Fresno California East Family History Center/Resources

Databases and Software
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.
 * 19th Century British Library Newspapers
 * Access Newspaper Archives
 * Alexander Street Press - American Civil War
 * Ancestry
 * ArkivDigital
 * Find My Past
 * Fold3 (formerly Footnote)


 * Historic Map Works - Library Edition
 * Kinpoint
 * MyHeritage
 * Paper Trail
 * ProQuest Obituary Listings
 * Puzzilla
 * World Vital Records

Hardware and Equipment
Our Family History Center has:
 * 18 separate computer stations
 * 1 microfilm copier
 * 2 microfilm readers
 * 1 microfiche reader
 * 1 copy/scanning machine
 * 1 Kodak digital picture scanning system (see "Preparing to Use the Kodak Photo Scanner')

Thanks to the efforts of Dennis McCauley and Bill Holden, we have one of the best family history centers in the Fresno Region. The Stake has recently increased the capacity of our internet bandwidth so our computers are able to connect much quicker to family history websites than in the past.