Lubbock Texas FamilySearch Center/Center Resources

Center Resources
Collections


 * FamilySearch Catalog: Patrons who use this center have the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog.
 * On-site Microfilm/Microfiche: Over 400 microfilm from various states and countries; also more than 1,000 microfiche of various states and countries.

Databases and Software
 * Software:
 * Ancestral Quest 14
 * Legacy 8
 * Roots Magic 7


 * Databases: 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.
 * 19th Century British Library Newspapers digital archive – Searchable database of the British Library's newspaper holdings with a complete run of 48 national and regional Victorian British newspapers for the 19th century (from 1800 to 1900)
 * Access Newspaper Archives – Searchable newspaper archive, featuring billions of articles from historical newspapers around the U.S. and the world
 * Alexander Street Press - Focused on records from the American Civil War. Searchable information on over 4 million soldiers and thousands of battles, together with 15,000 photographs. Contains approximately 100,000 indexed pages of diaries, letters, and memoirs. Includes images, photographs, posters, and ephemera
 * American Ancestors 
 * Ancestry.com – Searchable collections of records from around the world, including immigration, census, voter, vital, and military records; newspapers and periodicals; family trees; photos and images; directories, maps, court, land, wills and financial records, stories, memories, and histories; and detailed records about births, marriages, deaths, land ownership
 * ArkivDigital Online – Images of Swedish Church Records and other historical records. Indexed by locality
 * Find My Past – Searchable collections of records from the United Kingdom and Ireland, including the 1911 Brish Census. (Not all of the content from Find My Past is available in family history centers)
 * Fold3 – Search or browse millions of historical documents and photos, focused on military records and stories
 * Historic Map Works Library Edition - Digital map collections available, with high-resolution, full color historic and antique maps
 * Kinpoint.org
 * MyHeritage
 * Paper Trail – Provides access to 19th-century westward American migration documents
 * Proquest Obituary Listings
 * Puzzilla.org
 * World Vital Records – Access to birth, marriage, and death records; Social Security Death Index; family trees; census records; immigration records; court, land, and probate records; military records directory lists; newspapers, family histories, reference materials, biographies, wills, gravestone photos, ship manifests, map collections, and yearbook collections

Hardware and Equipment


 * Computers with internet access
 * Microfilm/Microfiche readers
 * Scanner/printer to save to digital .jpg, etc.