Fremont California Family History Center
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This article describes the services and resources available at a Family History Center, a branch facility of the Family History Library. |
Center Contacts and Hours[edit | edit source]
Location Map:
Address:
- 48851 Green Valley Rd Fremont CA 94539 United States
- Enter the building on the side nearest the freeway, the 3rd door from the corner nearest Scott Creek Road.
- Language:English
Phone:
- 1-510-623-7496
E-mail:
- N/A
Open Hours:
- Tuesdays: 7:00pm–9:00pm
- Wednesdays: 11:00am-2:00pm and 7:00pm-9:00pm
- Sundays: 11:00am-1:00pm (Closed on 1st Sunday of each month)
All other times by appointment. Schedule appointment here: call 1-510-623-7496
Holiday Schedule:
Closed all holidays
Closed December 19th-January 7th:
Center Resources[edit | edit source]
Catalog[edit | edit source]
Our catalog has being migrated to its new home at familysearch.org>Search>Catalog
Under “Search these Family History Centers” select Fremont California Family History Center
The new catalog will allow patrons to:
- Search by Places, Surnames, Titles, Authors, Subjects or Keywords
- Broaden a search to other local family history centers, the Oakland FamilySearch Library or to the holdings of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City
- Have a direct link to the growing collection of online resources at FamilySearch and elsewhere
Link to the new FamilySearch Catalog:Link
Link to an Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog:Link
Databases and Software[edit | edit source]
- Family History Center 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.
Websites available are:
- 19th Century British Newspapers
- Alexander Street Press (Civil War)
- Ancestry.com
- Access Newspaper Archive
- Swedish church records
- Findmypast (UK)
- Fold 3 (specializing in military records)
- The Genealogist (UK)
- Godfrey Memorial Library
- Heritage Quest
- Paper Trail
- World Vital Records
Hardware and Equipment[edit | edit source]
- Eight computers with Internet access
- One printer
Links[edit | edit source]
- Using the FamilySearch Research Wiki: A comprehensive video presentation explaining the Wiki, navigating it, and some especially useful pages. Case studies demonstrate using the Wiki for genealogical research. Editing and adding articles to the Wiki are covered.