Albuquerque New Mexico West Family History Center

2020 Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location of Albuquerque New Mexico West Family History Center on Map

Address:


 * 4500 Seven Bar Loop Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87110
 * Located on the corner of Ellison Drive and Seven Bar Loop Road
 * Access to the Family History Center is through entrance doors on the West side of the building.
 * If outer door is locked, please ring bell found at upper right of door.
 * Language: English

Phone:


 * 1-505-898-7583 Please call before coming to verify that staff is in.It would be our pleasure to assist you to meet your specific family history needs.

Email:


 * NM_AlbuquerqueWest@familyhistorymail.org

Open Hours:


 * Monday: 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
 * Tuesday: 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
 * Wednesday: 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
 * Thursday: 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Holiday Schedule 2020
Closed all major holidays as follows: Jan 20, Feb 17, May 25, July 4, Sept. 7, Oct. 12, Nov. 11, Nov. 25-26, Dec. 21-31.

Staff and Temple and Family History Consultants Training Meetings
2nd Saturday morning (9-10 am) of each month. Call for more details.

Collections

 * Microfilm records from all New Mexican and some Arizonan Native American tribes
 * A permanent collection of over 2,000 microfilms and fiche and hundreds of books
 * Acadian-Cajun Family Trees
 * Compendium of New England Pioneers
 * Family Archives: Immigrants to America
 * 705 Genealogical Library Books
 * FamilySearch Catalog: This center may have various films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog.

Databases and Software
"FHC Portal" The Family History Center Portal page located at this center gives free access to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions, including:


 * 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive
 * Alexander Street Press - The American Civil War: research database, letters &amp; diaries, photographs; Women and Social Movements in the U.S., 1600-2000.
 * American Ancestors-Library rights
 * Ancestry.com - Institution Version
 * ArkivDigital Online - Swedish church, court, &amp; estate inventory historical documents
 * Find My Past - Institution Version - like Ancestry.com, with special focus on the United Kingdom
 * Fold3.com (formerly footnote.com) - contains millions of military historical documents and photos
 * Geneanet
 * Kinpoint-Premium
 * My Heritage - Library Edition
 * Newspaper Archive
 * Paper Trail - 19th century American migration documents
 * ProQuest Obituary Listings - offers more than 10.5 million obituaries &amp; death notices in full image format from historical archives of top newspapers
 * Puzzilla

Hardware and Equipment

 * Internet access on eight computers
 * Two printers
 * One multi-function printer
 * One microfilm reader
 * One microfiche reader
 * One Minolta microfilm/fiche copier

Center Services
One-on-One Assistance:


 * Research
 * FamilySearch Family Tree
 * Guidance with other genealogical programs including Ancestry.com
 * Scanning of photographs and documents directly into FamilySearch or onto a user supplied thumb drive
 * Microfilm/microfiche viewing and printing

Resources in the Local Area
Albuquerque New Mexico Genealogy Center Main Library at 501 Copper Avenue NW (see link below).

Links
Online Genealogy Records by Location
 * FamilySearch Research Wiki: What It Can Do For You!: A comprehensive video presentation explaining the Wiki, navigating it, and some especially useful pages. Case studies demonstrate using the Wiki for genealogical research. Editing and adding articles to the Wiki are covered.

Albuquerque Bernalllo County Genealogy web page

Albuquerque Genealogical Society web page

New Mexico Genealogical Society web page

New Mexico Links

Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM web site

New Mexico Indian Tribes web site

New Mexico Genealogy Resources and Vital Records web site