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The Atascadero Family History Center is located at 2600 Ramona Road, in Atascadero, Ca. The center is dedicated to providing education and support for the family history community in the area.
Center Contacts and Hours:
- Address: 2600 Ramona Road, Atascadero, Ca. 93422
- Phone: 805-466-6103
- The entrance to the family history center is located on the North side of the building. Please ring doorbell for entrance to the center. Handicap parking is available.
Open Hours:
- Mon: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Tues: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
- Wed: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
- Thur: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Holiday Schedule:
'We will be closed the following dates in 2013'
- MAY 27, Monday (Memorial Day)
- JULY 2 - 4, Tuesday - Thursday (4th of July)
- CLOSED THE MONTH OF AUGUST
- SEPTEMBER 2, Monday (Labor Day)
- NOVEMBER 11, Monday (Veterans Day)
- NOVEMBER 26 - 28, Tuesday-Thursday (Thanksgiving)
- DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 3 (Christmas and New Years)
Upcoming Events:
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FAMILY HISTORY EXPO / 10th ANNIVERSARY
- JUNE 28-29, 2013
Crowne Plaza Sacramento NE Friday 12:00 PM - 8:30 PM
5321 Date Avenue Saturday 9:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sacramento, CA 95841
Featuring Keynote Presenter: James L. Tanner
Pre-Registration: $79
One Day: $55
At the Door: $99
Single Class: $20
Reserve your spot today!
http://www.FamilyHistoryExpos.com or call 801-829-3295
CONFERENCE ON FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY / 45th Anniversary
- JULY 30 - AUGUST 2, 2013
BYU Conference Center
770 East University Parkway, Provo, Utah
Over 100 Classes for Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Participants
To register or for more information visit our website at:
http://familyhistoryconferences.byu.edu
Limited on-campus housing available.
BYU Conferences and Workshops * 801-422-4853 * E-mail: cw115@byu.edu
The Family History Center will be hosting a Family History Booth during Colony Days
Saturday, October 19th in Atascadero
More info to follow! :D
Class Schedule:
- Introduction to Indexing classes are held every Wednesday
of the month from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Staff Training Meetings:
2013
All inservice meetings will be held in the Relief Society Room
Sunday, MAY 19 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, SEPTEMBER 15 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, NOVEMBER 17 7:00 p.m.
Center Resources
Collections
- Family History Library Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the Family History Library Catalog.
- The Atascadero Family History Center has a small collection of various resource books and private collections that are available for viewing in the center.
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, included are the following:
- The 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive
- Access Newspaper Archive
- Alexander Street Press ~ The American Civil War
- Ancestry.com (Family History Library Edition ~ includes International databases)
- Find My Past
- Fold3 (Formerly Footnote.com)
- The Genealogist
- Godfrey Memorial Library
- Heritage Quest Online
- Historic Map Works Library Edition
- Origins.net
- Paper Trail
- World Vital Records
- You may also access the Family History Center portal for other related family history research option, http://www.fhc.familysearch.org from your home computer, however, you will not be able to access the free premiums.
FAMILY TREE IS NOW AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE!
- Training is available on the site.
- See link below
Hardware and Equipment
- The center has 9 computers, 5 microfilm readers, 1 microfiche reader, 1 scanner, 1 copy/printer machine, and 1 printer.
Center Services
Resources in the Local Area
- San Luis Obispo Family History Center, 651 Foot Hill Blvd.San Luis Obispo, CA, Phone Number: 805-543-6328
- San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society Library, 1288 Morro Street, San Luis Obsipo, CA, Phone Number: 805-528-6622 http://www.slocgs.org
- Heritage Shared http://www.heritageshared.org/
- History in San Luis Obispo County http://www.historyinslocounty.org/Bibliography.htm
- South County Historical Society, San Luis Obispo County http://www.southcountyhistory.org/
- Special Collections & University Archives Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic State University http://lib.calpoly.edu/specialcollections/
- Vital Records for the San Luis Obispo County, California Office of the Clerk-Record http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/clerk/Copies_of_Clerk_Records/Vital_Records.htm
Links:
FAMILY TREE
https://www.familysearch.org
- California Family History Centers https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Category:California_Family_History_Centers
- San Luis Obispo County, California https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/San_Luis_Obispo_County,_California
- California https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/California
- San Luis Obispo Family History Center https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/San_Luis_Obispo_California_Family_History_Center
- Santa Maria Family History Center
https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Santa_Maria_California_Family_History_Center
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