Winchester Virginia Family History Center

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Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location Map

Address:


 * 399 Apple Pie Ridge Rd Winchester VA 22601 United States
 * The entrance to the Family History Center is at the rear of the building.
 * The doors to the building are normally locked.
 * There is a doorbell button located on the left edge of the double doors.
 * Press the button and a staff member will release the door latch.
 * Enter through the right door of the double doors.
 * Once inside go to the left within the main lobby, and then down the left corridor.
 * The family history center is about half way down the hall on the left hand side.


 * Language:English

Phone:


 * 1-540-722-6055

E-mail:


 * VA_Winchester@ldsmail.net

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
 * Wednesday: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm


 * Holiday Schedule:

Inclement Weather Policy: We follow the same closing schedule as the Frederick County Schools: please call before leaving for the center:

Collections

 * FamilySearch Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog.
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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, including:


 * The 19th Century British Library Newspapers digital archive. This fully searchable database of the British Library's newspaper


 * Access Newspaper Archives The world's largest online newspaper archive.


 * Alexander Street Press, American Civil War— http://alexanderstreet.com/


 * Research Data: Contains indexed, searchable information on over 4 million soldiers and thousands of battles, together with 15,000 photographs. http://asp6new.alexanderstreet.com/cwdb/
 * Letters and Diaries: Contains approximately 100,000 indexed pages of diaries, letters, and memoirs, including 4,000 pages of previously unpublished manuscripts, such as the letters of Amos Wood and his wife and the diary of Maryland planter William Claytor. http://solomon.cwld.alexanderstreet.com/
 * Images, Photographs, Posters, and Ephemera: Provides a vivid history of the American Civil War with over 1,400 images. http://cpho.alexanderstreet.com/
 * Social and Cultural History: Personal accounts of well-known historical figures.
 * Women and Social Movements in the United States: Organized around the history of women in social movements in the United States between 1600 and 2000 A.D.


 * American Ancestors America's founding genealogical organization, AmericanAncestors.org is the portal to the nation's leading resource for the highest-quality comprehensive family history services.


 * Ancestry.com Ancestry gives you access to thousands of collections of records from around the worldFindmypast - Institution Version
 * Fold3.com
 * findmypast makes it easy to research your UK ancestry and create your family tree.
 * Kinpoint - Premium
 * MyHeritage - Library Edition
 * Newspaper Archives, Access
 * Paper Trail
 * ProQuest Obituary Listings
 * Puzzilla.org - Premium Services
 * World Vital Records - All content has been added to MyHeritage .com (who purchased WVR).

Hardware and Equipment

 * 4 computers with Family History Center Portal page which gives free access in the center only to premium family history websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
 * 2 Microfilm readers.
 * 1 Microfiche reader.
 * Lexmark printer, scanner, copier.

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Resources in the Local Area
The nearby Handley Regional Library has extensive local archive information

Links
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