San Luis Obispo California Family History Center

The San Luis Obispo Family History Center serves the city of San Luis Obispo and surrounding areas, providing family history research guidance, genealogy database user support, and assistance to both beginning and experienced family history researchers. Other nearby FHCs are located in Santa Maria and Atascadero, California. Location &amp; Map:

There are six public workstation Windows computers, two printers, three 35mm microfilm readers, one 16mm microfilm reader, one microfiche reader, and one workstation equipped to scan or print microfilm and/or fiche. There are approximately 550 print volumes, including reference works, county histories, limited local city directories, and local genealogical periodicals. Non-print resources include extended loan microfilm and microfiche from the SLC FHL and pedigree resource files on CD.


 * 1) 651 E Foothill Boulevard, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405-1686
 * 2) Free parking, including handicapped spaces available. Please ring bell at west door for access.
 * 3) For directions and map, click here.

E-mail:''' [mailto:ca_sanluisobispo@ldsmail.net ca_sanluisobispo@ldsmail.net]

Open Hours: Tues, Wed, Thurs 10-4, Sat 10-

Holiday Schedule: Closed during the month of August. Limited schedule in December.

Collections

 * Family History Library Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the Family History Library 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.
 * This center provides access to the following databases on-site:

In addition to the portal databases listed above, this center also provides access to:

Ancestral Quest 12.1 Get My Ancestors 2009.2.18 Family Archive Viewer Family History Resource File Viewer 4.0 Family Insight Legacy Map My Family Tree 1.3.9 Pedigree Resource File Personal Ancestry File (PAF) 5.2 Personal Historian RootsMagic XNView (scanning and image management software) Hardware and Equipment


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