Surrey British Columbia Family History Centre

=== Centre Contacts and Hours ===

Location &amp; Map:


 * 6270 126th Street Surrey BC south side of building. There is a buzzer just to the left of the main doors to be buzzed.
 * Parking is free for our patrons.
 * Location on Map

Phone: 604-597-9695

E-mail:   findingyourroots@gmail.com

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 10:00am to 9pm
 * 3rd and 4th Wednesday: 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.

2012 Patron Seminars
Beginner Genealogy - January 18, 2012 &amp; January 25, 2012 - Wednesdays 7-9pm

This class is designed for beginners. It is also for those who have tried without success, or have found some success but are not sure of what to do next.

www.new.familysearch.org - February 15, 2012 - Wednesday 7-9pm

A class on how to use NFS including how to reserve ordinances to take to the Temple.

www.familysearch.org - March 14, 2012 - Wednesday 7-9pm

Learn about all the new information and records on Familysearch.org

Premium Databases - April 18, 2012 - Wednesday 7-9pm &lt;u

What is available and how to use the subscription databases like Ancestry, Find my Past, The Genealogist and more. These are free at our family history centers

Familysearch Wiki and Online Courses - May 16, 2012 - Wednesday 7-9pm

Learn about the research Wiki, a free collection of family history articles from around the world. Also learn about free online courses to help you discover your family tree.

 17th Annual "Finding your Roots" seminar - October 13, 2012, Saturday 8-4pm 

Look for pre-registration and list of classes end of August or beginning of september. They will be posted on www.findingyourroots.ca

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: You can order your films online and have the items sent to our Family Search Center to view.
 * 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 centre has access to the Family History Centre Portal page which gives free access in the centre 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 Genealogist, Ancestry,com
 * We also have other database programs for information storing of your genealogical work such as PAF (Personal Ancestral File), Legacy, Roots Magic, and Ancestral Quest 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, 4 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:

Training Coordinator: Jocelyn Sipple Scheduling Coordinator: Barbara McMullin Associate Administrator: Lyn McGonigal

Associate Administrator: Jacquie Jarvis Film Orders Coordinator: Linda Swan