FamilySearch offers a network of 4,500 facilities offering public access to genealogical records from all over the world. These range from the world’s largest in Salt Lake City to locations in more than 80 countries.
They used to be called, and some still are called, Family History Centers,
but now they are called Family Search Centers because that's what people do in them:
SEARCH!
Why go to a FAMILY HISTORY CENTER?
WE have many resources online that you can use, including ancestry.com. This is a subscription service that you would have to pay for, costing currently $155.00 annually for US records and $195.00 annually for World Records.
The latest new thing is that now you can order microfilms from your home computer! They will be sent to the Family History Center of your choice so you can peruse them there on the microfilm readers.
To find one in your area...go to familysearch.org and click on Family Search Centers. Then type in a location. You will get the closest Family Search Center to you and a map which will show you hhow to get there. It also will have the phone number and hours of operation.
Here in Victorville, our facility is called:
Victorville California Family History Center
12100 Ridgecrest St. (corner of Bear Valley Rd.and Ridgecrest)
Victorville, CA 92394
USA
Phone: 1-760-243-5632
(The door is a separate door on the South wall of the building, recessed in...do ring the doorbell and someone will let you in.
We have a very helpful and knowledgeable staff.
Our hours: Tues through Thursday 9am to 9pm
Friday 9am to 5pm
Sat 10 am to 2 pm
Here are some Family Search Centers that I may find myself in when I am traveling to visit family members.
Hales Corner Family History Center (near Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Mesa Family Regional Family History Center in Mesa, Arizona. And here is a work station in the Phoenix Family History center.....computers and microfilm readers.
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