Roseburg Oregon Family History Center

The Roseburg Family History Center is located at the Roseburg Stake Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a large red brick building with a white steeple on top. The entrance to the FHC is on the west side of the building and is accessible from the west parking lot.

Center Contacts and Hours


Location Map:

Address: 2001 West Bertha, Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, United States


 * Location on Map

Phone: 541 672-1237

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

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday: 9am-9pm
 * Wednesday:9am -5pm
 * Thursday: 9am-5pm
 * Friday Evening by appointment
 * Sunday: 4 pm to 8 pm

Holiday Schedule:

Closed:


 * January 1
 * July 4
 * Fair Week (August - varies)
 * Spring Break - (March - varies)
 * Thanksgiving week
 * Two weeks for Christmas
 * All Sunday Holidays

2012 Class Schedule

No pre-registration or fees required for classes listed below. However, please RSVP by phone (541-672-1237) or e-mail ([mailto:OR_roseburg@ldsmail.net OR_roseburg@ldsmail.net]) if you would like class handouts and class size may be limited.

DATE &amp; TIME                    CLASS                                        TEACHER  Thurs. 7/12 7pm        Military Research                             Vicki Urbaniak

Fri. 7/13 10am           Military Research                             Vicki Urbaniak

Thurs. 7/19 7pm         Personal Histories                           Bev Wellington

Fri. 7/20 10am            Personal Histories                           Bev Wellington

Thurs. 8/16 7pm         Wiki Research                                 Shannon Agee

Fri. 8/17 10am           Wiki Research                                  Shannon Agee

Thurs. 9/13 7pm         American Indian Research              John Read

Fri. 9/14 10am            American Indian Research              John Read

Thurs. 9/20 7pm          Google Your Ancestor                      Jim Henson

Fri. 9/21 10am             Google Your Ancestor                      Jim Henson

NO CLASSES IN OCTOBER - Come to the Genealogy Fair - 27th October

Thurs. 11/8 7pm           Brick Walls/Dead Ends                    Panel Discussion

Fri. 11/9 10am              Brick Walls/Dead Ends                    Panel Discussion

Thurs.11/16 7pm          Photo Restoration                             Gary Pearson

Fri.11/17 10am             Photo Restoration                            Gary Pearson

NO CLASSES IN DECEMBER

Upcoming Events

 * Community Genealogy Fair

October 27th 2012 – 9 am to 4 pm

We will offer classes for beginning, intermediate, and advanced participants. Participants will have choices of a number of different classes in each class period. Some will be offered more than once to accommodate more students.

Registration will start at 8:30am and classes at 9am. There will be a break at noon which will include a Keynote Speaker and dessert provided for your enjoyment. Bring your own sack lunch or there are a number of near-by restaurants to choose from.

Topics offered will include:

• Writing a Personal History • Internet Genealogy • FamilySearch Wiki • Indexing • Many more to come!

Mark this on your calendars now so you won’t miss a great opportunity to learn more about genealogy research!



Where else can I go to learn to do family history?
There is a series of excellent videos and powerpoint presentations on getting started with your family history: Learning Center It is helpful to print the handout at the end of each lesson. Many of the genealogy software companies have online tutorials and webinars.

Staff Training Meetings
The meetings are held on the second Monday of each month, except for August and December, at 10:00am in the Family History Center. A potluck luncheon for the staff follows each meeting.

What software do I need and where can I get it?
The Roseburg Family History center does not recommend any particular program. In fact, many different programs are used by the staff.

This is a link that will help you learn more about the various programs to help in your choice: FamilySearch Products Here is a link that lists the Top Ten genealogical software programs: Software Reviews These all offer a free version but also have a more enhanced version you can purchase.

Links to useful and fun sites.
Discover technologies that will improve your family history research and knowledge. This is a very, Very, VERY cool place. Try Tech Tips

Here is a little magnifier that sits on your computer desktop to enable your poor ol' tired eyes to see things on your screen better.....it does not replace sleep. Virtual Magnifying Glass is a free, open source, screen magnification tool for Windows and Linux: Virtual Magnifying Glass. It is simple, customizable, and easy-to-use. The program shows a magnifying glass lens that follows the mouse movement. You can move the lens around the screen to view magnification of any screen area. To close the lens, click the left mouse button. Virtual Magnifying Glass also adds it's own taskbar icon. Left-click on the icon offers a shortcut for launching the lens again.

Irfanview, Irfanview, is an image viewer that we use a lot at the FHC. It will even make panoramas from multiple jpeg images.

Faststone Capture, Faststone will very quickly and easily capture all of your screen or just a few words. This is version 5.3 which is free.

Use Drop Box to replace your flash drive! DropBox

Collections

 * Family History Library Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the Family History Library Catalog.


 * Microfilm and Microfiche Collection: The center has a large collection of these films on indefinite loan, with indexes explaining the sources contained therein.


 * Books and Periodicals: The center has a collection of these with a card catalog describing them.

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.

Hardware and Equipment
Eight computers, all with high speed internet and attached to printers.


 * Two microfilm readers
 * One microfiche reader
 * Two copy machines, one with legal size capability.
 * Two scanners
 * One digital camera with accessories for uploading photos to computers and printing them. 

Microfilm Orders

 * Ordering Microfilm or Microfiche
 * Online Microfilm Ordering

Links
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~orgsdc/ - local genealogical society of Douglas County, Oregon http://www.nrtoday.com - local newspaper for obituary, marriage, birth lookups in archives

http://publicrecords.onlinesearches.com/OR_Douglas.htm - local Douglas county court house records, free to search online!

Volunteer at the Center
If you have interest in volunteering your research skills and expertise to help other researchers, please contact us or drop by the center. We welcome genealogy enthuasists.