Athens Ohio Family History Center

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

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


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Address:


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 * 7795 Lemaster Rd The Plains, OH 45780 United States
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 * Language:English

Phone:


 * 1-740-797-3396

E-mail:


 * OH_Athens@ldsmail.net

FHC Director:


 * Jenny D Hartzog - 1 740 590 7009

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday: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. The center will be closed Dec 23rd and 30th for the holiday weeks.

Calendar and Events
Starting January 2015 the hours will move to Wednesdays 7-8:30.

Upcoming Events
https://www.fgsconference.org/

Collections

 * FamilySearch Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog.

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 readers, microfich, printer, scanner

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
https://familysearch.org/

http://www.lds.org/?lang=eng

www.athenshistory.org

Volunteer at the Center
Volunteers are welcome!