Williamsburg Virginia Family History Center

NOTICE: Our hours have changed! Effective August 2016, we will no longer be open on the first and third Saturdays of each month. Please see the info box for our new hours.

Upcoming Events
See our Events page for more details.

Annual Family History Month Open House - The Power of Story
Saturday, October 8, 10:00 am - noon

Third Thursday Brown Bag Finding Williamsburg / James City County Ancestors
Thursday, October 20, 2016 - noon

RootsMagic User Group
November 17, 2016 10:00 am

Topic TBA

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

For more handouts, see our Presentation Handouts page.

September 2016 - Poznan Project - Polish and German Marriage Index, 1800-1899

August 2016 - Finding Williamsburg/James City County Ancestors

July 2016 -

June 2016 -

May 2016 -

April 2016 - Quaker Records (Spencer Wells)

March 2016 - Update to Irish Research Online

March 2016 - RootsMagic User Group - Five Tips (Terri Tyler, RootsMagic)

November 2015 -

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Resources
Our Family History Center features:


 * Personal assistance
 * Informative lectures and events
 * 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
 * Wifi access
 * 5 computer workstations

Our computer workstations provide free access to subscription genealogy websites including: 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.
 * Access Newspaper Archive
 * American Civil War Online
 * Ancestry.com
 * ArkivDigital online (Swedish church records)
 * findmypast (UK/Ireland/US/World Research, PERSI)
 * Fold3.com (US National Archives records)
 * MyHeritage.com (includes WorldVitalRecords and Mocavo data)
 * NewspaperArchive.com
 * ProQuest Obituary Collection
 * 19th Century British Newspapers

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.