Fresno California East Family History Center

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Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:



Address:


 * 1880 Gettysburg Ave Clovis CA 93611 United States


 * Language:English

Phone:


 * 1-559-291-2448

E-mail:


 * CA_FresnoEast@ldsmail.net

Center Director


 * William Holden (559) 292-1658

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday10:00am-3:00pm and 6:30pm-9:00pm
 * Wednesday10:00am-3:00pm and 6:30pm-9:00pm
 * Thursday10:00am-3:00pm and 6:30pm-9:00pm

Holiday Schedule:

Closed December 16th through January 1st:

Upcoming Events:
Stake Indexing Leadership Meeting~Dec. 18, 2014, 7 p.m. Fresno East Stake Center. Discussion about the new indexing beta site. Richard and Carolyn Roach, Stake Indexing Leaders, 559-292-6255

Read "Why Indexing Matters" in the Oct. 2014 of the New Era~https://www.lds.org/new-era/2014/10/why-indexing-matters?lang=eng

Fresno East Stake Youth Baptismal Trips to Fresno Temple for Jan. 2015:

Month      Day           Week Day      Time           Ward Assignment

Jan          3               Saturday        6:30 a.m.     Ventura Ward

Jan          3               Saturday        9:00 a.m.     Sanger Ward

Jan          10             Saturday        9:00 a.m.     Clovis Ward

Jan          27             Tuesday         6:30 p.m.     Cedarwood Ward

ACCEPT THE YOUTH TEMPLE CHALLENGE TODAY

"I want to challenge each of you to set a personal goal to help prepare as many names for the temple as baptisms you perform in the Temple~Elder Neil L. Anderson

Learn more and accept the challenge at templechallenge.lds.org

Register for RootsTech 2015 Conference~Feb. 12-14, 2014~ Salt LakeCity, Utah.

https://rootstech.org

Register for Federation of Genealogical Societies Convention, Febuary 11-14, 2014 at Salt Lake City,

https://fgsconference.org

Staff Training Meetings
Fresno East Family History Staff training will be held on Jan. 7, 2015 at 10 a.m. and repeated 7 p.m. Please attend one of these sessions that fits your schedule. Topics to be discussed are using Family Tree, Ancestry.com and Puzzilla.org.

Collections

 * FamilySearch Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the FamilySearch 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

 * (Include the resources you have to help individuals do their research - computers, microfilm readers, printers, etc. )

Staff Research Specialties
Richard and Carolyn Roach~Stake Index Leaders~559-292-6255

Dave Grenier- Family Search Missionary, works Thursday night at FHL; phone no# 559-2971345; e-mail address: grenida@pacbell.net

Rebecca Shiner~Eastern Prussia; Great Britian Research~ 559-346-1390

Bishop Dan Winiecke~ Polish Russian Research~559-903-0605

Patrick Cummings~Leeds&amp;Grenville Counties, Ontario; New York Research~559- 346-1259

Leon Papin- French Canadian Research~559-346-9620

''Jane Moffitt~Great Britian Research~works Tues. Mornings at FHL; 559-412-4267''

''Steve Mecham~Ancestry.com Research~works Wed. Evenings at FHL; 559-291-7363''

Resources in the Local Area
American Historical Society of Germans From Russia:

Their purpose is purely historical by doing genealogical research of our German from Russia forefathers, as well as reuniting with living relatives, recording and preserving historical facts.

Genealogy Research Library and Museum

Library Hours: Tuesday to Friday 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m., Closed Saturday to Monday

Tours and/or Personal Research by appoitnment

Central California Chapter, 3233 N. West Ave, Fresno, CA 93705-3402

Phone: 559-229-8287 Email: info@ahsgrfc-centralcal.org

American Historical Society of Germans

The Heritage Center ~San Joaquin Valley Heritage and Genealogical Center~Central Branch- 2420 Mariposa St., Fresno, CA. 559-600-6230; www.fresnolibrary.org/heritage

Hours:

Mon-Thurs 10am to 7 pm

Friday, Sat 10am to 5 pm

Sun 12 noon to 5pm

Resources:


 * California vital record indexes, cenuses Great Registers


 * City Directories and Telephone Books for Fresno More


 * Orbituary File


 * Yearbooks from local area schools and colleges


 * online resources including ancestry library edition


 * newspapers: local and California dating back to the 1850's


 * Maps: Fresno, San Joaquin Valley and parts of California


 * Postcard and Photograph collection


 * William Saroyan Collection


 * Oral Histories

For a more complete list of Resources, go to: https://www.fresnolibrary.org/heritage

Daughters of Utah Pioneers:

C.L. Fancher Camp meets in Clovis on the third Thursday at noon.

Lydia McCauley Camp meets in Fresno on the 2nd Thursday at 10:30 a.m.

Camp Sugar Pine meets in Oakhurst on the 2nd Monday at noon.

For more information, contact Sonja Kland 559-224-5236

International Society of Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 300 N. Main, Salt Lake City, UT 84103-1699

http://www.dupinternational.org

Fresno County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1429, Fresno, CA 93716-1429; Phone no#559-600-6230

FCGS meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month in Feb-July, Sept and Nov. at 6:30 p.m. in the Woodward Park Library located at 944 E. Perrin (at Champlain).

Meetings feature speakers on a variety of topics of genealogical and historical interest.

Save the Date! October 17, 2015; Lisa Louise Cook, host of the Genealogy Gems podcast, author, blogger, and national speaker, Lisa has spoken for the Southern California Genealogy Society's Jamboree, RootsTech, Who Do You Think You Are? We are pleased to bring Lisa to the valley. Look for more information on our websie, Facebook page or email: seminarfsgs@gail.com to get on the mailing list.

Our website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cafcgs/

Want to make a donation to the Church History Library? Contact Church History Library Donations;

Acquistions hotline 1-801-240-5696. Will accept journals manuscripts, books, letters, museum items with historical value with LDS content. E-mail inquiries to churchhistoryacquistions@ldschurch.org

Links
https://www.lds.org/new-era/2014/10/25-cool-ways-to-connect-through-family-history?lang=eng

https://www.lds.org/new-era/2014/10/a-menu-for-a-great-interview?lang=eng

https://www.lds.org/ensign/2014/10/missionary-family-history-and-temple-work?lang=eng

https://www.lds.org/ensign/2014/10/whats-a-family-tree-gathering?lang=eng

https://www.lds.org/new-era/2014/10/family-history-i-am-doing-it?lang=eng

https://www.lds.org/ensign/2014/11/sunday-afternoon-session/the-book?lang=eng

LDS Church Members~ Create your own personal accounts with "ancestry.com: ; "find my past"; and "my heritage" for free. Family History is more than a hobby. It is an activity that that blesses both the living and the dead. Connecting generations with the blessings of the Temple serves ancestors, safeguards individuals, and strengthens families. See https://familysearch.org/partneraccess

BYU Relative Finder~ https://roots-fb.cs.byu.edu/ Relative finder is a place where you can find how you are related to the world. Discover connections between you, presidents, prophets, and your families.

Making family History Fun for children:

https://www.lds.org/friend/2011/02/family-history-fun?lang=eng

http://media.ldscdn.org/pdf/lds-magazines/friend-march-2012/2012-03-08-extra-extra-read-all-about-it-eng.pdf

http://media.ldscdn.org/pdf/magazines/friend-july-2013/2013-07-31-familysearch-sleuth-eng.pdf

https://www.lds.org/friend/2006/05/grandmas-trunk?lang=eng

https://www.lds.org/friend/2009/10/my-family-tree?lang=eng

https://www.lds.org/friend/1982/03/seek-and-find?lang=eng

https://www.lds.org/liahona/2002/08/sharing-time-the-heart-of-the-children?lang=eng

http://kids.familytreemagazine.com/kids/default.asp

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