Port Angeles Washington Family History Center

The Port Angeles Family History Center is located on the south side of the Port Angeles meetinghouse. We serve the west end of Clallam County including the communities of Port Angeles, Sequim, Joyce, and Forks. All interested in genealogy and family history are invited to come to the center for assistance, to research, or to attend classes.

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Port Angeles Washington Family History Center Location Map
 * 591 Monroe Road, Port Angeles, WA 98362 United States
 * Enter on the southwest side of building.
 * Use the sidewalk from the parking lot on the south side to the front of the building
 * Enter the Family History Center from the first set of doors facing Monroe Road.
 * Please ring doorbell (on the wall to your right) for admission.

Phone: 360-565-8322

E-mail: [mailto:WA_PortAngeles@ldsmail.net WA_PortAngeles@ldslmail.net]


 * [mailto:pafhcjamboree@gmail.com pafhcjamboree@gmail.com] (for general information)

FHC Director: Kathleen Yvonne Fotens - 1 360-460-6524

Hours of Operation:


 * Tuesday:  10 am. - 9 pm.
 * Wednesday: 10 am. - 2 pm.
 * Wednesday: 6 pm. - 9 pm.
 * Thursday: 10 am. - 9 pm.
 * Friday:    6 pm. - 9 pm.

Closures and Holiday Schedule:


 * Independence Day, Thursday July 4
 * Thanksgiving Holiday: November 
 * Christmas Holiday: December 23 -
 * Reopening January 6, 2015

Calendar and Events
The 2014 Port Angeles Family History Jamboree will be held September 13, 2014. This is a free community wide event.

Upcoming Events:
Friday Night Classes resumed January 10, 2014

FYI: Friday night classes start at 7 pm with computer lab at 8 pm. You may attend any class of your choosing or attend all the classes. Preregister (by e-mail [mailto:pafhcjamboree@gmail.com pafhcjamboree@gmail.com] or phone 360-565-8322) to ensure handouts for all. If you are preregistered you will receive a class reminder by e-mail. These classes are FREE.

January 10 - Organizing Your Genealogy, by Paper and Databases

January 17 - What is the Difference Between RootsMagic or a Database and FamilySearch Family Tree

January 24 - How to Set Up RootsMagic (whether entering information from scratch or moving your data from a different software program)

January 31 - Entering Media and Sources in RootsMagic.

February 7 - How RootsMagic and FamilySearch Family Tree Work Together (you only have to enter your data one time)

February 14 - How Do I Begin My Family History and Putting Together Your Genealogy Toolkit

February 21 - How to Develop Your Research Skills

February 28 - Vital Records Online

March 7 - The Value of Census Records

March 21 - Naturalization Records

March 28 - Immigration and Emigration Records

April 4 - Military Records

April 11 - Land Grants and Homesteading

April 18 - Maps, Gazetteers and Atlases

April 25 - Newspapers and Their Value

May 2 - Across the Pond -- The Old Country Research (Now that you have gotten to when they came to America and where they came from how do you do the research in a foreign country)

Staff Training Meetings are held monthly on the last Saturday from 10 am - 12 pm.

Center Resources

Collections

 * Family History Library Catalog: Any of the films and fiche available through the Family History Library Catalog may now be ordered through your home computer.
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Databases and Software

 * FHC Portal This center has access to the Family History Center Portal page which gives free access to the following premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
 * 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archives
 * Access Newspaper Archive
 * Alexander Street Press - The Amerian Civil War
 * Ancestry.com
 * Find My Past
 * Fold3.com (previously known as Footnote.com)
 * The Genealogist
 * Genline FamilyFinder
 * Godfrey Memorial Library
 * Heritage Quest Online
 * {http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/hmw.shtml Historic Map Works Library Edition }
 * Paper Trail
 * World Vital Records


 * Hardware and Equipment
 * 7 computers
 * 3 printers including a Multi Function Printer/Copier/Scanner/Fax.
 * Canon 300 microfiche/microfilm digitizer with attached flatbed scanner. You can use this to save images from films and fiche and transfer the images to a flash drive or CD or print the images.
 * five microfilm readers
 * two microfiche readers

Staff Research Specialties
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Resources in the Local Area
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 * Clallam County Genealogical Society (CCGS) - http://olypen.com/ccgs 402 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles, WA 98362 phone: 360-417-5000
 * Clallam County Historical Society - http://clallamhistoricalsociety.com
 * Computer Genealogy Users Group (CGUG) - Contact: Jim Harris 360-681-2456. Meetings held monthly on the first Friday at 1:30 - 3 pm at the Sequim Public Library meeting room. Free and open to all.
 * Museum and Arts Center (Sequim) - http://macsequim.org Exhibit Center at 175 W. Cedar Street, Sequim, WA 98382 Phone: 360-683-8110. Research Center and Administrative Offices Location: 544 N. Sequim Avenue, Sequim, WA 98382 Phone: 360-681-2257
 * North Olympic Library System (NOLS) - www.//www.nols.org Library locations are in Sequim, Port Angeles, Forks and Neah Bay. See Nols web page for hours, addresses and phone numbers.



Links
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 * City of Port Angeles, Washington - http://www.cityofpa.us
 * Clallam County, Washington - http://www.clallam.net
 * Heritage Quest Research Library - Sumner, WA - http://www.hqrl.com/index.html
 * Jefferson County Genealogical Library - http://wajcgs.org Research Center 13692 Airport Cutoff Road, Port Townsend, WA 98368. Phone 360-385-9495
 * Washington State - http://www.sos.wa.gov
 * Washington State Digital Archives - http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov
 * Washington State Genealogical Society - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wasgs

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