Lodi California Family History Center

The Lodi California Family History Center is located in San Joaquin County, California, north of Stockton.

Center Contacts and Hours
Location &amp; Map:


 * 731 North Ham Lane, Lodi, CA 95240 (Google Maps)
 * Parking is accessible from Daisy Avenue, on the church's west side. Please ring the doorbell if the door from the parking lot is locked.

Phone: (209) 369-4148 

Open Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10am-5pm and 7-9pm; Wednesday 7-9 pm; Saturday 9am-12pm 

Class Schedule: Please call 209-369-4148 to reserve a space in classes.
Wednesday, September 7 at 1 pm: Digital imaging software for genealogists, part 2

Wednesday, September 14 at 1 pm: Digital imaging software for genealogists, part 3

Wednesday, September 28 at 1 pm: Using local histories

Tuesday, October 11 from 10am-12noon: Using timelines (off-site with Calaveras Genealogical Society. Call for details.)

Wednesday, October 19 at 1 pm: Introduction to land records

Wednesday, November 2 at 1 pm: Military records

Tuesday, November 15 at 2 pm: Military records (off-site with Tuolumne County Genealogical Society. Call for details.)

Staff Training Meetings
Staff meetings are generally held the first Friday of every month at 6:30 pm.

Next FHC Staff Meeting is October 7 at 6:30 pm.

Collections

 * Family History Library Catalog: This center receives any of the films and fiche available through the Family History Library Catalog.
 * For Lodi's large German from Russia population, the Lodi center has a number of resources relevant to that community, such as the 81 microfilm set of the Saint Petersburg Lutheran Consistory parish records. Dictionaries, gazetteers, and other books relevant to a variety of locations are also available.
 * An index of births, deaths, marriages extracted from the Lodi News-Sentinel from 1881-2005, and from the Valley Review, a defunct newspaper.

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.
 * Genealogy Bank offers collections of digital images of newspapers.
 * New England Historic Genealogical Society web site.
 * AniMap displays and prints changing county and state boundaries over time.
 * DeedMapper plots maps from metes and bounds descriptions in land records.
 * Photoshop Elements enhances readability of old documents and restores family photos.
 * Installed pedigree software includes PAF, Legacy, RootsMagic, and Family Insight.

Hardware and Equipment

 * Approximately ten computers are available for patrons.
 * Use of the 14" scanner and other equipment is free. Printouts or making copies costs ten cents a page.
 * There are three microfilm readers, three microfiche readers, and a film/fiche reader printer for which the charge is 25 cents a page.