Twin Falls Idaho Family History Center

'''The Twin Falls Family History Center covers the Twin Falls and the western Magic Valley. Visitors Welcome.'''

Center Contacts and Hours
Location &amp; Map:


 * Address: 399 Maurice Street North, TWIN FALLS, IDAHO 83301-4954
 * One block south of the Twin Falls High School
 * Handicapped parking and access
 * Location on Google Map

Phone: 208-733-8073

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

Open Hours:


 * T,W,Th: 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM
 * Sat: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Holiday Schedule:

Class Schedule
OCTOBER 2013

DATE            TIME               CLASS TOPICS                                                INSTRUCTOR  Tue Oct 1     9:30 AM      Finding your ancestors in Census records                David Putnam Tue Oct 1     4:00 PM      Roots Magic – Managing Temple Work                  Karen Prestwich Thu Oct 3     9:30 AM      Gathering Information for Family History Stories     Mary Edgar Thu Oct 3     7:00 PM      Using Legacy for your Family History                      Gary Leavitt Tue Oct 8     9:30 AM      Using the Family History Library Catalog                David Putnam Tue Oct 8     4:00 PM      Family Tree – Uploading and Managing Photos    Karen Prestwich Thu Oct 10   9:30 AM      Organization Tips                                                   Carl Edgar Sun Oct 13   6:30 PM      Priesthood / Consultant Training                            John Mikota Sun Oct 13   7:30 PM      Motivational Experiences                                       John Cox Tue Oct 15   9:30 AM      Using Family Search Wiki                                       David Putnam Tue Oct 15   4:00 PM      Breaking Your Brick Wall                                        Karen Prestwich Thu Oct 17   9:30 AM      Writing your Family History Stories                         Mary Edgar Sat Oct 19   10:30 AM      Researching in FamilySearch                               Carl Edgar Sat Oct 19   11:30 AM      Using Wiki and Wikipedia in your Research           Mary Edgar Sat Oct 19   12:30 PM      Using Online resources to find records                   Carl Edgar Sat Oct 19   1:30 PM        Using will and probate records to find ancestors     David Putnam Tue Oct 22   9:30 AM       Using Cemetery Records to find ancestors              David Putnam Tue Oct 22   4:00 PM       Using your I Pad for Family History                        Karen Prestwich Tue Oct 22   6:00 PM       Family History Questions &amp; Answers                       Carl Edgar Tue Oct 22   7:00 PM       Staff Meeting                                                         John Cox Thu Oct 24   9:30 AM       Research Logs and Research Record Keeping       Carl Edgar Tue Oct 29   4:00 PM       Searching in Family Search                                   Karen Prestwich Tue Oct 29   9:30 AM       Using USgenweb.com to find your ancestors           David Putnam Thu Oct 31   9:30 AM       Finding and researching Local Histories                  Carl Edgar

Staff Training Meetings
Staff meeting are on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM

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.
 * The Twin Falls Family History Center has a book collection of over 3,000 books. They have a computer printout, by book title, of books in their collection.
 * The center also has a collection of about 1,500 microfilms on indefinite loan, and have a country, and, a state-by-state listing of them. They also have a large microfiche collection.
 * The center has cemetery and many obituary records for Twin Falls and some surrounding communities. Volunteers can do obituary look-ups.


 * The center has a number of random city directories and phone books for Twin Falls and other regional towns.

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.
 * A number of the most popular personal pedigree programs have been installed on our computers.
 * The complete Pedigree Resource File has been installed on some of our computers.

Hardware and Equipment

 * 20+ computer stations.
 * Digital Microfilm/Fische reader, plus conventional readers.
 * Separate classroom/training and research areas.
 * Completely handicapped accessible.

Staff Research Specialties
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Resources in the Local Area
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Links
http://twinfalls.newspaperarchive.com/

This site requires a log-in. username: twinfalls password: archive

This site has good search features.

The Twin Falls papers have all been digitized from the beginning.

http://twinfallspubliclibrary.org/

This site will provide access to Heritage Quest with Twin Falls zip code 83301 as well as another access to the digitized Twin Falls newspapers.

 

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