Johnson City/Watauga/Gray Tennessee Family History Center

The Johnson City/Watauga Family History Center is located in the Johnson City/Watauga Church meetinghouse.

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location Map

 Address: 


 * 211 Mayflower Rd ,Johnson City ,Tennessee 37601, United States


 * Language:English

 Phone: 


 * 1-423-926-6152

 Open Hours: 


 * Tuesday: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm.  (Staffed by Dale Roberts and Jim Mills)
 * Wednesday: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm (Staffed by Hugh and Joy Miller)
 * All other times by appointment: Please contact Peggy Henderson (423-330-3697), Carol Mathson (423-202-4080) or Barbara McNeal (423-232-1502).

Upcoming Events: The Johnson City/Watauga Tennessee Family History Center will sponsor the following:
**October 13, 2018 (10 am - Noon) A genealogical workshop will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1109 Sun Valley Drive, Greeneville, TN 37743. This workshop will focus on changes to FamilySearch and how to use Ancestry.com for research. Peggy Henderson, Johnson City ,will be the presenter for this event. Please bring your own laptop and power cord.

**October 20, 2018 (10 am-Noon)  A genealogical workshop will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Rogersville, TN. This workshop will focus on changes to FamilySearch and how to use Ancestry for research. Peggy Henderson, Johnson City, will be the presenter for this event. Please bring your own laptop and power cord.

**September 10, 2018 (10 am-Noon) A genealogical help meeting will be held every second and third Mondays beginning September 10, 2018. This meeting will allow time for help, questions, and research on your direct line. It will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 211 Mayflower Road, Johnson City, TN. 37601 in the Johnson City/ Watauga TN Family History Center. Please bring your laptop and power cord. Barbara McNeal will be hosting this event.

Collections
Family History Centers provide free access to many subscription genealogy websites, including:

Ancestry.com (Family History Library Edition) Find My Past Fold3.com Geneanet My Heritage                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          American Ancestors

The FamilySearch Catalog is a catalog of the holdings of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, the central library of FamilySearch which has been gathering genealogical records for over 115 years. Most of those records were recorded onto microfilm and microfiche but have now been digitized. Check catalog for full details of information on media:

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

 * We have 4 computers and a scanner printer for printing our pictures and copies of documents. You are able to log on the printer and scan your pictures to your cloud and attach them to your families.

Staff Research Specialties
FamilySearch and Ancestry

Volunteer at the Center
If you are interested in expanding your knowlege and interest in family history, volunteer as a librarian at our library and have the joy of helping others.