Klein Texas Family History Center



'''The Klein Texas Family History Center is an extension of the world's largest genealogical library, the Salt Lake City Family History Library. Our mission is to provide for Family History research, Free of Charge, in the Spring, Klein, Tomball, and Magnolia areas. Come find your ancestors with us.'''

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location on Map

Address: 16535 Kleinwood Dr Spring TX 77379 United States


 * Look for the green Family History Library sign on Louetta Rd and Kleinwood Dr.

Phone: 281-251-5931

E-mail: TX_Klein@ldsmail.net

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday/Wednesday:10 am-4 pm and 7-9 pm
 * Thursday:10 am-1 pm Workshops 7-9pm
 * Saturday:10 am-1 pm

 Holiday Schedule (FHC Closure Dates)

Easter Weekend, First Saturday in April, Memorial Day, July 4th, First Saturday in October, Thanksgiving week, last 2 weeks in December

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Help:Searchy

2015 Classes &amp; Workshops (Thursdays 6:59pm - 9pm)
January 8 - Scanning Heirlooms Combo - Jill, Jane, Mike M, Mike B to bring misc scanning devices.

January 15 - Cropping Photos - Mike Maddox Class &amp; Workshop Format

January 22 - Uploading Memories to Family Search - Mike Ball and Jill Bluth Class &amp; Workshop Format

January 29 -"Master the Mouse" - Mike Maddox

February 5 - Backing Up Files/Recovery - Mike Ball

February 12 - Family History 101 - Julie Cluff

February 19 - Family Search for Beginners - Jill Bluth Class &amp; Workshop Format

February 26 NO CLASS-ROOTS TECH WEEK - Family Discovery Day is Scheduled for Saturday, Feb 28th

Click here to Register for RootsTech 2015 www.kleinstake.org/rootstech2015

March 5 - Family History Research for Beginners - Julie Cluff Class &amp; Workshop Format

March 12 - Women's Work is Never Done, Finding Women in the Records - Jane Bonny

March 19 - Indexing - Jill Bluth Class &amp; Workshop Format

March 26 - Brick Walls Various Consultants Bring in "brick wall" issues and ask for hands on help

April 2 - Social Media - Julie Cluff

April 9 - Alternate Search Techniques on FS - Mike Maddox

April 16 - Evidence - Jane Bonny

April 23 - Sourcing in Family Search - Mike Maddox Class &amp; Workshop Format

April 30 - What's In A Name? - Mike Ball

May 7 - Creating Timelines - Jane Bonny

May 14 - Find - Grave - Mike Maddox

May 21 - Facebook - Tammy Gephardt

May 28 - Stuck in Old Technology? - Staff

June 4 - Tweets, Pins &amp; Post

June 11 - 30 Piecea of Technology I Couldn't Live Without

June 18 - Bring Your Ancestors Back to the Future

June 25 - Information Overload, Managing Online Search

July 2 - Beginner's Guide to Going Paperless

July 9 - Getting Started on Genetic Genealogy

July 16 - After Census &amp; the Basics

July 23 - Finding Family &amp; Ancestors Outside the US w/ New Technology

July 30 - Finding Your Family on Newspapers.com

Aug 6 - Getting the Most out of Ancestry.com

Aug 13 - Finding the Living Among the Dead

Aug 20 - Do it Yourself Photo Restoration

Aug 27 - Sharing Your Family History with Multimedia

Sept 3 - Getting Ready for the Reunion, Part 1 with IrfanView, ICE &amp; Slides - Mike Maddox

Sept 10 - Getting Ready for the Reunion, Part 2, the Scans

Sept 17 - Military Records - Mike Maddox

Sept 24 - RootsMagic - Mike Ball

Oct 1 - Interview / Audio Digital - Mike Ball

Oct 8 - How to Use Census Records - Jill Bluth

Oct 15 - Pre-1850 Census Research

Oct 22 - Searching Familysearch.org - Jane Bonny

Oct 29 - Going Digital Overview, Answering Your Tech Questions

Nov 5 - Descendancy Research - Mike Maddox

Nov 12 - Using AncestryDNA - Karen Howard

CLASSES RESUME JANUARY 2016

FamilySearch Catalog:

 * This center has all films ordered online by patrons and requested to be sent to this center. See films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog at FamilySearch.org.


 * We have inhouse over 1000 microfilms and 3500 microfiche on indefinite loan. An index of these is available in the Family History Center


 * We have numerous genealogical reference books

Databases and Software

 * FHC Portal:Family History Centers provide free access to many subscription genealogy websites, including:


 * 19th Century British Newspapers
 * Access Newspaper Archives
 * Alexander Street Press (American Civil War Collections)
 * Ancestry.com (Family History Library Edition)
 * ArkivDigital Online
 * FindMyPast
 * Fold3.com
 * The Genealogist
 * Godfrey Memorial Library
 * HeritageQuest Online
 * Historic Map Works (Library Edition)
 * Origins.net
 * Paper Trail
 * WorldVitalRecords.com

Hardware and Equipment

 * 12 Internet-connected computers
 * Wireless internet access for laptops and mobile devices
 * Work tables for 9 laptops
 * 1 - 16mm microfilm reader
 * 1 - 35mm microfilm reader
 * 1 - Cannon 300II Microfilm/Microfiche Reader and Digital Imaging System
 * 1 - Lexmark High Speed Laser Scanner/Printer
 * 1 - Canon USB Scanner
 * 1 - Projector (HDMI &amp; VGA), Laser Pointer
 * 1 - Pulldown Projection Screen for Instruction

Staff Research Specialties
A friendly helpful staff always willing to help you with your genealogical interests. If we don't have a solution to your questions we will help you find someone who does.

Libraries
Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research Location 5300 Caroline Houston, Texas Phone: (832) 393-2600


 * Clayton Library is a department of the Houston Public Library devoted entirely to genealogical research. Materials found in the library cover the entire U. S., as well as many foreign countries.
 * Online databases at Houston Public Library
 * Clayton Library Friends

Montgomery County Memorial Library System Location (The Genealogy Department is located on the 2nd floor) 104 I-45 North (Gladstell Exit) Conroe, TX 77301 Phone: (936) 788-8363

Chaparral Library Location 310 N. Live Oak Tomball, Texas Phone: 281-516-7417


 * This is a small library owned by the Chaparral Genealogical Society. The current hours are 10AM-2PM, Mon, Tues, Wed, Sat (except the 1st Sat of each month). Suggest calling first.

Genealogical Societies
Houston Genealogical Forum PO Box 271466 Houston TX 77277-1466 Voice Mail: 713-968-9750


 * Meeting Place: Bayland Park Community Center,
 * 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, Texas

Chaparral Genealogical Society


 * Meets on 4th Saturday of each month (except December) at 10 a.m.
 * Meeting Place: Amergy Bank Building
 * Conference Room (2nd Floor)
 * Tomball, TX (on SH 249 before 4 corners)

The Humble Area Genealogical Society


 * Meets at 7 p.m. on the Second Monday of each month September - May
 * Meeting Place: Humble Senior Activity Center
 * 1401 South Houston Avenue
 * Humble, Texas

Links

 * USEFUL WEBS SITES

Volunteer at the Center
Call or write for more information. Phone number and email address are listed at the top of the article.