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.

Centre Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * https://goo.gl/maps/8bROZ https://goo.gl/maps/8bROZ

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:

Email: uk_coventry@ldsmail.net
 * +44 02476-303-316

Opening Times:

THE Centre will be CLOSED on Tuesday 23rd January 2018 due to maintenance in the building.


 * Tuesday 10am-12noon
 * Tuesday 12noon - 2pm IF pre-booked
 * Tuesday 7pm-9pm

XXX. 2nd Thursday of each month closed
 * Wednesday 10.30-12.30pm
 * Wednesday 7 pm-9 pm
 * Thursday 7:30pm-9:30pm

Collections
From September 2017 All film ordering stopped. Most films are on line now. But only 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.

The majority of these record images you will have to look at, at the centre.

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
 * Film and fiche readers.
 * Printer/scanner

Staff Research Specialties

 * Individual help and advice given free of charge. 
 * Please phone during opening hours for an appointment 

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