Oakdale Minnesota FamilySearch Center

''The Oakdale Family History Center is located in the Oakdale Stake Center, which is adjacent to the St Paul Minnesota Temple. We service a wide area of Eastern Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. Beside St Paul, Minnesota, our patrons come from Woodbury, Oakdale, White Bear Lake, Cottage Grove, Maplewood. Hastings and other communities in Eastern Minnesota, others of our patrons come from Hudson, River Falls, Prescott, St Croix Falls, Ellsworth and other communities in Eastern Wisconsin. ''

Center Contacts and Hours
Location &amp; Map:


 * 2140 Hadley Ave N Oakdale MN 55119-5328  United States
 * (Link to map using Google

Phone: 1 651-770-3213

E-mail: MN_Oakdale@ldsmail.net

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday     6pm - 9pm
 * Wednesday 6pm - 9pm
 * Thursday    9am - 3pm
 * Friday        10am - 2pm
 * Saturday 10am - 2pm

Holiday Schedule:

Center Directors are Mike and Janie Puckett, 1-651-437-2179

Upcoming Events
Class Schedule

Our next class is scheduled at this time for Oct 23, 2014. With the number of changes being made to the Family Tree, we will be giving instruction on the Family Tree.

Staff Training Meetings

Collections

 * FamilySearch Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog.
 * Many of our patrons have Scandanavian Ancestry, so we have a large selection of microfiche and research aids for Norway, Sweden, and other Scandinavian countiries.
 * Additionally, we also have a significant number of patrons who are of Germanic ancestry. A goodly number of research aids for research in Germany and the former areas of the German Empire are also available. 

Databases and Software

 * FHC Portal This center has access to the Family History Center Portal page which gives free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.

Hardware and Equipment

 * 4 Northwest 2020 Microfilm Readers
 * 6 Personal Computers with Internet access
 * One Canon 300 II Microfilm Scanner with printer
 * One Lexmark X 466e Laser Jet Printer
 * One Lexmark E460dw Laser Jet Printer
 * Wireless Access for Laptops, Notebooks, etc is available for patron use

Staff Research Specialties
Ole Bjorn and Tove Tobiassen are available for Norwegian Researchers


 * Mike Puckett is available for English Researchers
 * Janie Puckett is availabe for assistance with Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) membership applications

Resources in the Local Area

 * Minnesota Historical Society, www.mnhs.org/genealogy, has Minnesota Birth Index 1900-1934, Minnesota Death Index 1904-2001, oustanding collection of Minnesota Newspapers on Microfilm and a variety of other Minnesota Resources
 * Minnesota Genealogical Society, www.mngs.org, 1185 Concord Street North, South St Paul, MN 55075, an excellent Library and Research Center is available and publishes a quarterly journal The Minnesota Genealogist. The following organizations are interest groups affiliated with the MNGS:
 * The Swedish Genealogical Society of Minnesota
 * Romanian Genealogical Society
 * Canadian Genealogical &amp; Heritage Society of Minnesota
 * Pommern Regional Group of Minneosta
 * Wisconsin Area Research Centers in our service area:
 * University of Wisconsin River Falls, Area Research Center, Chalmer Davee Library, 4th and Cascade Avenue, River Falls, WI 54022, www.uwrf.edu/arearesearch center, has local government records and local area manuscripts for Burnett, Pierce, Polk and St Croix counties in Wisconsin
 * Univerity of Wisconsin Stout, University Archives and Area Research Center, 712 South Broadway Street, Menomonie, WI 54751, www.uwstout.edu/lib/archives, has local government records for Barron, Dunn and Pepin counties in Wisconsin
 * University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Special Collections and Archives, Genealogy and Family History Resources, McIntyre Library, WI 54702, www.uwec.edu/library/archives/genealogy, has local goverment records for Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Eau Claire, Rusk and Taylor counties in Wisconsin
 * University of Wisconsin La Cross, Murphy Library, Special Collections, Area Research Center, 1725 State Street. LaCrosse, WI 54601, www2.uwlax.edu/Murphy Library/Special-Collections/Collections/Area-Research-Center/, has local government records for Jackson, LaCrosse, Monroe, Treampealeau and Vernon counties in Wisconsin

Links

 * Minnesota Historical Society, www.mnhs.org/genealogy
 * Minnesota Genealogical Society, www.mngs.org
 * St David's Society of Minnesota, www.minnesotawelsh.org
 * Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International, www.cgsi.org

Volunteer at the Center

We are always interested in individuals who are willing to work in our FHC, please contact Janie Puckett at cinderpuck@embarqmail.com.