Rochester Minnesota Family History Center

We serve the southeast Minnesota area. Help available to all researchers.

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location Map

Address:


 * 2300 Viola Heights Dr Rochester MN 55901 United States


 * Language:English

Phone:


 * 1-507-281-6641

E-mail:


 * MN_Rochester@ldsmail.net

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday:9:00am-1:00pm (for the summer of 2016)
 * Wednesday:9:00am-3:00pm and 7:00pm-9:00pm

Holiday Schedule:

Closed the whole week for:

New Years

July 4th

Thanksgiving

Christmas

The week of the Nativity Event in the building (Usually the first weekend in December)

Spring break for Rochester Public Schools (Usually the first week of April)

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. (Note to FHC: Not all FHCs have access to this portal. If you do not, you will want to remove this entire bullet. If you do have access to it, just remove this text in italics.)

Hardware and Equipment

 * 6 computers
 * 3 microfilm readers
 * 1 microfiche reader
 * 1 microfilm printer

Staff Research Specialties
We have excellent help for Polish research on Wednesdays, Ancestry Wednesday mornings, Familysearch and Brittish research Wednesday afternoons and access to local help for Norwegian and Swedish research

Resources in the Local Area
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Links
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