Coventry England Family History Centre

The Coventry England Family History Centre, based in the church on Riverside Close, serves primarily the church and community of Warwickshire.

THE COVENTRY FAMILY HISTORY CENTRE IS CLOSED TEMPORARILY until our chapels are re-opened by instructions from our church leaders. Monday 16th March 2020 until further notice.

We will miss you and look for to seeing you when we re-open. Thank you

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Centre Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Google Maps

Address:


 * Riverside Close Whitley West Midlands Coventry England CV3 4AT United Kingdom
 * Free car park off Riverside Close.
 * Use the side entrance to the building next to the car park. Turn right when you enter the Chapel and go through the double doors. The Family History Centre is on right hand side of the corridor. 

FHC PHONE AND EMAIL


 * new phone number: 07394 943958

Email: uk_coventry@familyhistorymail.org

Opening Times: PRE-BOOK BEFORE HAND


 * Tuesday 10am-12noon
 * Tuesday 7pm-9pm
 * Wednesday 7 pm-9 pm
 * Thursday’s open 2nd and 4th week of each month. 10.30 - 12.30pm

Calendar and Events
Upcoming Events

27th January to 2nd February indexing week. Do at home or book in at the centre. Do by yourself or with friends.

Tuesday 4th February joining the magazine ‘who do you think you are’ in a day of indexing.

Collections
From September 2017 All film ordering has stopped. Most films are on line now. Some can only be looked at within a Family History Centre. If you go to familysearch.org. Click on search on the top row, A drop box will appear, click on catalog.A new window will open.

Enter the place, what records we have, will be shown. Pick the type of record you want to look at. It will expand the information. Click on the record you want to look at.

If you see a camera you can look at the images. It you see a magnifying glass, then it is an index record. If both then it is images and indexed.

Some need to be looked at in a family history centre and others you can look at with in your home.

Databases and Software

 * FHC Portal This center has access to the Family History Centre Portal page which gives free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.

Hardware and Equipment

 * Four computers
 * a scanner and printer

Centre Services

Staff Research Specialties

 * Individual help and advice given free of charge. 

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