Montrose Colorado Family History Center

Montrose Family History Center serves Montrose County.

Location &amp; Map: *Address:

1521 Hillcrest Drive, Montrose, CO *Located at the east side (back) of the LDS Church


 * Location on Map

Phone: 970 249 4739 Open Hours: Tue: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Wed: 10:00 am - 1.00 pm and 6.00 pm - 9.00 pm Thur: 10.00 am - 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm 2nd Fri: 7:30pm - 9:30 pm Holiday Schedule: Calendar and Events

Upcoming Events

FAMILY HISTORY CLASSES for 2012

Class Schedule

Montrose Colorado Family History Center Patron Class Schedule for 2012

All classes will be held at the Family History Center of the LDS church on the South East corner of Hillcrest and Stratford Classes and times may change so please check the FHC Wiki listed below for updates.  'February    '                                                                                TENTATIVE INSTRUCTORS

Class 1. AncestralQuest “An upgrade for PAF                              Carol Otto and Barbara Moore'

Feb. 8 &amp; 9 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Class 2 Internet for Genealogists                                                 'David 'Bowen

'Feb. 14 &amp; 16 @ 1:00pm to3:00pm'  Work Shop A: for the above classes

 Feb. 18 @10:00pm to noon'  March 

&lt;u Class 3.Organizing your research                                       Kaye Shackelford and Joni Bowen

Mar. 6 &amp; 8 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm Class 4. Researching your ancestors                                      Kaye Shackelford and Joni Bowen

Mar. 20 &amp; 22 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm Work Shop B: for the above classes

Mar 24 @10:00pm to noon

'  April ''

Class 5. Early American HandwritingOrganizing your research               Joni Bowen

Apr. 3 &amp; 5 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm      

 Class 6. How to use FamilySearch                                     Carol Otto and Barbara Moore</span

 Apr. 10 &amp; 12 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm

 Work Shop C: for the above 2 classes

Apr. 14 @ 10:00pm to noon

' May ''

'''Class 7. How to organize your existing documents and pictures'''    TBD</span

.May.1 &amp; 3 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm Class 8. Indexing– A way to give back                                           Karen Deeds and Carol Otto

'''May. 8 &amp; 10 @1:00pm to 3:00pm'''

 Work Shop D: for the above 2 classes

May 12 @ 10:00pm to noon

'  June ''

Class 9. Backing Up your data                                                    David Bowen

Jun. 5 &amp; 7 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm                                                

      Class 10. Focus on Native American Records                               TBD

Jun. 12 &amp; 14 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm

 Work Shop D: for the above 2 classes

Jun 16 @10:00pm to noon

  September&lt;/u

Class 11. Helping PARENTs to jump start their own Family History      Carol Otto      

Sept. 4 &amp; 6 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm

  Class 12. Exploring sources for older record resources and documents TBD

Sept. 11 &amp; 13 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm

  Work Shop E: for the above 2 classes

Sept 15 @10:00pm to noon  October&lt;/u

Class 13. How to print special charts and Scrapbooks                  TBD

Oct. 9 &amp; 11 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm

 Class 14.Protecting your data &amp; computers from viruses               David Bowen and

and other computer infections

Oct. 16 &amp; 18 @1:00pm to 3:00pm    Work Shop F: for the above classes

Oct 20 @10:00pm to noon

  Note: No classes will be scheduled in July, August, November nor December Revised 19 January, 2012  Staff Training Meetings

Center Resources

Collections This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the Family History Library Catalog.

Databases and Software  PREMIUM WEBSITES

19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archives 

Access Newspaper Archives 

Alexander Street Press - The American Civil War:  :*                Research Database, Letters and Diaries, Images, Photographs, Posters and Ephemera 

'''Ancestry. Com '''

Find My Past

Fold3.com  (previously known as Footnote.com) 

The Genealogis

Genline Familyfinder 

Godfrey Memorial Library 

Heritage Quest Online 

Historic Map Works Library Edition

Paper Trail

World Vital Records   Hardware and Equipment

 :*We have 5 Computers with a printer as well as 2 microfilm readers and 1 microfiche reader :

Services

Staff Research Specialties

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