Mankato Minnesota Family History Center

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Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:
 * Location Map

Address:


 * 1851 Marie Lane North Mankato MN 56003 United States
 * Language:English

Phone:


 * 1-507-625-8342

E-mail:


 * MN_Mankato@ldsmail.net

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday:10:00am-5:00pm
 * Thursday:10:00am-9:00pm

Holiday Schedule:

Closed all Major Holidays: Week of Thanksgiving: Last two weeks in December: Closed for inclement weather: Please call center with any questions:

"GENEALOGY ON THE INTERNET"
AN APPROACH FOR RESEARCHING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY FOR FREE

Saturday January 28, 2017

1:00PM - 3:30PM

Mankato Family History Center

1851 Marie Lane, North Mankato, Minnesota

SEATING IS LIMITED, Please RSVP to mn_mankato@ldsmail.net using "family history" in the subject line

Collections

 * FamilySearch Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog.
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Databases and Software

 * FHC Portal This center has 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.


 * 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive
 * Access Newspaper Archive
 * Alexander Street Press - The American Civil War:
 * Ancestry.com
 * ArkivDigital Online (Swedish records)
 * Find My Past
 * Fold3.com (Previously known as Footnote.com)
 * The Genealogist
 * Heritage Quest Online
 * Historic Map Works Library Edition
 * Paper Trail
 * World Vital Records

Hardware and Equipment

 * 5 computers with internet access
 * 6 microfilm readers
 * 1 microfiche readers
 * 1 microfilm/microfiche reader/scanner/printer

Staff Research Specialties

 * Amy Saulnier


 * Usually available Thursdays 6:30pm-closing:


 * Recommended general genealogy websites: freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~asaul/my_gen_links.html


 * Recommended location specific websites: freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~asaul/locspecgenlinks.html


 * Swedish genealogy


 * Recommended Swedish genealogy websites: freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~asaul/swedish_links.html


 * Joyce Gardner


 * Usually available Thursdays 10:00am - 2:00pm:


 * German genealogy

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