Athens Ohio FamilySearch Center

The Athens Family History Center serves the Athens, Hocking, Jackson, Meigs, Pike, Perry, Vinton County areas and provides access to online resources.

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location Map

Address:


 * 7795 Lemaster Rd The Plains, OH 45780 United States
 * The center is located inside the front entrance of the Latter-Day Saint building.


 * Language:English. If a translator is needed, we may be able to find someone to help.

Phone:


 * 1-740-797-3396

E-mail:


 * OH_Athens@ldsmail.net

FHC Director:


 * Jenny D Theibert - 1 740 590 7009

Open Hours:


 * Wednesday: 7:00pm-8:30pm and by appointment.

Holiday Schedule:

We occasionally close unexpectedly because of inclement weather or illness: Please call for information about unexpected alterations to our normal operation hours.

This center will be closed Wednesday 22 November 2017 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

This center will be closed Wednesday 6 December 2017.

This center will be closed Wednesday 27 December 2017 in observance of the Christmas Holiday.

Calendar and Events
'''***Currently all of the computers in the Athens Family History Center are out of order (Nov 8 2017). This means that access to the portal accounts (Free access to Ancestry, Find my Past, etc.) is unavailable at this time. I am working with the IT department to try to remedy this. In the meantime, I can still help you if you have basic questions about searching for records or indexing, using your own personal device (tablet, laptop, etc.) I will keep you updated as soon as we get the computers fixed. Thank you for your understanding.***'''

Wednesday 18 October 2017 : Special Indexing event. 7-8:30 pm. Instructions on how to index statistical records into digital, searchable records will be focused on this evening. Refreshments available.

Upcoming Events
Rootstech 2018 Feb 28 -March 3 2018  Register at https://www.rootstech.org/

Class Schedule
Special individual workshops available. Please contact the director for more information.

Collections

 * FamilySearch Catalog: As of September 1, 2017 Microfilm ordering is no longer available. This center has only a very limited permanent collection of films.

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

 * Computers, microfilm reader, microfich, printer, scanner
 * Unfortunately, we do NOT have a library of print books available.

Staff Research Specialties
Record Indexing

Searching online public records

Organizing and helping set up online family tree accounts

Resources in the Local Area
The Athens County Historical Society

Links
FamilySearch

LDS.org

Athens History

Volunteer at the Center
Volunteers from the community are welcome!