Seattle Washington Shoreline Family History Center

Located in the north wing of the LDS Church, we serve the areas of Shoreline, Edmonds, Brier, Kenmore, Bothell, Mountlake Terrace and Lynnwood. We are open over 200 hrs a month and are staffed by 30 + volunteers (mostly they volunteer). Our Facility covers more than 2000 sq ft with 5 different rooms for computers, Microfilm\fiche, library, instructional classrooms, and Audio/Visual recording.

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location on Map

Address:


 * 22015 48th Ave W Mountlake Terrace WA 98043 United States


 * Language:English

Phone:


 * 1-425-776-6678

E-mail:


 * [mailto:WA_SeattleShoreline@ldsmail.net WA_SeattleShoreline@ldsmail.net]

Open Hours:


 * Monday:9:00am-5:00pm
 * Tuesday:9:00am-5:00pm
 * Wednesday:9:00am-9:00pm
 * Thursday:9:00am-9:00pm
 * Saturday:10:00am-2:00pm
 * Sunday: 3:00pm-5:00pm

Holiday Schedule:

Free Classes:
Upcoming Family History Classes

Organizing and Preserving Family History Photos

Classes: Thursday, January 10 at 7:00 pm

Saturday, January 26 at 10:00 am

Do you have a box of old photos stored somewhere in your house? If you do nothing, these valuable pieces of your family history can be lost due to deterioration or loss of information on who was photographed. This class can help you learn how to organize and preserve your family history photos before it is too late. It will cover traditional and digital preservation of photos. You will learn how to prevent loss of photos due to acid paper or deteriorating photos. The class will cover ways to electronically preserve photos. You will learn methods of preserving identification of persons in photos.

Classes held at Shoreline Family History Center

Class duration: 1 ½ hours

FamilySearch -- The Basics

Classes: Thursday, February 7 at 7:00 pm, Saturday, February 23 at 10:00 am

Did you make a New Year’s resolution to begin to do family history? Have you not been on FamilySearch for years? Have you been confused by all of the changes to FamilySearch? This class will give you all of the basics on how to use FamilySearch.org to find and document your ancestors.

Classes held at Shoreline Family History Center

Class duration: 1 ½ hours

Temple and Family History Consultants: How to Find Temple Names on a Full Family Tree

Classes: Thursday, March 7 at 7:00 pm and Saturday, March 23 at 10:00 am

Temple and Family History Consultants are often asked to help members find names for temple work on family trees that are very full. This class will discuss ways to find temple ready names when the person’s family tree has much of the temple work already done.

Classes held at Shoreline Family History Center

Class duration: 1 ½ hours

The FamilySearch Wiki

Classes: Thursday, April 18 at 7:00 pm; Saturday, April 27 at 10:00 am

The FamilySearch Wiki has been called the single most important research tool available to genealogists. This class discuss the FamilySearch wiki and how to use it to make your research tasks easier and more efficient.

Classes held at Shoreline Family History Center

Class duration: 1 ½ hours

Family History Evidence: How to Understand, Evaluate and Use It

Thursday, May 2 at 7:00 pm; Saturday, May 25 at 10:00 am

The documents that evidence the family history events in your ancestors’ lives varies greatly in its ability to prove what happened. This class will give you the tools to understand types of documents, their strengths and weaknesses, and how to use them to properly to evidence the events in your ancestors’ lives.

Classes held at Shoreline Family History Center

Class duration: 1 ½ hours

Collections

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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

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Resources in the Local Area
Fiske Genealogical Library (Website) 1644 43rd Ave.E., Seattle, WA 98112; 206-328-2716.

The National Archives at Seattle (Website) 6125 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-7999.

Washington State Digital Archives (Website) Washington state vital records online.

Washington State Genealogical Society (Website).

Washington State Library (Website).

Links

 * King County
 * King County, Washington
 * State of Washington
 * Washington

Volunteer at the Center
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