Winston-Salem North Carolina Family History Center

Center Location:
Location Map:  Map

Address: 4780 Westchester Road, Winston-Salem NC 27103-1223, United States; GPS: 36.0662383, -80.343584

Center Contacts:
Telephone:

E-mail: NC_WinstonSalem@familyhistorymail.org

The Center has been closed since mid-March 2020 because of Covid. Check back here for re-opening info or email us at the address above.

 * Tuesdays: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
 * Wednesdays: 9:00 am - noon and 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
 * Saturdays: 9:00 am - noon

Holiday Schedule: Closed Thanksgiving Week and two weeks at Christmas

Inclement Weather: If Forsyth County Schools are closed because of inclement weather, the FHC will be closed also.



Surname Books: We have family histories in book format for the following surnames:

 * Anderson, Bader, Baughman, Biblical-British, Booe, Butner-Mickey, Coffin (Faye Hall’s gen.), Conrad, Boyd, Conrad, Cooper, Daniel-Guion-Holmes-Gilbert. Deatherage-Shelton, Dunbar, Dyer-Hopkins, French families, Gledhill, Hester-Kidd, Hiatt/Hiett/Hyatt, Hoffman, Hopkins-Dyer, Jackson, Jones, Kidd-Hester, Kite, Kniss, Leonhardt, Maddox-Perry, Mickey-Butner, Mitchell-Wilson, Perry-Maddox, Phillips, Sheets, Shelton-Deatherage, Smith, Speer/Spear, Taylor, John, Wiles, Wilson, Wilson-Mitchell, Wooton, Woolley, Yarbrough

Computers:

 * This center has five computers with 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.

These Websites are:

 * 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive, 2 million newspaper pages from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland
 * Alexander Street Press, with many Websites, Us. Civil War data, letters, diaries, photos; women and social movements in the U.S.
 * American Ancestors, 400 million names in online data collections, Website of New England Historic Genealogical Society
 * Ancestry, U.S., Australia, Canada, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom, DNA Service
 * ArkivDigital, Swedish records online: 85 million images of church and other historical records
 * FamNet, New Zealand: collection of family trees
 * FindMyPast, United Kingdom primarily; U.S. records are being added
 * Fold3, primarily military records of the U.S.
 * Geneanet, France and Latin American family trees
 * Kinpoint, BYU app created in 2013; finds missing data in your tree; missing temple ordinances; temple app is TakeAName
 * MyHeritage, Israel-based company, member-submitted trees, emails matching families, suggestions for research, DNA service
 * Newspapers.com, online newspapers from U.S., Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Panama, Scotland, and Wales
 * PaperTrail, provides access to 19th-century westward American migration documents
 * Puzzilla, creates diagram of ancestors or descendants; shows missing info; basic version is free at home

Software:
Bring your flashdrive and use one of the following software programs to enter your family history:


 * RootsMagic
 * AncestralQuest
 * Legacy

Resources in the Local Area:

 * Forsyth County Public Library North Carolina Room
 * Davie County Public Library History Room
 * Rowan County Public Library
 * Davidson County Public Library

Links
Online Genealogy Records by Location
 * FamilySearch Research Wiki: What It Can Do For You!: A comprehensive video presentation explaining the Wiki, navigating it, and some especially useful pages. Case studies demonstrate using the Wiki for genealogical research. Editing and adding articles to the Wiki are covered.