Arlington Texas Family History Center

FREE Family History Fair 1 March 2014

open registration at 8 AM that day

Classes 9 AM to 4 PM

Experts from the National Archives at Fort Worth will be among the speakers.

Aaron Holt of the archives will discuss the secrets of American Indian research, and Meg Hacker will present a program on the holdings of the federal facility in Fort Worth.

The fair will feathure 18 programs designed to help people research their family history.

The Arlington Texas Family History Center is easily accessible from Interstate 20:
Take exit 447 for Park Springs Boulevard

Turn North onto Park Springs Blvd Turn right onto W Pleasant Ridge Rd Take the 1st left onto Kelly Perkins Rd Kelly Perkins Rd turns slightly left and becomes Curt Dr Destination will be on the right

Address: 3809 Curt Drive, Arlington, Texas 76016

 * The entrance to the Family History Center is on the back side of the building.
 * Location on Map

Phone: 817-446-7088 817-446-7088   

Open Hours:
Wednesday: 10:00 - 2:00pm &amp; 6:00 - 9:00pm Thursday: 10:00 - 2:00pm Saturday: 9:00 -1:00pm

The center will be CLOSED on the following dates:
2013

November 2


 * November 27 to 29


 * December 4 to 7


 * December 25 to January 1, 2014

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Calendar and Events
Save the date: 1 March 2014 Arlington Texas Stake FAMILY HISTORY FAIR

Annual Family History FAIR

 * 1 March 2014
 * 1 March 2014


 * 9 AM
 * Preregistration is preferred
 * Same day registration begins at 8 AM.

Class Schedule:

 * Legacy Class: second Saturday of each month; 2 PM

Staff Training Meetings
7 PM at Family History Center


 * April 28, 2013
 * July 28, 2013
 * October 27, 2013

Collections

 * Family History Library Catalog: Any of the films and fiche ordered through the Family History Library Catalog may be read in this center.
 * Over 100 books, atlases, research guides for various locations, published genealogies, back-issues of genealogical magazines.
 * Microfiche: indexes of vital records, genealogical atlases, familiy histories, etc.
 * A drawer devoted to microfiche of Scotish records such as:
 * Indexes to christenings, marriages &amp; burials
 * Index to 1881 Census

Databases and Software

 * FHC Portal This center has access to the Family History Center Portal page which gives free access in the center to third party premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
 * Family Insigh t: has the capability to interact with New.FamilySearch to pull information from or put information into PAF.
 * Get My Ancestors: allows downloads from New.FamilySearch to your database

Hardware and Equipment

 * computers with Internet access for genealogy research
 * printers
 * microfilm/fiche readers
 * microfilm/fiche reader printer - can print on paper or copy to your USB jump drive (AKA thumb drive or memory stick).

Center Services

 * How to get started.
 * Provide research help. We do not perform the research for patrons, but we answer questions and suggest possible sources.

Staff Research Specialists

 * England research - [mailto:full.snelson@gmail.com Scott Snelson] - 1st &amp; 4th Saturday shifts 
 * Spanish translation - TBD
 * South American research - TBD
 * African American research - TBD
 * German research - TBD

Non-Staff Research Specialists
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Resources in the Local Area
National Archives Southwest Region 501 W. Felix St., Bldg. 1, Fort Worth, Texas 76115-3405 (817) 334-5525 (817) 334-5525 

Dallas Public Library J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street Dallas, Texas (214) 670-1433 <span class="skype_c2c_textarea_span"><span class="skype_c2c_text_span">(214) 670-1433 <span class="skype_c2c_free_text_span" />  or (214) 670-143

Arlington Public Library 101 E. Abram St. Arlington, Texas <span class="skype_c2c_print_container">(817) 459-6913 <span skype_menu_props="{&quot;numberToCall":"+18174596913","isFreecall":false,"isMobile":false,"isRtl":false}" onmouseout="SkypeClick2Call.MenuInjectionHandler.hideMenu(event)" onmouseover="SkypeClick2Call.MenuInjectionHandler.showMenu(this, event)" tabindex="-1" dir="ltr" class="skype_c2c_container"><span skypeaction="skype_dropdown" dir="ltr" class="skype_c2c_highlighting_inactive_common"><span class="skype_c2c_textarea_span"><span class="skype_c2c_text_span">(817) 459-6913 <span class="skype_c2c_free_text_span" />

Links:

 * Arlington Family History Center web site:

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