Valley Forge Pennsylvania Family History Center

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location of Valley Forge Pennsylvania Family History Center on Map





Address:


 * 721 Paxon Hollow Rd Broomall PA 19008 United States
 * Located in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building
 * Enter in the back door labeled “Family History Center”


 * Language:English





Email:


 * broomallfhc@gmail.com

Email us to:

• Make an appointment for guided help, or to view films outside of regular hours.

• Sign up on our mailing list

• Receive a class schedule

• Be notified of weather closures or delays

Phone: 1-610-356-8507 only answered when we are open. There is no message machine.

Regular Open Hours: Every Wednesdays 9:30-3:30pm and the 2nd and 4th Saturday 9:30-12:30

Holiday Closures:

Additional Hours: By appointment

You may request to have the center open at other times by appointment. For a timely and quick response, please email broomallfhc@gmail.com to request a time. Appointments are not needed during regular hours unless you need a guided practice lab time. As usual I appreciate your replies that you have moved or are not interested etc. and would like to be removed from our list. I add and remove people promptly. If you have friends that would like to stay informed and be added to the list they may email broomallfhc@gmail.com with their request.

Events:
Hello Patrons of the Valley Forge Family History Center,

Microfilms:

I have received assurances from FamilySearch that ALL microfilms WILL BE digitized and available online. Not all films will be available for viewing on your home computer on FamilySearch.org, some may be available only in the FH Center, and others on Ancestry.com which we have available for free viewing in the FH Center.

Upcoming Group Discussions in the Valley Forge Family History Center: Held on Wednesdays at 10 am -11:30 am

April 18th - Finding Non-Indexed Images on FamilySearch.org

Wonder what is happening to all the images on FamilySearch.org's 2 1/2 million films? They are being digitized! Most of them are becoming available on your home computer and some of them are only available on the computers in Family History Centers. FamilySearch is putting records on their website at an amazing rate, much faster than they can be indexed which makes them digitally searchable by name. In fact, over 75% of the images available to us on FamilySearch.org cannot be found by typing in a name and filling in the blanks of a chart. So how do you find them? Come to class and learn how to find these elusive records. by Shelli Nye

April 25th - Using FamilySearch Apps

Apps help you to see information about your ancestors that you might otherwise miss. Tasks and mapping can give you a fresh look at the information you have on the Family Tree app. Plus just a few other fun things! by Shelli Nye

Our Group Discussions are usually well attended and lots of people share what they have learned and their own experiences. Come and join in the fun :)

Hope to see you in the Family History Center!

Shelli Nye Director

Resources in the Local Area
The Mainline Genealogy Club meets at the Easttown library. They have great presentations each month!

http://mainlineroots.org/

The Irish Immigration Center located in Upper Darby at 7 S Cedar Lane. They support Irish families in our area with genealogy help and many other kinds of support.

http://www.icphila.org/

The Bucks County Genealogy Society has a Comprehensive Calendar of Genealogical Events in the Greater Philadelphia Area

http://www.bucksgen.org/index.php/bcgs-programs

Links

 * Delaware County, Pennsylvania


 * Pennsylvania

Volunteer at the Center
We would love to have more volunteers!

We look forward to seeing you at the center!