Williamsburg Virginia Family History Center

= Closure Notice =

We will be closed Saturday, September 5, 2015 for the Labor Day weekend.

= Events =

Third Thursday Brown Bag Lecture
Thursday, September 17, 2015 - noon Freedman's Bureau Records

Join us to hear special guests Selma Stewart and Deborah Cuffey discuss the massive Freedman's Bureau records project.

The project is a collaborative partnership between FamilySearch, the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, the California African American Museum, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

RootsMagic User Group
Saturday, September 12, 2015 - 10:00 - noon Come to learn! Come to share!

2017 Newman Road Williamsburg, VA 23188 United States

Map to the Williamsburg Family History Center

757-220-0266 during operating hours 757-903-5706  when the center is not open.

[mailto:williamsburg.fhc@gmail.com williamsburg.fhc@gmail.com]

Hours:

 * Tuesday:      9:30am-12:30pm                       6:30pm-9:00pm
 * Wednesday: 6:30pm-9:00pm
 * Thursday:    9:30am-12:30pm
 * Saturday:     9:30am-12:30pm

Handouts from Recent Presentations
Click on the presentation title to view and print the handout. Documents are in PDF format.

July 2015 - (Guest speaker: Jeanne Sutherland)

June 2015 - Beginning Greek Research (Guest speaker: Carol Kostakas Patranek) - stop by for a copy

June 2015 - National Archives Records on FamilySearch.org (Guest speaker: Carol Kostakas Patranek) - stop by for a copy

May 2015 -

Apr 2015 - (Guest speaker: Alex Finley)

Mar 2015 - Ulster Historical Foundation presentations - handouts cannot be posted. Please [mailto:williamsburg.fhc@gmail.com contact us] if you would like a copy.

Feb 2015 -

Jan 2015 -

Nov 2014 -

Oct 2014 -

Oct 2014 -

Sept 2014 - (Guest speaker: Christopher Jones)

June 2014 -

May 2014 -

Apr 2014 -

Mar 2014 -

Mar 2014 -

Jan 2014 -

Nov 2013 -

Oct 2013 -

Oct 2013 - (Open House)

Sept 2013 -

Resources
Our Family History Center features:


 * Lexmark multi-function printer/scanner with direct scan to FamilySearch Family Tree
 * Access to 2.3 million rolls of microfilm through the Salt Lake Family History Library
 * ScanPro digital film/fiche reader
 * NMI 2020 microfilm readers
 * Canon Lide flatbed scanner
 * Wi-Fi access
 * 5 computer workstations

Our computer workstations provide free access to subscription genealogy web sites including:


 * Access Newspaper Archive
 * American Civil War Online
 * Ancestry.com
 * ArkivDigital online (Swedish church records)
 * FindMyPast (UK/Ireland Research, PERSI)
 * Fold3.com (US National Archives records)
 * MyHeritage.com
 * NewspaperArchive.com
 * ProQuest Obituary Collection
 * 19th Century British Newspapers
 * World Vital Records

Check out our ScanPro 2000 digital microfilm/fiche reader! The reader, and its accompanying computer, printer, and scanner represent top-of-the-line technology for viewing, printing, and saving images from FamilySearch microfilms and fiche.

If you’ve never used microfilm before in your research, take five minutes to learn how to use the FamilySearch Catalog. Go to FamilySearch.org and click on Learn. A short video shows you how to use a Place Search or Last Name Search to locate microfilms that might be helpful to you in your research.

Once you find a film that you’d like to view, you can order it online at FamilySearch.org/films. If you need help with Online Film Ordering, stop by the FHC and we’ll help. You'll get an e-mail notification when the film arrives.