Vacaville California Family History Center

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Center Contacts and Hours
Location &amp; Map:


 * 1) 480 Wrentham Drive, Vacaville, CA 95688
 * 2) Entrance is on the south side of the building near the west corner. The entrance is identified by a Family History Center sign. 
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Phone: (707) 451-8394

E-mail: not available at this time

Open Hours:
Tuesday 10am-9pm

Wednesday 10am-3pm, 6pm-9pm

Holiday Schedule:

Closed day before Thanksgiving and the weeks containing Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

Collections

 * Family History Library Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the Family History Library Catalog.
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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. (Note to FHC: Not all FHCs have access to this portal. If you do not, you will want to remove this entire bullet. If you do have access to it, just remove this text in italics.)

Hardware and Equipment

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Staff Research Specialties
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Local Resources
Solano County Library                                                                                                              Monday – Thursday 10 a.m.– 9 p.m. Friday – Saturday 10 a.m.– 5 p.m. Sunday 1-5 p.m.                                                                                                                           Phone: 1-866-57-ASKUS (1-866-572-7587)

Solano County Genealogical Society                                                                                               610 E Main St Vacaville, CA 95688 Phone: 707-446-6869 

Genealogy Society of Vallejo-Benicia                                                                                               734 Marin Street Vallejo, CA 94590

Rio Vista Museum 16 N. Front Street Rio Vista, California 94571 Phone: 707-374-5169 Email: riovistamuseum@yahoo.com

Solano County Historical Society                                                                                                    610 East Main Street                                                                                                                          Vacaville, California 95688 Phone:  707-447-0518                                                                                                                   Hours of Operation: Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. or by appointment

Vacaville Heritage Council                                                                                                              Old Town Hall 610 East Main Street Vacaville, CA 95688                                                                                                                   Phone:  707-447-0518 

National Resources
National Archives                                                                                                                       Established in 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by them forever. Those valuable records are preserved and are available to you, whether you want to see if they contain clues about your family’s history, need to prove a veteran’s military service, or are researching an historical topic that interests you.

National Genealogical Society                                                                                                        The National Genealogical Society was organized in Washington, DC, in 1903.

UsGenWeb ProjectEstablished in 1996, the website is organized by county and state, and provides you with links to all the state websites which, in turn, provide gateways to the counties. The USGenWeb Project also sponsors important Special Projects at the national level and this website provides an entry point to all of those pages, as well.

Land Patent Search

Provides live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than five million Federal land title records issued between 1820 and the present. They also have images related to survey plats and field notes, dating back to 1810.

Land and Record Reference                                                                                                      Provides research tools to locate historic land parcels.

Other links
Olive Tree Genealogy                                                                                                                   Olive Tree Genealogy has more than 1,900 pages of free genealogy records, including more than 1,500 ship passenger lists.

Orgins.com                                                                                                                           Commercial software program for tracing British and Irish ancestors.

Ancestry.com                                                                                                                         Commercial software program