Athens Ohio Family History Center

The Athens Family History Center serves the Athens, Hocking, Jackson, Meigs, Pike, Perry, Vinton County areas and provides access to online and microfilm resources.

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:

Address:


 * 7795 Lemaster Rd The Plains, OH 45780 United States

Phone:


 * 740-797-3396

E-mail:


 * OH_Athens@ldsmail.net

FHC Director:


 * Jenny Dawn Hartzog - 1 740 677 4043

Open Hours:


 * Tues 7:00pm-9:00pm; and by appointment.

Holiday Schedule:


 * We occasionally close unexpectedly because of inclement weather or illness.  Please call for information about unexpected alterations to our normal operation hours.

Calendar and Events
The Family History Center will be closed Tuesday, April 29 for cleaning. It will be open during the regular hours again in May.

Upcoming Events
National Genealogical Society 2014 Family History Conference

Richmond, VA

May 7-10, 2014

http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/

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.

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

 * Computers, microfilm readers, microfich, printer, scanner

Staff Research Specialties
Record Indexing

Searching online public records

Organizing and helping set up online family tree accounts

Resources in the Local Area
The Athens County Historical Society

Links
https://familysearch.org/

http://www.lds.org/?lang=eng

www.athenshistory.org

Volunteer at the Center
Volunteers are welcome!