El Dorado California Family History Center



 "Come on in and visit our newly renovated center and get FREE one-on-one help from our friendly staff, take advantage of our FREE public classes, organize and save all your photographs and documents using our Kodak Photo Scanner, and your slides and negatives using our Epson Slide Converter. You can also use one of our computers with FREE access to a variety of premium genealogical websites like Ancestry.com, My Heritage and Fold 3."

Location and Hours:
Location Map: Location Map

Address: 3275 Cedar Ravine, Placerville CA 95667 United States

Phone: 1-530-621-1378

E-mail: ca_eldorado@familyhistorymail.org

Currently we are open:


 * Tuesday:11:00am-8:00pm
 * Wednesday: Temporarily Closed
 * Thursday:11:00am-8:00pm
 * Friday and Saturday by appointment only

Holiday Schedule:

Closed the weeks of Thanksgiving (November 22-26), Christmas and New Years (December 20-January 3)

and all major holidays that fall on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.

Director: Mike Reinert

Assistant Director: Debbie Hutchings

Secretary: Kathleen Witt

Public Relations:

 

UPCOMING CLASSES
===  All classes will be held at the Placerville Family History Center 3275 Cedar Ravine Road, Placerville CA 95667 (Office phone 530-621-1378). The times are 10:00am and and 6:00pm on the following dates===

Tuesday, September 13th - BEGINNING FAMILYSEARCH - Afraid you might break a branch in your family tree if you try? Don't know where to start doing your own family history? This is your class. Basic training on the website!

Tuesday, September 27th- COMPUTER SKILLS BASICS - This is a beginning class on basic skills! Want to build a family tree or even look at one on your computer? We will walk you through skills you need to use a computer.

Tuesday, October 11th- FAMILYSEARCH TREE APP - How to use the FamilySearch App on your phone! Find relatives around you, look at your fan chart, do tasks, find activities. These are all there in palm of your hand-a portable tree

Tuesday, October 25th- FAMILY HISTORY GIFTS! - Scan photos, discover stories. Make a fan chart, Publish a photo book,... We'll share holiday gift ideas you can do with your family trees

Tuesday, November 15thth- CONNECTING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS - How to collect the oral and written stories, and other memories when together this holiday season. We will give you some helpful hints for better success!

Tuesday, November 29th- FAMILYSEARCH AND ANCESTRY.COM HINTS - What are all those blue boxes or green leaves by my relatives? What is a Hint and how do I use it? Learn to link your relatives and find out new facts and new relatives!

Tuesday, December 13th- USING ANCESTRY.COM - Like to learn more about this website and what it has to offer? Come and see! Basic Ancestry .com trees, research, collections will be discussed

 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


 * 19th Century British Library Newspapers digital archives
 * Alexander Street Press- American Civil War
 * American Ancestors
 * Ancestry Institution
 * ArkivDigital
 * FamNet
 * Findmypast
 * Fold3
 * Geneanet
 * My Heritage Library Edition
 * Newspapers.com
 * Paper Trail
 * Puzilla

Hardware and Equipment

 * Eight computers with access to the free premium websites
 * Free wifi and laptop stations
 * Kodak Photo Scanner

Staff Research Specialties
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Volunteer at the Center
''We welcome volunteers with experience in genealogical research. Our volunteers generally work a three hour shift once a week.''

Our shift schedule is as follows:


 * Tuesdays 11am to 2 pm; 2 pm to 5 pm; 5 pm to 8 pm
 * Wednesdays 11 am to 2 pm; 2 pm to 5 pm; 5 pm to 8 pm (temporarily closed on Wednesdays)
 * Thursdays 11 am to 2 pm; 2 pm to 5 pm; 5 pm to 8 pm

We also welcome volunteers to teach classes on various genealogical research subjects. Please note: we do not charge for our classes or pay our staff or instructors. We are a non profit community center run by community volunteers.

If you are interested in volunteering at our center please contact our Director Mike Reinert at miker1122@comcast.net