Pueblo Colorado Family History Center

The Pueblo Colorado History Center is available to serve community members free of charge. The Center is open to the public. We welcome all!

Location and Map 4720 Surfwood, Pueblo, Colorado, United States

We are located in the building on the north east side. Entrance is at the northeast door and then half way down the hall. Ample free parking is available Please note that this is not a mailing address. Due to limited staff, Family History Centers are unable to respond to mail inquiries.

. Phone: 1 719-564-0793

Email: CO_Pueblo@ldsmail.net

FHC Directors: Bruce Tew and Muriel Tew - 1 719-251-0633

Center Contacts and Hours

Tuesday: 9:00 am. to 9:00 pm. Wednesday: 1:00 pm. to 5:00 pm. Thursday: 9:00 am. to 9:00 pm. Friday: 1:00 pm. to 5:00 pm. Saturday: 1:00 pm. to 5:00 pm.

For a reservation appointment, please contact the director in advance at 1 179-251-0633.

We occasionally close unexpectedly because of inclement weather or illness. Please call for information about unexpected alterations to our normal operation hours.

2014 Closures

Closed New Year's Day Wednesday January 1, 2014 Closed Martin Luther King Day Monday January 20, 2014 Closed Presidents Day Monday February 17, 2014 Closed Memorial Monday May 26, 2014 Closed Independence Day Friday July 4, 2014 Closed Pioneer Day Thursday July 24, 2014 Closed Labor Day Monday September 1, 2014 Closed Thanksgiving Wednesday 26 Nov thru Friday Nov 28, 2014 Closed Christmas-New Years Saturday Dec 20 thru Thursday January 1, 2014 Closed Saturdays and Sundays During General Conferences April and October FYI Centers provide: • Personal one-on-one assistance • Access to genealogical records through the Internet or microfilm loan program • Free how-to classes (varies by location). See Family History Centers for more information.

Our Patron Resources

4 patron computers 5 microfilm readers 2 microfiche readers 1 multi-use printers 1 printer Projector Internet access.

Free access to Premiium Online Portal websites, including Ancestry.com, Footnote.com, Find My Past, Godfrey Memorial Library, Heritage Quest Online, 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive, Alexander Street Press - The American Civil War, The Genealogist, Historical Map Works Library Edition, World Vital Records, and much more. A collection of over 900 books containing biographies, research guidance materials, indexes, and databases. A collection of over 3,000 rolls of Microfilm - indexed by State and Country Microfiche Our Personnel • We have 15 Family History Library Consultants to assist you. These volunteers donate their time and some specialize in the following areas: •U.S. Research •British Research •German Research •Family Tree •Indexing - Arbitration

•Third Party Programs

•Pedigree Fan Charts

Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Research

Library Background

• The Pueblo Colorado Center is a branch library of the Genealogical Library located in Salt Lake City. The main library was founded in 1894 to gather genealogical records and assist members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with their family history and genealogical research. The main Library is the largest library of its kind in the world and is visited by an estimated 1,900 or more individual patrons and groups each day. Our branch library is much more modest.

Records Collection • Through a microform circulation system, we have access to the main library's collection of many of the genealogical records of the world. • Our computers access the FamilySearch database which contains many millions of names linked into families.

Training and Assistance • We offer access to and assistance in the use of many internet research sites. We can also assist you with the use of The Family History Library Catalog, the online catalog describing the holdings of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Family History Centers • Family history centers (FHC) are branches of the Family History Library. • Over 4,000 family history centers operate in more than 88 countries. • Local family history centers are staffed by helpful volunteers. • About 100,000 rolls of microfilm are circulated to family history centers each month.

• Click here to locate the nearest family history center, in your area, or call 1-866-406-1830 in the United States and Canada.

Alternate Repositories If you cannot find a source you need at the Family History Library, try one or more of these other repositories. Repositories with very large genealogical collections Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Local History and Genealogy Reading Room is part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, and collections of manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, and published material, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources.[1] National Archives, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.[2] Allen County Public Library (Indiana) home of the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), more than 350,000 printed books and 513,000 items of microfilm/fiche including family histories, censuses, city directories, passenger lists, military records, local histories, American Indians, African Americans, Canadian, British, & German collections.[3] Repositories with significant Utah local history and Mormon Pioneer collections

Church History Library, Salt Lake City, LDS history 1830-present: diaries, manuscripts, Church records, photos, oral history, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, audiovisual material[4] Daughters of Utah Pioneers, SLC, the Museum displays artifacts, and the History Department collects and preserves about 100,000 histories of pioneers who set out for, settled, or were born in Utah by 10 May 1869.[5] Utah State Historical Society, SLC, family histories, photographs, books, manuscript collections, telephone directories, maps, newspapers, yearbooks, and periodicals are available in the Research Center and online.[6]