Hampstead Maryland Family History Center

Come and enjoy access to many wonderful resources for your research.

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location Map

Address:


 * 4117 Lower Beckleysville Rd Hampstead MD 21074 United States


 * Language: English

Phone:


 * 1-410-374-1301

E-mail:


 * MD_Hampstead@ldsmail.net

Open Hours:


 * Monday: 10:00am-12:00pm
 * Wednesday: 9:00am-12:00pm and 7:00pm-9:00pm
 * Saturday: 9:00am-12:00pm

Holiday Schedule:

'''July 4th-6th, Sept 5th-7th, Oct 3rd, November 25th-30th, December 25th-31st. Closed whenever Carroll County schools are closed or delayed for bad weather.'''

Family Tree
Family Tree is an updated approach to organizing and recording your genealogy online. It merges the best features and data from new.FamilySearch and adds powerful tools for data accuracy, usability, and collaboration. Family Tree development is ongoing and aggressive, so you can expect frequent updates, including additional training materials.

Family Tree is a new way to work together to do genealogy. The information that is stored in Family Tree is similar to what is in new.familysearch.org, but there are some differences that are intended to help Family Tree become the most accurate representation of an ancestral line

Family Tree

 * https://familysearch.org/tree/

Family Tree Training

 * https://familysearch.org/tree-training

Introduction to FamilySearch Tree

 * http://ldschurch1.adobeconnect.com/p6j1unuib6x/

Family Tree: Quick Start Guide

 * http://broadcast.lds.org/eLearning/fhd/Community/en/FamilySearch/FamilyTree/pdf/FT-QSG_LDS.pdf

Online Forms

 * Pedigree Chart
 * Family Group Record Chart

Online Training Courses

 * How to Start Your Family History - 6 Basic Steps

Online Research Training Videos

 * Learning Center Home Page and Index of all Research Training Videos

The following list is just a sampling of many of the Research Training Videos that are available from the above link at the Learning Center Home page.


 * England and UK Research
 * Getting Started
 * Understand Census Records


 * Basic French Research


 * Scandinavian Research


 * German Research
 * Basic Research
 * Beginning Research - Lesson 1
 * Beginning Research - Lesson 2


 * Ireland Research
 * Church Records
 * Civil Registration


 * Italian Research
 * Italian Research Training Videos
 * Basic Italian Research


 * Latin American


 * United States
 * United States Research Training Videos

Online Training Videos

 * 5 Minute Genealogy Videos Series . This video series is all about helping you quickly discover your family history. Each episode will guide you through basic research principles that will help you have success finding your ancestors.
 * Getting help at a Family History Center
 * 5 Minute Genealogy Videos Series

Collections

 * FamilySearch Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog. Each person will have to sign in and order the film with their credit information. Choose the Hampstead Family History Center as the place the film is to be sent. You will receive phone call when the film has arrived on loan in our FHC for your use.

Databases and Software

 * Software:
 * RootsMagic


 * 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.


 * 19th Centry British Library Newspaper Digital Archive
 * Access Newspaper Archive
 * Alexander Street Press - The American Civil War
 * Ancestry.com
 * ArkivDigital Online - Swedish Genealogy
 * Findmypast
 * Fold3.com (previously known as Footnote.com)
 * The Genealogist
 * Godfrey Memorial Library
 * Hertiage Quest Online
 * Historic Map Works Library Edition
 * Paper Trail
 * World Vital Records

Hardware and Equipment
Our Center has:
 * 3 microfilm readers
 * 1 microfiche reader
 * 3 computers with internet access
 * 1 printer.

Staff Research Specialties
(Include sections for any other services your center provides. Add additional sections for those services. See the Bountiful and Chattanooga FHC pages for examples.)

Resources in the Local Area

 * Hampstead, Maryland Homepage
 * Carroll County Maryland Homepage
 * Carroll County Circuit Court
 * Carroll County
 * Carroll County Genealogical Society
 * Carroll County Library
 * Carroll County Museums

Resources Outside Local Area

 * Browse by Country
 * England
 * France
 * Italy
 * Mexico
 * Sweden
 * United Kingdom
 * USA

Links

 * Journals, Diaries, Biographies, Autobiographies and Letters of Some Early Mormons and Others Who Knew Joseph Smith, Jr. and/or His Contemporaries

National Links:


 * National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC
 * Library of Congress, Washington, DC
 * Daughters of the American Revolution
 * Martin Luther King Public Library, Washington DC Special Collections

Other Family History and Library Centers and Resources

 * Billiongraves.com
 * Find A Grave
 * BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy
 * BYU Family History Library
 * Logan Utah Family History Center
 * Mesa Arizona Family History Center
 * Research WIKI
 * Riverton Utah Family History Center
 * Salt Lake City Family History Library
 * Utah South Area Family History Training Center

Volunteer at the Center
''Our Family History Center in Hampstead is looking for a Volunteer worker to assist on Saturday mornings from 9:00 a.m. until Noon. Training will be provided as necessary. Most of your time here can be used to research your own family history. Please call Jim'' at 410-239-3557 or email at jjscholl@outlook.com