Brandon Manitoba Family History Centre

Family History Center is located inside church building. The Brandon Family History Center serves southwestern Manitoba and parts of Saskatchewan. The center has many resource books, maps, microfilms and microfiche.

Centre Contacts and Hours
Location &amp; Map:


 * 107 Queens Ave, Brandon, MB
 * Parking in rear of center, enter off of Madison Cres. Entrance is from the Parking lot.
 * Location on Map

Phone: 1 204-729-3935 Limited access  204-720-2803  FHC Director's home phone

E-mail: [mailto:MB_Brandon@ldsmail.net MB_Brandon@ldsmail.net]

Open Hours:


 * Mon Closed
 * Thurs. 6 pm - 8 pm
 * Other Times By appointment

Holiday Schedule:


 * Closed Major Holidays
 * Closed during month of December

Collections

 * Many of these are now only available in the Winnipeg FHC: Historical atlases, Marriage registers of Upper Canada, Index to Marriage Registrations of Ontario, Huron Cemetaries records, County marriage Registers of Ontario,Index to 1871 Census Ontario, Index to 1901 Census Manitoba, Index to 1881 Census of Manitoba, Doukhobor records, Quebec records, microfilms of interest to Mennonites, United States Census records, resource books for England, Ireland, Scotland &amp; Wales, Europe

Databases and Software

 * FHC Portal This centre has access to the Family History Center Portal page which gives free access in the centre to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.

Hardware and Equipment

 * 2 Computers, 1 microfilm readers, 1 printer, 2 digital image readers

Links

 * 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.