Surrey British Columbia Family History Centre

Click for instructions and important guidelines on editing your FHC wiki page.

(Add a brief paragraph about your center here and the area it serves. Information in italics below is guidance for you and should be deleted as you fill out the page. Remove italics from other text by selecting the text and clicking the "I" box in the Toolbar above.)

Center Contacts and Hours
Location &amp; Map:


 * 1) 6270 126th Street Surrey BC south side of building. There is a buzzer just to the left of the main doors to be buzzed.
 * 2) Parking is free for our patrons. 
 * 3) http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;abauth=2871bb34:PaVHqdFKZqpr9sCJ22D3ReWTleI&amp;q=6270+126+Street,+Surrey,+British+Columbia&amp;aq=0&amp;vps=1&amp;jsv=331c&amp;sll=49.891235,-97.15369&amp;sspn=24.342694,56.513672&amp;num=10&amp;abstate=r0:actbar-saveto

Phone: 604-597-9695

E-mail: findingyourroots.ca

Open Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00am to 9pm except for the 3rd and 4th Wednesday when we close at 6pm for training.

'''Holiday Schedule: Closed for all of July and August and midway December for winter break. Please call our centre to get up to date closures.'''

Upcoming Events and Class Schedule
1.Searching for your Scottish Ancestors Wednesday April 20th <u  

Beginners from 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Advanced from 7:30-9:00p,

2. Ontario Research Wednesday May 18th

7:00pm-9:00pm

3, English Family History Research Wednesday June 15th

6:00-7:30pm Beginners

7:30-9:00 Intermediate/Advanced

4. 16th Annual Finding Your Roots Genealogical Seminar

Satruday October 15th from 8am-4pm

Staff Training Meetings

4th Wednesday of each month. This is ongoing training to help us keep current with all the technologies that are coming out every day. This training helps us do our work better and that is to assist all of our patrons with their genealogical needs. The centre closes at 6pm on these nights to help us faciliate the training of the consultants.

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.
 * We have over 1500 films, thousands of books and fiche all dealing with research from all parts of the world. 

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. Just to name a few of these premium sites are Find My Past, World Vital Records, The Geneologist, Ancestry,com,
 * We also have other detabase programs for information storing of your genealogical work such as PAF (Personal Ancestral File), Legacy, Roots Magic, and Family Tree Maker to name a few. We have the deluxe paid version at our centre but they are free of charge for our patrons.

Hardware and Equipment
Our centre is proud to have 9 computers, 5 printers, 5 fiche readers, 6 film readers, 1 digital film/fiche reader and a multi functional digital copier/scanner/printer.

Staff Research Specialties
Executive Committee:  Director: Sally Haysom Associate Director: Jeannie Vance Patron Services Coordinator: Delva Priest Technical Coordinator: David Harvey Training Coordinator: Jocelyn Sipple Scheduling Coordinator: Barbara McMullin Associate Administrator: Jolene Lee Associate Administrator: Jacquie Jarvis Film Orders Coordinator: Linda Swan

 

Resources in the Local Area
(This section is to highlight other resources in your area that will be helpful for individuals doing research there in your location, if there are any, such as government offices, historical societies, etc.)

Links
(Include links to other websites of interest to those who visit your center such as links to the city, county and state wiki pages where your center is located.)

Volunteer at the Center
(Include information here about the volunteers you are looking for.)