Carbondale Illinois Family History Center

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Center Contacts and Hours
Location &amp; Map:


 * 7168 Old Hwy 13 W Carbondale IL 62901-5444 United States
 * Location Map

Phone: 618-549-3034

E-mail: IL_Carbondale@ldsmail.net

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday     9am -12pm   4pm - 7pm
 * Thursday   9am -12pm

Holiday Schedule:

The center is closed the week of Thanksgiving.

The center is closed the week between Christmas and New Year's Day.

The center is closed when the local schools are closed due to weather.

Upcoming Events
Added throughout the year

Class Schedule
None are scheduled at this time

Collections

 * FamilySearch Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog.
 * 40 Anniversary Edition of The Sage of Southern Illinois, a publication of the Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois. It contains 39 books (4 per year) each in a searchable PDF file.
 * Microfiche of Scottish old parochial registers

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.
 * These sites include:
 * 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive
 * Alexander Street Press: The American Civil War: Research Database I Letters and Diaries I Images, Photographs, Posters, and Ephemera; Social and Cultural History' Women and Social Movements in the United States
 * American Ancestors
 * Ancestry.com
 * Findmypast.com
 * Fold3.com
 * Historic Map Works
 * Kinpoint
 * MyHeritage.com
 * Access Newspaper Archive
 * Paper Trail
 * ProQuest Obituary Listings
 * Puzzilla.org
 * World Vital Records (All content has been added to MyHeritage.com who purchased WVR.)

Hardware and Equipment
Three computer networked workstations with printer access

Paper copier

One flatbed scanner

Two microfiche readers

Two microfilm readers

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