Montrose Colorado Family History Center

Montrose Family History Center serves Montrose and the surrounding area.

Location &amp; Map:
 * Address: 1521 Hillcrest Drive, Montrose, CO
 * Located at the east side (back) of building
 * Location on Map

Phone: 970 249 4739 Open Hours: Tue: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm NOTE: By appointment only. Call 970-209-9768 reservations Wed: 10:00 am - 1.00 pm and 6.00 pm - 9.00 pm Thur: 10.00 am - 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm 3rd Friday each month the FHC will be open for Spanish speaking patrons from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

The FHC will be closed as follows:

During the Month of August and opening again on September 5th.

October 31st and November 21st and 22nd

December 21st through the1st week of January, 2013,opening again on January 9th and 10th, 2013

Calendar of Events

Upcoming Events

FAMILY HISTORY CLASSES for 2012

Montrose Colorado Family History Center Patron Class Schedule for 2012

Class size is limited so call Brother Bowen @ 970-209-9768 for reservations.

All classes and workshops will be held at the Family History Center located in the back of the LDS church building on the South East corner of Hillcrest and Stratford, Montrose, CO Classes and times may change so please check the FHC Wiki often for updates.  'February    '                                                                                TENTATIVE INSTRUCTORS

Class 1. AncestralQuest “An upgrade for PAF                            Carol Otto and Barbara Moore

Feb. 8 &amp; 9 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Class 2 Internet for Genealogists                                               David 'Bowen

Feb. 14 &amp; 16 @ 1:00pm to3:00pm'  'Work Shop A':'for the above classes F''eb. 18 @10:00pm to noon    

Class 3. Organizing your research                                          Kaye Shackelford and Joni Bowen

Mar. 6 &amp; 8 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm' Class 4. Researching your ancestors                                    Kaye Shackelford and Joni Bowen

Mar. 20 &amp; 22 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm Work Shop B:for the above classes Mar 24 @10:00pm to noon 

 April 

Class 5. Early American Handwriting                                    Joni Bowen

Apr. 3 &amp; 5 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm      

Class 6. How to use FamilySearch                                         Carol Otto and Barbara Moore 

Apr. 10 &amp; 12 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Work Shop C: for the class "How to use FamilySearch" Apr. 14 @ 10:00pm to noon

' May  '

'''Class 7. How to organize your existing documents and pictures'''    TBD

.'May.1 &amp; 3 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm Class 8''. Indexing– A way to give back                                         Karen Deeds and Carol Otto

'''May. 8 &amp; 10 @1:00pm to 3:00pm'''

Work Shop D: for the above 2 classes May 12 @ 10:00pm to noon

' ' June 

'Class 9. Backing up your data options                                        David Bowen'

Jun. 5 &amp; 7 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm                                                

Class 10. Focus on Native American Records                               TBD

Jun. 12 &amp; 14 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm

'Work Shop E: for the above 2 classes Jun. 16 @10:00pm to noon

  September&lt;/u

Class 11. Helping PARENTs to jump start their own Family History    Carol Otto     

Sept. 4 &amp; 6 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Class 12. Exploring sources for older record resources and documents TBD

Sept. 11 &amp; 13 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Work Shop F: for the above 2 classes Sept. 15 @10:00pm to noon

 October&lt;/u

Class 13. How to print special charts and Scrapbooks                    TBD

Oct. 9 &amp; 11 @ 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Class 14. Protecting your data &amp; computers from viruses                  David Bowen

and other computer infections

Oct. 16 &amp; 18 @1:00pm to 3:00pm 

Work Shop G: for the above classes Oct. 20 @10:00pm to noon

Note: No classes are scheduled in July, August, November nor December Revised 5 February, 2012  Family History Consultants Training Meetings 2012

February 12th: Work shop so bring your questions and laptops

 March 11th:  Whats new and upcoming in FamilySearch and Family Tree

 April 8th:  Work Shop: so bring your questions and laptops

 May 13th: 

July: No training scheduled&lt;u

August: No trainging scheduled&lt;u

September: 9th Welcome back&lt;u

October: 14th&lt;u

November: 11th&lt;u

December: No training scheduled&lt;u

Center Resources:

Collections: Databases and Software  PREMIUM WEBSITES includes the following:

19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archives 

Access Newspaper Archives 

Alexander Street Press - The American Civil War:Research Database, Letters and Diaries, Images, Photographs, Posters and Ephemera

AncestralQuest 

'''Ancestry. Com '''

FamilyInsight

Find My Past

Fold3.com  (previously known as Footnote.com) 

The Genealogist

Genline Familyfinder 

Godfrey Memorial Library 

Heritage Quest Online 

Historic Map Works Library Edition

Paper Trail

World Vital Records   Hardware and Equipment

' :*We have 5 computers with a printer as well as 2 microfilm readers, 1 microfiche reader'', and a scanner which patrons may use to digitize documents and pictures while honoring all copywrite laws set forth by the United States government. '''

Serviceses 

Staff Research Specialties

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