Fishers Indiana Family History Center

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:  Location Map

Address:  777 Sunblest Blvd Fishers, IN 46038

Language: English

Phone:  Call or Text the Temple and Family History Consultants/Directors:


 * Frank Merrill: 317-590-4810  or Lexi Merrill:  317-457-9745

E-mail:  IN_Fishers@ldsmail.net

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday: 6:00pm-8:00pm
 * Wednesday: 12:00pm-8:00pm
 * Thursday: 6:00pm-8:00pm
 * Other hours by appointment: Contact your Ward Temple and Family History Consultants  or   'Call or Text the Temple and Family History Consultants/Directors:'
 * 'Frank Merrill: 317-590-4810  or Lexi Merrill:  317-457-9745'

'''As a policy, this facility is closed on all major holidays and closed for weather problems. If Hamilton County Schools are closed or when there are travel or weather advisories for Hamilton County, we are closed also. '''

Staff Training Meetings
Staff Training is the 3rd Friday each Month and is for all Staff, including Volunteers, and anyone with a Ward Temple and Family History Consultant calling is welcome to attend. It is from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM in the Fishers Family History Center. Exceptions will be in December and January...we will not be meeting those months.

Collections

 * See the Microfilm Collection available at this Center at: Microfilm Collection, then go to "Search These Family History Centers" and click on Fishers Indiana Family History Center to see the collections.
 * Several hundred books are also available on microfiche.

Databases and Software
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, including, but not limited to:


 * 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive
 * Access Newspaper Archive
 * Alexander Street Press - The American Civil War Research Database (Containing Letters and Diaries - Images, Photographs, Posters, and Ephemera and Social and Cultural History and Women and Social Movements in the United States)
 * American Ancestors - Library rights
 * Ancestry.com - Institution Versions: U.S., Australia, Canada, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom
 * ArkivDigital Online
 * findmypast - Institution Version
 * Fold3.com (Previously known as Footnote.com)
 * Geneanet
 * Kinpoint - Premium
 * MyHeritage - Library Edition
 * Newspaper Archive
 * Paper Trail
 * ProQuest Obituary Listings
 * Puzzilla.org - Premium Services

Other programs available to use:
 * WorldCat
 * World Vital Records-All content has been added to MyHeritage.com
 * Ancestral Quest 14
 * Ancestral Quest Collaboration
 * Charting Companion
 * FamilyInsight
 * FamilySearch Indexing
 * Genelines - Universal Edition
 * Generation Maps
 * GetMyAncestors
 * Google Earth and Google Maps
 * Legacy Family Tree Deluxe
 * MagiKey Family Tree
 * Map My Family Tree
 * Ordinance Tracker
 * PAF Companion
 * Personal Historian
 * RootsMagic 7

Hardware and Equipment

 * Computers and Headphones
 * Microfilm/microfiche Readers
 * Digital Imaging System to copy and digitize microfilm/microfiche records.
 * Flatbed Scanner to copy and digitize photos, slides, negatives, and documents.
 * Lexmark Scanner that has the ability to scan photos and documents directly into Family Tree.
 * Free Wifi for personal computers and tablets.

Staff Research Specialties
One-on-one help in FamilySearch.org, and using the Premium Websites and Data Programs listed.

Resources in the Local Area
Hamilton County Public Libraries

Links
(TBD)

Volunteer at the Center
''We are always looking for volunteers! If you have a desire, we have a time slot for you, whether it is once a month or more! Read a foreign language? We have need of volunteers who can translate text/documents for patrons. If you can volunteer for this, please contact us also!''