Atascadero California Family History Center

The Atascadero Family History Center is located at 2600 Ramona Road, in Atascadero, Ca. The center is dedicated to providing education and support for the family history community in the area.

Center Contacts and Hours

 * Address: 2600 Ramona Road, Atascadero, Ca. 93422
 * The entrance to the family history center is located on the North side of the building. Please ring doorbell for entrance to the center. Handicap parking is available.
 * Location on Map

Phone: 805-466-6103

Open Hours:


 * Mon: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
 * Tues:  6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
 * Wed: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
 * Thur: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Holiday Schedule:

We will be closed the following dates in 2012:


 * Monday, November 12th (Veteran's Day)
 * Tues.-Thurs., November 20th - 22nd (Thanksgiving week)
 * December 24th - Jan 3rd (Christmas and New Years Break )

We will be closed the following dates in 2013:


 * January 21 (Martin Luther King Day)
 * Monday, February 18 (Presidents Day)
 * April 1 - 5 (Easter)
 * Monday, May 27 (Memorial Day)
 * Tuesday - Thursday, July 2 - 4 (4th of July)
 * CLOSED THE MONTH OF AUGUST
 * September 2 (Labor Day)
 * Monday, November 11 (Veterans Day)
 * Tuesday - Thursday, November 26 - 28 (Thanksgiving)
 * December 23 - January 3 (Christmas and New Years)

Class Schedule

 * Introduction to Indexing classes are held every Wednesday

of the month from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Staff Training Meetings
2012

All inservice meetings will be held in the Relief Society Room


 * Sunday, November 11th at 7:00 p.m.    

     2013      All inservice meetings will be held in the Relief Society Room

Sunday, January 20        7:00 p.m.

Sunday, March 17          7:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 19             7:00 p.m.

Sunday, September 15    7:00 p.m.

Sunday, November 17     7:00 p.m.

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 Atascadero Family History Center has a small collection of various resource books and private collections that are available for viewing in the center.

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, included are the following:


 * The 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive
 * Access Newspaper Archive
 * Alexander Street Press ~ The American Civil War
 * Ancestry.com (Family History Library Edition ~ includes International databases)
 * Find My Past
 * Fold3 (Formerly Footnote.com)
 * The Genealogist
 * Godfrey Memorial Library
 * Heritage Quest Online
 * Historic Map Works Library Edition
 * Origins.net
 * Paper Trail
 * World Vital Records
 * You may also access the Family History Center portal for other related family history research option, http://www.fhc.familysearch.org from your home computer, however, you will not be able to access the free premiums.

Hardware and Equipment

 * The center has 9 computers, 5 microfilm readers, 1 microfiche reader, 1 scanner, 1 copy/printer machine, and 1 printer.

Resources in the Local Area

 * San Luis Obispo Family History Center, 651 Foot Hill Blvd.San Luis Obispo, CA, Phone Number: 805-543-6328


 * San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society Library, 1288 Morro Street, San Luis Obsipo, CA, Phone Number: 805-528-6622     http://www.slocgs.org
 * Heritage Shared    http://www.heritageshared.org/
 * History in San Luis Obispo County    http://www.historyinslocounty.org/Bibliography.htm
 * South County Historical Society, San Luis Obispo County     http://www.southcountyhistory.org/
 * Special Collections &amp; University Archives Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic State University                     http://lib.calpoly.edu/specialcollections/


 * Vital Records for the San Luis Obispo County, California Office of the Clerk-Record http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/clerk/Copies_of_Clerk_Records/Vital_Records.htm

Links

 * California Family History Centers https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Category:California_Family_History_Centers
 * San Luis Obispo County, California https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/San_Luis_Obispo_County,_California
 * California    https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/California


 * San Luis Obispo Family History Center https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/San_Luis_Obispo_California_Family_History_Center
 * Santa Maria Family History Center https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Santa_Maria_California_Family_History_Center

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