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

Winter Hours:


 * 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
===We are starting up classes in the FHC starting June 14th. The classes will be on Tuesdays and will be at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. at the Placerville Family History Center. This way we should finish before we open for personal help. The 6:00 p.m. will overlap with possible guests to do their research, but our counts in the evening have been low. We'll see how it goes!=== Please plan to attend the first class, Photo Scanning, if you want to learn more about how to use our new scanner!!! Kathy Witt will be demonstrating and you can try a "hands on" practice. Valuable to all shift workers!!! Here are all the classes:

Tuesday, June 14th - Photo Scanning! Teacher, Kathy Witt

Come learn how to save that box of family treasured pictures with our new scanner! It will be hands on so bring a few photos of your own and a flashdrive to save them! The class will be presented twice 10 am and 6 pm.

Tuesday, June 28th-Tuesday - Beginning FamilySearch Class! Teacher, Debbie Hutchings

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! The class will be presented twice 10 am and 6 pm.

Tuesday, July 12th- FamilySearch Family Tree App   Teacher, Youth Consultant

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 the palm of your hand-a portable tree! The class will be presented twice 10 am and 6 pm.

Tuesday, July 26th- Hints in FamilySearch    Teacher, TBA

What are all those blue boxes by my relatives? What is a Hint and how do I use it? Learn to link to your relatives and find out new things, new relatives…The class will be presented twice 10 am and 6 pm.

Tuesday, August 16th- Saving Photos in FamilySearch  Teacher TBA

I’ve got a picture but how do I get it into FamilySearch? Learn to add pictures and documents to keep forever there for all to see. Using your phone or computer scans it is just a few clicks to get it done! The class will be presented twice 10 am and 6 pm.

 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
 * Find My Past
 * 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