flash drive or a CD or print the images.
 * one flatbed scanner
 * five microfilm readers
 * two microfiche readers

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Staff Research Specialties
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Resources in the Local Area
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 * Clallam County Historical Society - http://clallamhistoricalsociety.com
 * Clallam County Genealogical Society (CCGS) - http://olypen.com/ccgs                                                402 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles, WA 98362    phone: 360-417-5000
 * Computer Genealogy Users Group (CGUG) - Contact: Jim Harris 360-681-2456. Meetings held monthly on the first Friday at 1:30 - 3 pm at the Sequim Public Library meeting room. Free and open to all.
 * Museum and Arts Center (Sequim) - http://macsequim.org   Exhibit Center at 175 W. Cedar Street, Sequim, WA 98382  Phone: 360-683-8110.  Research Center and Administrative Offices Location: 544 N. Sequim Avenue, Sequim, WA 98382  Phone: 360-681-2257
 * North Olympic Library System (NOLS) - www.//www.nols.org Library locations are in Sequim, Port Angeles, Forks and Neah Bay.  See web page for hours, addresses and phone numbers.

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 * Washington State Genealogical Society - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wasgs/  Address: 1901 S. 12th Ave., Union Gap, WA 98903-1256
 * Heritage Quest Research Library - Sumner, WA - http://www.hqrl.com/index.html
 * Jefferson County Genealogical Library - http://wajcgs.org  Research Center 13692 Airport Cutoff Road, Port Townsend, WA 98368.  Phone 360-385-9495

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