Montrose Colorado Family History Center

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Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location Map

Address:


 * 1521 Hillcrest Drive, Montrose, Colorado 81401
 * Entrance located at the Southeast side (back) of building.


 * Language: English and Spanish, by appointment

Phone:


 * 1-970-249-4739

Email:


 * co_montrose@ldsmail.net

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday: 1:00pm-4:00pm
 * Thursday: 10:00am-1:00pm and 6:00pm-9:00pm
 * Saturday: 10:00am-1:00pm
 * And by appointment:


 * Holiday Schedule:
 * Closed for Independence Day - Jun 29 to Jul 4, 2015

Closed for Thanksgiving - Nov 23 to Nov 28, 2015

Closed for Christmas - Dec 21 to Dec 26, 2015

Closed for New Years - Dec 28, 2015, to Jan 2, 2016

FAMILY HOME EVENING AND FAMILY HISTORY GO TOGETHER
THESE LESSONS CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE:

familysearch.org/learningcenter/home.html then scroll down to Beginning Genealogy Courses or click on the link for each lesson.

MARCH LESSONS

March 1 Episode #1 - Quick Start

March 8 Episode #2 -the Research Process

March 15 Episode #3 -Record What You Know

March 22 Episode #4 - Learn From Family

March 29 Episode #5 -Chose An Ancestor and Question

APRIL LESSONS

April 5 General Conference ( no lessons)

April 12 Episode # 6 - Locate Where Your Ancestor Lived

April 19 Epidose #7 -Records, An Introduction

April 26 State Conference (no Lesson)

Center Resources
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

 * 6 computers with a printer
 * 2 microfilm readers
 * 1 microfiche reader
 * Scanner which patrons may use to digitize documents and pictures while honoring all copyright laws set forth by the United States government.

Center Services
Family History Library Book List

Staff Research Specialties
We are experienced genealogists and will help you search your ancestors and show you how to

take your names to the Temple.

Links
Montrose Library

Fore-Kin Trails Genealogical Society

Volunteer at the Center
We are always looking for volunteers to help staff our center. We welcome all enthusiastic family historians, regardless of experience or expertise. Even if you have no prior experience as a consultant, we can pair you with experienced consultants until you feel comfortable and trained in the consultant role.